Demographics Table
State
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (<150% Of Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 52 states) 
|
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20.7 | 66,751,967 | N/A |
| New Hampshire | 12.5 | 166,675 | 1 |
| Maryland | 14.8 | 887,638 | 2 |
| Hawaii | 14.9 | 211,161 | 3 |
| Minnesota | 15.6 | 867,251 | 4 |
| Massachusetts | 15.6 | 1,057,157 | 5 |
| New Jersey | 15.7 | 1,426,164 | 6 |
| Colorado | 15.9 | 892,007 | 7 |
| Utah | 16.0 | 508,768 | 8 |
| Connecticut | 16.1 | 565,205 | 9 |
| Virginia | 16.4 | 1,364,202 | 10 |
| Washington | 16.4 | 1,227,633 | 11 |
| Alaska | 17.5 | 125,896 | 12 |
| Wisconsin | 17.6 | 1,009,698 | 13 |
| North Dakota | 17.7 | 132,460 | 14 |
| Vermont | 17.7 | 109,076 | 15 |
| Wyoming | 17.8 | 100,541 | 16 |
| Delaware | 18.1 | 172,793 | 17 |
| Nebraska | 18.1 | 343,941 | 18 |
| Rhode Island | 18.2 | 191,520 | 19 |
| Iowa | 18.8 | 579,856 | 20 |
| Maine | 18.9 | 249,111 | 21 |
| Pennsylvania | 19.1 | 2,394,815 | 22 |
| Illinois | 19.1 | 2,395,369 | 23 |
| Kansas | 19.4 | 552,205 | 24 |
| Oregon | 20.3 | 836,763 | 25 |
| California | 20.3 | 7,852,694 | 26 |
| South Dakota | 20.4 | 173,665 | 27 |
| Idaho | 20.7 | 368,416 | 28 |
| Indiana | 20.9 | 1,367,518 | 29 |
| New York | 21.0 | 4,116,789 | 30 |
| District of Columbia | 21.0 | 137,079 | 31 |
| Michigan | 21.3 | 2,093,829 | 32 |
| Ohio | 21.3 | 2,436,517 | 33 |
| Montana | 21.4 | 225,128 | 34 |
| Missouri | 21.4 | 1,276,390 | 35 |
| Nevada | 21.8 | 657,581 | 36 |
| Arizona | 22.3 | 1,544,238 | 37 |
| Florida | 22.3 | 4,666,103 | 38 |
| North Carolina | 22.9 | 2,315,283 | 39 |
| Georgia | 23.0 | 2,381,621 | 40 |
| Texas | 23.4 | 6,618,565 | 41 |
| Tennessee | 23.6 | 1,581,425 | 42 |
| South Carolina | 23.8 | 1,178,896 | 43 |
| Oklahoma | 25.1 | 961,499 | 44 |
| Alabama | 25.6 | 1,247,458 | 45 |
| Kentucky | 25.8 | 1,126,115 | 46 |
| West Virginia | 27.1 | 473,720 | 47 |
| Arkansas | 27.2 | 794,087 | 48 |
| Louisiana | 28.9 | 1,310,673 | 49 |
| New Mexico | 29.1 | 602,590 | 50 |
| Mississippi | 30.5 | 876,183 | 51 |
| Puerto Rico | 59.5 | 1,952,549 | 52 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/08/2023 7:24 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below 150% of 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 06/08/2023 7:24 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Persons below 150% of 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.