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List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate

This list of U.S.

states and territories by poverty rate covers the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and their populations' poverty rate. The four other inhabited U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are listed separately.

List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate
Proportion of Americans living below the poverty line in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2016 - 2020 American Community Survey
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate
Proportion of Americans living below the poverty line in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico according to the 2016 - 2020 American Community Survey

The data source for the main list is the U.S. Census Bureau's five-year American Community Survey taken 2016 - 2020. The American Community Survey is a large demographic survey collected throughout the year using mailed questionnaires, telephone interviews, and visits from Census Bureau field representatives to about 3.5 million household addresses annually, regardless of their legal immigration status.

Overall, out of Americans for whom the Census Bureau was able to determine poverty status, 42.31 million lived below the poverty line (or 13.15% of the total population). Poverty rates were highest in the states of New Mexico (18.2%), Mississippi (17.8%), Louisiana (16.9%), Arkansas (15.9%), Kentucky (15.8%), Oklahoma (15.8%), and West Virginia (15.6%) and they were lowest in the states of New Hampshire (7.42%), Maryland (9.02%), Utah (9.13%), Hawaii (9.26%).

U.S. Census Bureau table

In the list below, the population in each state and territory of the U.S. by specific poverty status can be found. The list is initially sorted by poverty rate but the table headers can be clicked to sort by any column.

Poverty rate by state or territory, 2016-2020
State or territory Population Population under
poverty line 		Poverty rate
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Puerto Rico 3,227,457 1,400,958 43.41%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Mississippi 2,883,074 564,439 19.58%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Louisiana 4,532,187 845,230 18.65%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  New Mexico 2,053,909 381,026 18.55%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  West Virginia 1,755,591 300,152 17.10%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Kentucky 4,322,881 717,895 16.61%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Arkansas 2,923,585 470,190 16.08%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Alabama 4,771,614 762,642 15.98%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  District of Columbia 669,089 103,391 15.45%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Oklahoma 3,833,712 585,520 15.27%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  South Carolina 4,950,181 726,470 14.68%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Tennessee 6,603,468 965,213 14.62%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Georgia 10,238,369 1,461,572 14.28%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Texas 28,013,446 3,984,260 14.22%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Arizona 7,012,999 990,528 14.12%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  North Carolina 10,098,330 1,411,939 13.98%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Michigan 9,753,541 1,337,256 13.71%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Ohio 11,350,378 1,546,011 13.62%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  New York 19,009,098 2,581,048 13.58%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Florida 20,793,628 2,772,939 13.34%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Missouri 5,942,813 772,992 13.01%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Indiana 6,491,632 838,149 12.91%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  South Dakota 849,910 108,863 12.81%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Montana 1,036,490 132,476 12.78%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Nevada 2,987,817 381,695 12.78%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  California 38,589,882 4,853,434 12.58%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Oregon 4,096,744 506,558 12.36%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Illinois 12,418,504 1,488,670 11.99%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Pennsylvania 12,387,061 1,480,430 11.95%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Idaho 1,722,972 205,676 11.94%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Rhode Island 1,017,028 117,785 11.58%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Kansas 2,828,498 323,644 11.44%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Delaware 941,266 107,641 11.44%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Iowa 3,051,284 339,090 11.11%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Maine 1,304,038 144,384 11.07%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Wisconsin 5,659,485 620,947 10.97%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Vermont 599,938 64,700 10.78%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Wyoming 566,858 61,006 10.76%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  North Dakota 735,842 77,491 10.53%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Nebraska 1,869,467 193,820 10.37%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Alaska 719,445 74,369 10.34%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Washington 7,372,433 751,044 10.19%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Virginia 8,255,575 826,708 10.01%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Massachusetts 6,637,329 653,454 9.85%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Connecticut 3,466,935 339,156 9.78%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Colorado 5,563,823 544,232 9.78%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  New Jersey 8,713,792 842,704 9.67%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Minnesota 5,476,956 511,185 9.33%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Hawaii 1,381,577 127,971 9.26%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Utah 3,102,049 283,360 9.13%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Maryland 5,894,835 531,553 9.02%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  New Hampshire 1,312,770 97,418 7.42%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  United States 321,791,585 42,311,284 13.15%

U.S. territories

Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are data deficient (because they are not included in the American Community Survey), not all recent poverty rate estimates have been made for them. Below are the poverty rates for these territories in 2010.

