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