List of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate

Map of poverty rate in the United States in 2014.
Legend:

  <6%

  6%-7.5%

  7.5%-9%

  9%-10.5%

  10.5%-12%

  12%-13.5%

  13.5%-15%

  15%-16.5%

  >16.5%

Map of estimated poverty rates in the United States by county, 2008. Legend:

   <5%

   <10%

   <15%

   <20%

   <25%

   <30%

   <35%

   <40%

   >40%

This article is a list of the 50 United States of America (U.S.) states, also including the District of Columbia, ordered by poverty rate. 2014 statistics are not identical to official poverty rates because they include children not counted in the official numbers (see Revised Tables link below). Supplemental Poverty Measure takes into account differences in cost of living between states (i.e. housing costs appreciably higher/lower than the national average) as well as taxes and the value of government assistance programs. All data are from the United States Census Bureau.

States

Rank	State	People below 100% of poverty		People below 50% of poverty		Families below 100% of poverty		Families below 50% of poverty
		(thousands)	Rate	(thousands)	Rate	(thousands)	Rate	(thousands)	Rate
01	New Hampshire	95	7.2	39	3.0	16	4.7	4	1.3
02	Minnesota	447	8.3	176	3.2	84	5.8	27	1.8
03	Connecticut	308	8.6	121	3.4	65	6.6	27	2.7
04	Vermont	57	9.3	24	3.9	11	6.3	4	2.5
05	North Dakota	71	9.7	36	5.0	12	6.2	7	3.5
06	Wyoming	55	9.7	27	4.7	8	5.1	4	2.5
07	Maryland	584	9.8	260	4.4	115	7.4	41	2.7
08	Utah	298	10.2	109	3.7	70	9.3	24	3.1
09	Virginia	842	10.2	416	5.0	161	7.5	75	3.5
10	Iowa	317	10.3	133	4.3	51	6.3	21	2.6
11	Missouri	620	10.4	291	4.9	116	7.3	51	3.2
12	Hawaii	147	10.8	77	5.7	27	8.3	14	4.3
13	Wisconsin	628	10.9	317	5.5	116	7.6	54	3.6
14	Delaware	103	11.0	41	4.4	20	8.0	9	3.4
15	New Jersey	1,013	11.3	481	5.4	194	8.5	100	4.4
16	Rhode Island	119	11.3	59	5.6	25	9.1	12	4.3
17	Nebraska	221	11.8	102	5.5	43	8.8	19	3.8
18	Alaska	82	11.9	49	7.1	19	10.3	11	5.9
19	Montana	121	12.0	57	5.7	19	7.2	7	2.9
20	Washington	852	12.0	383	5.4	174	9.4	72	3.9
21	Kansas	345	12.1	161	5.7	68	9.0	27	3.5
22	Colorado	661	12.3	254	4.7	131	9.5	47	3.4
23	Idaho	199	12.4	88	5.5	27	6.7	12	3.0
24	Pennsylvania	1,581	12.5	675	5.4	349	10.5	157	4.7
25	South Dakota	109	12.8	49	5.8	23	10.2	10	4.4
26	Massachusetts	902	13.6	385	5.8	176	10.8	73	4.5
27	Illinois	1,756	13.7	778	6.1	324	10.2	142	4.5
28	New York	2,755	14.0	1,243	6.3	556	11.3	246	5.0
29	Oregon	570	14.4	239	6.0	102	9.8	47	4.5
30	Indiana	948	14.6	339	5.2	180	10.5	56	3.3
31	Maine	190	14.6	62	4.8	36	10.9	13	3.8
32	Michigan	1,462	14.8	624	6.3	285	11.1	120	4.7
33	Ohio	1,792	15.6	788	6.8	396	12.7	168	5.4
34	California	6,112	15.8	2,680	6.9	1,200	12.8	490	5.2
35	Texas	4,364	16.4	1,882	7.1	874	12.9	358	5.3
36	South Carolina	788	16.5	360	7.6	179	13.5	79	5.9
37	Florida	3,282	16.7	1,596	8.1	689	13.4	309	6.0
38	Georgia	1,676	16.8	839	8.4	342	13.1	166	6.4
39	Nevada	478	17.0	201	7.1	105	14.5	44	6.1
40	North Carolina	1,678	17.1	764	7.8	337	12.8	136	5.1
41	Oklahoma	647	17.3	293	7.9	147	14.9	67	6.7
42	Tennessee	1,122	17.3	510	7.9	239	13.4	110	6.2
43	Alabama	848	17.8	365	7.7	197	14.6	85	6.3
44	Arkansas	532	18.4	238	8.2	119	14.7	49	6.0
45	District of Columbia	125	19.0	68	10.4	23	18.0	12	9.4
46	Kentucky	861	20.0	326	7.6	183	15.8	70	6.0
47	New Mexico	406	20.0	215	10.6	89	17.3	48	9.4
48	West Virginia	376	20.6	168	9.2	82	16.6	41	8.4
49	Arizona	1,409	21.2	611	9.2	280	16.1	119	6.8
50	Mississippi	654	22.1	284	9.6	144	18.2	60	7.6
51	Louisiana	1,049	23.1	517	11.4	243	20.0	121	10.0
-	United States	46,657	14.8	20,803	6.6	9,467	11.6	4,062	5.0

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See also

• List of US states by Gini coefficient
• List of lowest-income places in the United States
• Thank God for Mississippi

External links

• Total Number of People Living in Poverty based on Household Income (In Thousands), 2005. State Health Facts. December 14, 2007.
• Poverty Rate based on Household Income, 2005 . State Health Facts. December 14, 2007.
• Geographic Adjustments of Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds: Using the American Community Survey Five-Year Data on Housing Costs Accessed November 27, 2012.
• The Research Supplemental Poverty Measure Accessed June 5, 2014.