Territory 2010
Poverty rate
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Northern Mariana Islands 52.3%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Guam 22.9%
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  U.S. Virgin Islands 22.4%

USDA map

From United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate 

USDA table

  • Row numbers are static. Other columns are sortable. This allows ranking of any column.

Links below are "Economy of STATE" links.

All people in poverty. Percent. 2021. US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
All people in poverty (2021) Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2021)
90% confidence interval of estimate 90% confidence interval of estimate
States and D.C. Percent Lower Bound Upper Bound Percent Lower Bound Upper Bound
National 12.8 12.7 12.9 16.9 16.7 17.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Alabama 16.3 15.9 16.7 22.7 21.9 23.5
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Alaska 10.8 10.3 11.3 13.5 12.7 14.3
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Arizona 12.9 12.6 13.2 17.8 17.2 18.4
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Arkansas 16 15.6 16.4 21.8 21 22.6
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  California 12.3 12.2 12.4 15.8 15.5 16.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Colorado 9.7 9.5 9.9 11.8 11.2 12.4
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Connecticut 10.1 9.8 10.4 12.9 12.2 13.6
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Delaware 11.5 11 12 16.2 15.3 17.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  District of Columbia 16.8 15.9 17.7 25.5 22.5 28.5
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Florida 13.2 13 13.4 18.4 17.8 19
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Georgia 14.2 13.9 14.5 20.5 19.9 21.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Hawaii 10.9 10.4 11.4 12.9 12 13.8
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Idaho 10.8 10.3 11.3 12.5 11.7 13.3
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Illinois 12.1 11.9 12.3 15.9 15.4 16.4
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Indiana 12.1 11.8 12.4 15.7 15.1 16.3
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Iowa 11 10.6 11.4 12.4 11.8 13
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Kansas 11.6 11.2 12 13.5 12.8 14.2
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Kentucky 16.3 16 16.6 21.2 20.5 21.9
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Louisiana 19.5 19.1 19.9 26.9 26.1 27.7
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Maine 11.2 10.7 11.7 13.8 12.9 14.7
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Maryland 10.3 10 10.6 14 13.4 14.6
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Massachusetts 10.4 10.2 10.6 12.8 12.2 13.4
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Michigan 13 12.8 13.2 17.6 17.1 18.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Minnesota 9.3 9.1 9.5 10.8 10.3 11.3
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Mississippi 19.2 18.7 19.7 27.1 26.2 28
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Missouri 12.8 12.5 13.1 16.5 15.9 17.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Montana 12 11.5 12.5 14.9 14.1 15.7
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Nebraska 10.5 10.1 10.9 12.1 11.3 12.9
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Nevada 14 13.6 14.4 18.8 18 19.6
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  New Hampshire 7.4 7 7.8 9.3 8.5 10.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  New Jersey 10.2 10 10.4 13.9 13.3 14.5
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  New Mexico 17.7 17.1 18.3 23.1 22.1 24.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  New York 14 13.8 14.2 18.8 18.3 19.3
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  North Carolina 13.5 13.2 13.8 18.2 17.6 18.8
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  North Dakota 10.9 10.3 11.5 11.5 10.6 12.4
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Ohio 13.3 13.1 13.5 18.2 17.7 18.7
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Oklahoma 15.4 15.1 15.7 20.5 19.8 21.2
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Oregon 12.2 11.9 12.5 13.8 13.1 14.5
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Pennsylvania 12 11.8 12.2 16.3 15.7 16.9
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Rhode Island 12.1 11.6 12.6 17 16.1 17.9
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  South Carolina 14.5 14.2 14.8 19.7 19 20.4
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  South Dakota 11.9 11.4 12.4 14.4 13.5 15.3
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Tennessee 13.7 13.4 14 18.4 17.8 19
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Texas 14.2 14 14.4 19.5 19 20
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Utah 8.7 8.3 9.1 8.5 7.9 9.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Vermont 10.2 9.7 10.7 11.2 10.3 12.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Virginia 10.3 10.1 10.5 13.3 12.8 13.8
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Washington 9.9 9.7 10.1 12 11.4 12.6
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  West Virginia 16.8 16.3 17.3 21.4 20.5 22.3
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Wisconsin 10.8 10.6 11 13.6 13.1 14.1
List Of U.s. States And Territories By Poverty Rate  Wyoming 10.6 9.9 11.3 12.1 11.1 13.1

Notes

These metrics are set at a federal level, and thus do not adjust for local cost of living metrics that change purchasing power. Census poverty rates that adjust for cost of living may be more useful for some purposes.[citation needed]

See also

References

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