Demographics Table
State
|
Value (Percent)
|
Families (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 52 states)
|
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9.5 | 7,541,196 | N/A |
| New Hampshire | 4.6 | 16,133 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 5.9 | 82,301 | 2 |
| Maryland | 6.1 | 89,608 | 3 |
| North Dakota | 6.2 | 11,700 | 4 |
| Hawaii | 6.4 | 20,522 | 5 |
| Vermont | 6.6 | 10,278 | 6 |
| Colorado | 6.6 | 90,570 | 7 |
| Connecticut | 6.8 | 61,049 | 8 |
| Utah | 6.8 | 49,835 | 9 |
| Wyoming | 6.8 | 10,177 | 10 |
| Washington | 6.9 | 127,119 | 11 |
| Massachusetts | 7.0 | 115,654 | 12 |
| Virginia | 7.1 | 148,809 | 13 |
| Wisconsin | 7.2 | 106,215 | 14 |
| New Jersey | 7.2 | 160,148 | 15 |
| Iowa | 7.2 | 58,018 | 16 |
| Nebraska | 7.2 | 35,008 | 17 |
| Alaska | 7.3 | 12,167 | 18 |
| Maine | 7.3 | 25,498 | 19 |
| Kansas | 7.8 | 57,248 | 20 |
| Delaware | 7.9 | 18,981 | 21 |
| Montana | 8.0 | 21,178 | 22 |
| South Dakota | 8.1 | 17,672 | 23 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.4 | 271,519 | 24 |
| Oregon | 8.4 | 85,884 | 25 |
| Rhode Island | 8.6 | 21,872 | 26 |
| Illinois | 8.9 | 276,102 | 27 |
| Idaho | 9.1 | 38,535 | 28 |
| Indiana | 9.3 | 154,642 | 29 |
| Missouri | 9.4 | 145,021 | 30 |
| Nevada | 9.4 | 65,845 | 31 |
| California | 9.6 | 862,463 | 32 |
| Michigan | 9.9 | 247,982 | 33 |
| Ohio | 9.9 | 293,555 | 34 |
| Florida | 10.0 | 497,783 | 35 |
| New York | 10.4 | 479,951 | 36 |
| North Carolina | 10.6 | 274,254 | 37 |
| Arizona | 10.8 | 182,110 | 38 |
| South Carolina | 10.9 | 138,061 | 39 |
| Tennessee | 11.1 | 190,006 | 40 |
| Georgia | 11.3 | 285,289 | 41 |
| Texas | 11.3 | 759,269 | 42 |
| Oklahoma | 11.3 | 110,424 | 43 |
| District of Columbia | 12.2 | 15,141 | 44 |
| Alabama | 12.3 | 150,409 | 45 |
| Arkansas | 12.4 | 94,963 | 46 |
| West Virginia | 12.7 | 60,372 | 47 |
| Kentucky | 13.0 | 147,322 | 48 |
| Louisiana | 14.5 | 161,046 | 49 |
| New Mexico | 14.5 | 71,675 | 50 |
| Mississippi | 15.5 | 113,813 | 51 |
| Puerto Rico | 40.3 | 326,456 | 52 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2023 8:12 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.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2023 8:12 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.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.