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POV46: Poverty Status by State: 2009
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
(Use caution when interpreting state-level estimates, because they have high variability. Please observe the size of the standard errors when interpreting the data -- the larger the standard error, the less reliable the estimate.)
| |
|
Below 135% of poverty (5) |
Below 150% of poverty (5) |
| All income levels |
Number |
Standard error (19) |
Percent |
Standard error (19) |
Number |
Standard error (19) |
Percent |
Standard error (19) |
People in Families with a
Female Householder, no
Husband Present, with Children
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
24,967
|
12,649
|
(N/A)
|
50.7
|
(N/A)
|
13,885
|
(N/A)
|
55.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
333
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
67.9
|
(N/A)
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
69.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
266
|
100
|
(N/A)
|
37.6
|
(N/A)
|
128
|
(N/A)
|
48.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
328
|
204
|
(N/A)
|
62.2
|
(N/A)
|
219
|
(N/A)
|
66.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
220
|
124
|
(N/A)
|
56.4
|
(N/A)
|
141
|
(N/A)
|
64.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
2,239
|
965
|
(N/A)
|
43.1
|
(N/A)
|
1,092
|
(N/A)
|
48.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
514
|
268
|
(N/A)
|
52.1
|
(N/A)
|
301
|
(N/A)
|
58.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
465
|
159
|
(N/A)
|
34.2
|
(N/A)
|
169
|
(N/A)
|
36.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
393
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
43.3
|
(N/A)
|
186
|
(N/A)
|
47.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
434
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
54.8
|
(N/A)
|
266
|
(N/A)
|
61.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
995
|
457
|
(N/A)
|
45.9
|
(N/A)
|
509
|
(N/A)
|
51.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
734
|
415
|
(N/A)
|
56.5
|
(N/A)
|
452
|
(N/A)
|
61.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
451
|
168
|
(N/A)
|
37.3
|
(N/A)
|
184
|
(N/A)
|
40.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
234
|
129
|
(N/A)
|
55.1
|
(N/A)
|
135
|
(N/A)
|
57.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
760
|
401
|
(N/A)
|
52.8
|
(N/A)
|
434
|
(N/A)
|
57.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
451
|
282
|
(N/A)
|
62.5
|
(N/A)
|
317
|
(N/A)
|
70.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
387
|
206
|
(N/A)
|
53.2
|
(N/A)
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
58.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
341
|
181
|
(N/A)
|
53.1
|
(N/A)
|
187
|
(N/A)
|
54.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
384
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
54.7
|
(N/A)
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
58.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
275
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
65.1
|
(N/A)
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
70.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
320
|
199
|
(N/A)
|
62.2
|
(N/A)
|
220
|
(N/A)
|
68.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
541
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
35.7
|
(N/A)
|
213
|
(N/A)
|
39.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
334
|
153
|
(N/A)
|
45.8
|
(N/A)
|
176
|
(N/A)
|
52.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
566
|
308
|
(N/A)
|
54.4
|
(N/A)
|
329
|
(N/A)
|
58.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
518
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
46.9
|
(N/A)
|
274
|
(N/A)
|
52.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
409
|
277
|
(N/A)
|
67.7
|
(N/A)
|
310
|
(N/A)
|
75.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
434
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
52.3
|
(N/A)
|
263
|
(N/A)
|
60.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
174
|
133
|
(N/A)
|
76.4
|
(N/A)
|
145
|
(N/A)
|
83.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
302
|
132
|
(N/A)
|
43.7
|
(N/A)
|
154
|
(N/A)
|
51.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
358
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
55.9
|
(N/A)
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
62.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
343
|
142
|
(N/A)
|
41.4
|
(N/A)
|
146
|
(N/A)
|
42.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
521
|
204
|
(N/A)
|
39.2
|
(N/A)
|
229
|
(N/A)
|
44.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
303
|
203
|
(N/A)
|
67.0
|
(N/A)
|
219
|
(N/A)
|
72.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
1,405
|
694
|
(N/A)
|
49.4
|
(N/A)
|
745
|
(N/A)
|
53.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
518
|
264
|
(N/A)
|
51.0
|
(N/A)
|
286
|
(N/A)
|
55.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
283
|
159
|
(N/A)
|
56.2
|
(N/A)
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
66.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
596
|
325
|
(N/A)
|
54.5
|
(N/A)
|
359
|
(N/A)
|
60.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
268
|
146
|
(N/A)
|
54.5
|
(N/A)
|
154
|
(N/A)
|
57.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
270
|
126
|
(N/A)
|
46.7
|
(N/A)
|
149
|
(N/A)
|
55.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
581
|
260
|
(N/A)
|
44.8
|
(N/A)
|
295
|
(N/A)
|
50.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
500
|
262
|
(N/A)
|
52.4
|
(N/A)
|
288
|
(N/A)
|
57.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
433
|
223
|
(N/A)
|
51.5
|
(N/A)
|
230
|
(N/A)
|
53.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
408
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
59.8
|
(N/A)
|
260
|
(N/A)
|
63.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
294
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
55.4
|
(N/A)
|
169
|
(N/A)
|
57.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
1,786
|
1,015
|
(N/A)
|
56.8
|
(N/A)
|
1,096
|
(N/A)
|
61.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
287
|
131
|
(N/A)
|
45.6
|
(N/A)
|
146
|
(N/A)
|
50.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
243
|
102
|
(N/A)
|
42.0
|
(N/A)
|
115
|
(N/A)
|
47.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
530
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
45.8
|
(N/A)
|
256
|
(N/A)
|
48.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
404
|
178
|
(N/A)
|
44.1
|
(N/A)
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
50.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
205
|
135
|
(N/A)
|
65.9
|
(N/A)
|
140
|
(N/A)
|
68.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
400
|
191
|
(N/A)
|
47.8
|
(N/A)
|
199
|
(N/A)
|
49.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
229
|
92
|
(N/A)
|
40.2
|
(N/A)
|
107
|
(N/A)
|
46.7
|
(N/A)
|
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