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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 185% of poverty (5) |
Below 200% of poverty (5) |
| All income levels |
Number |
Standard error (19) |
Percent |
Standard error (19) |
Number |
Standard error (19) |
Percent |
Standard error (19) |
Families /10
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
54,464
|
14,116
|
(N/A)
|
25.9
|
(N/A)
|
15,452
|
(N/A)
|
28.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
627
|
215
|
(N/A)
|
34.3
|
(N/A)
|
239
|
(N/A)
|
38.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
701
|
137
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
149
|
(N/A)
|
21.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
681
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
32.0
|
(N/A)
|
239
|
(N/A)
|
35.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
571
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
35.9
|
(N/A)
|
221
|
(N/A)
|
38.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
4,874
|
1,407
|
(N/A)
|
28.9
|
(N/A)
|
1,522
|
(N/A)
|
31.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,178
|
264
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
24.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,211
|
187
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
860
|
192
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
25.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
526
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
31.0
|
(N/A)
|
173
|
(N/A)
|
32.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
2,293
|
630
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
699
|
(N/A)
|
30.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,186
|
375
|
(N/A)
|
31.6
|
(N/A)
|
409
|
(N/A)
|
34.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
903
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
27.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
641
|
192
|
(N/A)
|
30.0
|
(N/A)
|
214
|
(N/A)
|
33.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,657
|
451
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
486
|
(N/A)
|
29.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
808
|
228
|
(N/A)
|
28.2
|
(N/A)
|
253
|
(N/A)
|
31.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
965
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
230
|
(N/A)
|
23.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
751
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
217
|
(N/A)
|
28.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
798
|
247
|
(N/A)
|
31.0
|
(N/A)
|
265
|
(N/A)
|
33.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
554
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
28.2
|
(N/A)
|
175
|
(N/A)
|
31.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
950
|
214
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
237
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,256
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
249
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
799
|
168
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
23.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,257
|
324
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
352
|
(N/A)
|
28.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,228
|
242
|
(N/A)
|
19.7
|
(N/A)
|
262
|
(N/A)
|
21.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
566
|
232
|
(N/A)
|
41.0
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
43.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
909
|
241
|
(N/A)
|
26.5
|
(N/A)
|
265
|
(N/A)
|
29.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
473
|
135
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
143
|
(N/A)
|
30.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
818
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
20.8
|
(N/A)
|
192
|
(N/A)
|
23.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
838
|
235
|
(N/A)
|
28.0
|
(N/A)
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
30.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,091
|
160
|
(N/A)
|
14.7
|
(N/A)
|
180
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,168
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
247
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
558
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
35.8
|
(N/A)
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
37.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,299
|
645
|
(N/A)
|
28.1
|
(N/A)
|
702
|
(N/A)
|
30.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,122
|
337
|
(N/A)
|
30.0
|
(N/A)
|
370
|
(N/A)
|
33.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
657
|
146
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
162
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,493
|
392
|
(N/A)
|
26.3
|
(N/A)
|
436
|
(N/A)
|
29.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
712
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
201
|
(N/A)
|
28.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
758
|
201
|
(N/A)
|
26.5
|
(N/A)
|
223
|
(N/A)
|
29.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,559
|
348
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
387
|
(N/A)
|
24.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
849
|
216
|
(N/A)
|
25.4
|
(N/A)
|
242
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
769
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
31.2
|
(N/A)
|
257
|
(N/A)
|
33.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
855
|
220
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
719
|
223
|
(N/A)
|
31.0
|
(N/A)
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
33.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,192
|
1,081
|
(N/A)
|
33.9
|
(N/A)
|
1,152
|
(N/A)
|
36.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
656
|
139
|
(N/A)
|
21.2
|
(N/A)
|
160
|
(N/A)
|
24.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
702
|
136
|
(N/A)
|
19.4
|
(N/A)
|
148
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,187
|
230
|
(N/A)
|
19.4
|
(N/A)
|
260
|
(N/A)
|
21.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
935
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
581
|
164
|
(N/A)
|
28.2
|
(N/A)
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
31.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,013
|
198
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
21.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
710
|
137
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
153
|
(N/A)
|
21.5
|
(N/A)
|
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