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Demographic Data Report by State
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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State
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Value (Percent)
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 52 states)
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United States 12.5 40,521,584 N/A
New Hampshire 7.3 98,162 1
Utah 8.5 275,188 2
Maryland 9.3 558,567 3
Minnesota 9.3 516,284 4
Colorado 9.6 540,105 5
Hawaii 9.6 135,941 6
New Jersey 9.7 879,179 7
Washington 9.9 747,538 8
Massachusetts 9.9 672,361 9
Virginia 10.0 836,686 10
Connecticut 10.1 355,692 11
Nebraska 10.4 198,466 12
Vermont 10.4 64,739 13
Alaska 10.5 75,227 14
Wisconsin 10.7 611,661 15
Wyoming 10.7 60,134 16
North Dakota 10.8 80,810 17
Maine 10.9 145,491 18
Idaho 11.0 198,788 19
Iowa 11.1 343,141 20
Delaware 11.1 107,790 21
Rhode Island 11.2 118,033 22
Kansas 11.6 329,870 23
Illinois 11.8 1,467,893 24
Pennsylvania 11.8 1,482,439 25
Oregon 11.9 494,158 26
California 12.1 4,685,272 27
South Dakota 12.3 105,542 28
Indiana 12.3 810,702 29
Montana 12.4 132,329 30
Nevada 12.7 389,456 31
Missouri 12.8 766,582 32
Florida 12.9 2,725,633 33
Arizona 13.1 916,876 34
Michigan 13.1 1,293,164 35
Ohio 13.3 1,526,507 36
North Carolina 13.3 1,357,418 37
Georgia 13.5 1,415,573 38
New York 13.6 2,655,662 39
Texas 13.9 3,990,326 40
Tennessee 14.0 943,583 41
South Carolina 14.4 717,849 42
District of Columbia 15.1 98,039 43
Oklahoma 15.2 585,991 44
Alabama 15.7 768,897 45
Kentucky 16.1 704,758 46
Arkansas 16.2 475,729 47
West Virginia 16.8 291,860 48
New Mexico 18.3 378,651 49
Louisiana 18.7 842,038 50
Mississippi 19.2 548,804 51
Puerto Rico 42.2 1,368,360 52
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/12/2024 2:38 am.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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