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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) |
People in Families with a
Female Householder, no
Husband Present, with Children
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
24,967
|
16,092
|
(N/A)
|
64.5
|
(N/A)
|
16,849
|
(N/A)
|
67.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
333
|
262
|
(N/A)
|
78.7
|
(N/A)
|
273
|
(N/A)
|
82.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
266
|
133
|
(N/A)
|
50.0
|
(N/A)
|
139
|
(N/A)
|
52.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
328
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
68.9
|
(N/A)
|
242
|
(N/A)
|
73.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
220
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
70.9
|
(N/A)
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
70.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
2,239
|
1,291
|
(N/A)
|
57.7
|
(N/A)
|
1,370
|
(N/A)
|
61.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
514
|
338
|
(N/A)
|
65.8
|
(N/A)
|
342
|
(N/A)
|
66.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
465
|
203
|
(N/A)
|
43.7
|
(N/A)
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
48.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
393
|
213
|
(N/A)
|
54.2
|
(N/A)
|
223
|
(N/A)
|
56.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
434
|
308
|
(N/A)
|
71.0
|
(N/A)
|
318
|
(N/A)
|
73.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
995
|
605
|
(N/A)
|
60.8
|
(N/A)
|
638
|
(N/A)
|
64.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
734
|
507
|
(N/A)
|
69.1
|
(N/A)
|
532
|
(N/A)
|
72.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
451
|
236
|
(N/A)
|
52.3
|
(N/A)
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
55.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
234
|
150
|
(N/A)
|
64.1
|
(N/A)
|
157
|
(N/A)
|
67.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
760
|
504
|
(N/A)
|
66.3
|
(N/A)
|
527
|
(N/A)
|
69.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
451
|
339
|
(N/A)
|
75.2
|
(N/A)
|
346
|
(N/A)
|
76.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
387
|
241
|
(N/A)
|
62.3
|
(N/A)
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
63.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
341
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
66.0
|
(N/A)
|
259
|
(N/A)
|
76.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
384
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
66.1
|
(N/A)
|
274
|
(N/A)
|
71.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
275
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
74.5
|
(N/A)
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
77.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
320
|
247
|
(N/A)
|
77.2
|
(N/A)
|
262
|
(N/A)
|
81.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
541
|
249
|
(N/A)
|
46.0
|
(N/A)
|
270
|
(N/A)
|
49.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
334
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
63.5
|
(N/A)
|
214
|
(N/A)
|
64.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
566
|
384
|
(N/A)
|
67.8
|
(N/A)
|
391
|
(N/A)
|
69.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
518
|
333
|
(N/A)
|
64.3
|
(N/A)
|
335
|
(N/A)
|
64.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
409
|
355
|
(N/A)
|
86.8
|
(N/A)
|
358
|
(N/A)
|
87.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
434
|
305
|
(N/A)
|
70.3
|
(N/A)
|
307
|
(N/A)
|
70.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
174
|
150
|
(N/A)
|
86.2
|
(N/A)
|
150
|
(N/A)
|
86.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
302
|
197
|
(N/A)
|
65.2
|
(N/A)
|
214
|
(N/A)
|
70.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
358
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
70.9
|
(N/A)
|
258
|
(N/A)
|
72.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
343
|
175
|
(N/A)
|
51.0
|
(N/A)
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
54.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
521
|
298
|
(N/A)
|
57.2
|
(N/A)
|
307
|
(N/A)
|
58.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
303
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
80.2
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
81.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
1,405
|
881
|
(N/A)
|
62.7
|
(N/A)
|
941
|
(N/A)
|
67.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
518
|
346
|
(N/A)
|
66.8
|
(N/A)
|
357
|
(N/A)
|
68.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
283
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
73.5
|
(N/A)
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
77.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
596
|
402
|
(N/A)
|
67.4
|
(N/A)
|
432
|
(N/A)
|
72.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
268
|
177
|
(N/A)
|
66.0
|
(N/A)
|
181
|
(N/A)
|
67.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
270
|
160
|
(N/A)
|
59.3
|
(N/A)
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
63.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
581
|
350
|
(N/A)
|
60.2
|
(N/A)
|
378
|
(N/A)
|
65.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
500
|
354
|
(N/A)
|
70.8
|
(N/A)
|
370
|
(N/A)
|
74.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
433
|
271
|
(N/A)
|
62.6
|
(N/A)
|
283
|
(N/A)
|
65.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
408
|
301
|
(N/A)
|
73.8
|
(N/A)
|
322
|
(N/A)
|
78.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
294
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
70.7
|
(N/A)
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
70.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
1,786
|
1,252
|
(N/A)
|
70.1
|
(N/A)
|
1,292
|
(N/A)
|
72.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
287
|
162
|
(N/A)
|
56.4
|
(N/A)
|
181
|
(N/A)
|
63.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
243
|
150
|
(N/A)
|
61.7
|
(N/A)
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
64.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
530
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
57.4
|
(N/A)
|
330
|
(N/A)
|
62.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
404
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
60.4
|
(N/A)
|
259
|
(N/A)
|
64.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
205
|
149
|
(N/A)
|
72.7
|
(N/A)
|
149
|
(N/A)
|
72.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
400
|
234
|
(N/A)
|
58.5
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
61.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
229
|
141
|
(N/A)
|
61.6
|
(N/A)
|
148
|
(N/A)
|
64.6
|
(N/A)
|
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