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Demographic Data Report by State
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Count
State
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Value (Percent)
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Families (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 52 states)
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United States 8.9 7,181,779 N/A
California 8.7 791,378 31
Texas 10.7 757,317 42
Florida 9.3 492,758 35
New York 9.8 461,701 38
Puerto Rico 39.2 309,508 52
Ohio 9.3 275,595 34
Georgia 10.3 266,936 40
Pennsylvania 8.0 261,498 27
Illinois 8.3 259,285 28
North Carolina 9.7 254,609 37
Michigan 8.9 224,272 32
Tennessee 10.3 178,113 39
Arizona 9.5 166,830 36
New Jersey 7.0 163,596 18
Louisiana 14.0 156,479 50
Indiana 8.6 145,499 30
Virginia 6.8 144,243 14
Alabama 11.4 140,954 44
Kentucky 11.9 134,623 47
South Carolina 10.4 134,181 41
Missouri 8.5 131,137 29
Washington 6.5 122,530 8
Massachusetts 6.6 113,046 12
Oklahoma 11.0 107,959 43
Mississippi 14.5 106,360 51
Wisconsin 6.6 98,820 13
Maryland 6.2 93,462 6
Arkansas 11.6 87,866 45
Colorado 6.1 85,236 5
Minnesota 5.6 78,847 2
Oregon 7.5 78,185 22
New Mexico 13.8 68,639 49
Nevada 9.1 66,571 33
Connecticut 6.8 61,578 15
Iowa 7.0 55,923 17
Kansas 7.6 55,879 24
West Virginia 12.0 54,024 48
Utah 5.9 45,141 3
Idaho 7.5 33,885 23
Nebraska 6.6 32,008 10
Maine 6.6 22,964 11
Hawaii 6.5 21,498 9
Montana 7.5 20,077 21
Rhode Island 7.4 19,630 20
Delaware 7.7 18,975 25
South Dakota 7.7 16,643 26
New Hampshire 4.7 16,505 1
District of Columbia 11.6 15,262 46
Alaska 7.1 12,206 19
North Dakota 6.3 11,762 7
Wyoming 6.8 9,883 16
Vermont 6.0 9,411 4
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2024 6:39 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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