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Demographic Data Report by State
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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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 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
California 8.4 772,253 29
Texas 10.5 769,750 42
Florida 8.9 492,997 33
New York 9.8 463,103 38
Puerto Rico 38.2 304,614 52
Ohio 9.2 274,066 36
Pennsylvania 8.1 264,862 27
Georgia 9.9 263,089 39
Illinois 8.2 255,492 28
North Carolina 9.4 252,513 37
Michigan 8.8 221,941 32
Tennessee 9.9 176,288 39
New Jersey 7.0 164,334 18
Arizona 8.9 161,583 33
Louisiana 14.2 159,527 50
Virginia 6.8 147,333 13
Alabama 11.3 143,938 45
Indiana 8.4 143,434 29
South Carolina 10.1 136,306 41
Kentucky 11.8 136,096 47
Missouri 8.4 129,737 29
Washington 6.4 123,641 8
Massachusetts 6.6 114,026 10
Oklahoma 11.1 110,920 44
Mississippi 14.3 105,525 51
Wisconsin 6.6 97,841 10
Maryland 6.3 96,111 7
Arkansas 11.5 89,060 46
Colorado 5.9 84,646 5
Minnesota 5.5 78,258 2
Oregon 7.3 76,805 23
New Mexico 13.7 69,601 49
Nevada 9.0 68,370 35
Connecticut 6.8 62,462 13
Kansas 7.7 57,001 26
Iowa 6.9 55,842 16
West Virginia 11.9 53,766 48
Utah 5.7 45,507 3
Idaho 7.0 33,569 18
Nebraska 6.7 32,975 12
Maine 6.5 23,318 9
Hawaii 6.9 22,929 16
Montana 7.1 19,391 21
Delaware 7.3 18,805 23
Rhode Island 7.0 18,767 18
South Dakota 7.4 16,369 25
New Hampshire 4.4 15,667 1
District of Columbia 10.7 14,228 43
Alaska 6.8 11,664 13
North Dakota 6.2 11,646 6
Wyoming 7.1 10,566 21
Vermont 5.7 9,015 3
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/16/2025 9:21 pm.

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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