Demographics Table
State
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 52 states)
|
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13.4 | 42,510,843 | N/A |
| New Hampshire | 7.6 | 98,682 | 1 |
| Maryland | 9.2 | 539,991 | 2 |
| Hawaii | 9.4 | 130,649 | 3 |
| Minnesota | 9.7 | 526,065 | 4 |
| Utah | 9.8 | 298,537 | 5 |
| Connecticut | 9.9 | 344,146 | 6 |
| New Jersey | 10.0 | 869,081 | 7 |
| Massachusetts | 10.3 | 680,962 | 8 |
| Colorado | 10.3 | 565,873 | 9 |
| Virginia | 10.6 | 865,691 | 10 |
| North Dakota | 10.7 | 78,198 | 11 |
| Alaska | 10.7 | 76,933 | 12 |
| Washington | 10.8 | 785,244 | 13 |
| Vermont | 10.9 | 65,652 | 14 |
| Wyoming | 11.0 | 62,257 | 15 |
| Nebraska | 11.1 | 206,579 | 16 |
| Wisconsin | 11.3 | 639,160 | 17 |
| Iowa | 11.5 | 348,122 | 18 |
| Delaware | 11.8 | 109,400 | 19 |
| Maine | 11.8 | 153,131 | 20 |
| Kansas | 12.0 | 337,739 | 21 |
| Rhode Island | 12.4 | 125,826 | 22 |
| Pennsylvania | 12.4 | 1,539,183 | 23 |
| Illinois | 12.5 | 1,557,873 | 24 |
| Idaho | 13.1 | 221,256 | 25 |
| Montana | 13.1 | 134,605 | 26 |
| Nevada | 13.1 | 384,690 | 27 |
| South Dakota | 13.1 | 110,553 | 28 |
| Oregon | 13.2 | 533,527 | 29 |
| California | 13.4 | 5,149,742 | 30 |
| Indiana | 13.4 | 867,996 | 31 |
| Missouri | 13.7 | 810,045 | 32 |
| Florida | 14.0 | 2,870,487 | 33 |
| Ohio | 14.0 | 1,588,343 | 34 |
| New York | 14.1 | 2,681,277 | 35 |
| Michigan | 14.4 | 1,398,527 | 36 |
| North Carolina | 14.7 | 1,467,591 | 37 |
| Texas | 14.7 | 4,072,194 | 38 |
| Georgia | 15.1 | 1,528,558 | 39 |
| Arizona | 15.1 | 1,043,764 | 40 |
| South Carolina | 15.2 | 741,650 | 41 |
| Tennessee | 15.2 | 996,930 | 42 |
| Oklahoma | 15.7 | 598,373 | 43 |
| District of Columbia | 16.2 | 107,140 | 44 |
| Alabama | 16.7 | 795,989 | 45 |
| Arkansas | 17.0 | 496,260 | 46 |
| Kentucky | 17.3 | 747,010 | 47 |
| West Virginia | 17.6 | 310,044 | 48 |
| New Mexico | 19.1 | 392,065 | 49 |
| Louisiana | 19.2 | 871,467 | 50 |
| Mississippi | 20.3 | 585,786 | 51 |
| Puerto Rico | 44.1 | 1,449,091 | 52 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/20/2023 6:39 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons 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 03/20/2023 6:39 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons 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.