Return to Home Demographics > Table

Demographics Table

Data Options

Demographic Data Report by State
Poverty: Persons below 150% of poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank

State
 sort alphabetically by name ascending
Value (Percent)
 sort by value ascending
People (<150% Of Poverty)
 sort by sample size ascending
Rank within US
(of 52 states)
 sort by rank ascending
United States 20.2 65,652,285 N/A
Puerto Rico 58.4 1,882,589 52
Mississippi 30.2 860,926 51
Louisiana 28.6 1,285,806 50
New Mexico 28.5 591,616 49
Arkansas 26.9 793,503 48
West Virginia 26.3 454,900 47
Kentucky 25.6 1,120,901 46
Alabama 25.2 1,236,800 45
Oklahoma 25.1 971,426 44
South Carolina 22.9 1,163,853 43
Tennessee 22.7 1,547,792 41
Texas 22.7 6,598,800 41
Georgia 22.1 2,337,691 40
North Carolina 22.0 2,267,562 39
Florida 21.3 4,566,189 38
Nevada 21.2 658,212 37
Missouri 21.1 1,263,460 36
New York 21.0 4,065,128 34
Ohio 21.0 2,408,310 34
Arizona 20.8 1,481,677 32
Michigan 20.8 2,048,809 32
Indiana 20.5 1,353,442 31
Montana 20.4 220,202 30
District of Columbia 19.9 128,715 29
South Dakota 19.7 171,223 28
California 19.6 7,554,796 27
Oregon 19.5 812,762 26
Idaho 19.4 357,775 25
Kansas 19.1 545,567 24
Pennsylvania 18.9 2,380,128 23
Illinois 18.6 2,313,812 22
Iowa 18.5 574,002 21
Maine 18.2 242,925 20
Wyoming 18.0 102,144 19
Nebraska 17.9 342,503 18
Alaska 17.3 123,987 16
Wisconsin 17.3 997,707 16
Delaware 17.1 167,745 13
Rhode Island 17.1 180,125 13
Vermont 17.1 106,461 13
North Dakota 16.9 127,455 12
Virginia 16.2 1,366,605 11
Washington 16.0 1,218,209 10
Connecticut 15.8 555,311 9
Hawaii 15.6 219,940 6
Massachusetts 15.6 1,054,072 6
New Jersey 15.6 1,415,719 6
Colorado 15.4 878,544 5
Minnesota 15.3 856,127 4
Utah 15.1 493,570 3
Maryland 15.0 906,277 2
New Hampshire 11.9 161,074 1
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/19/2025 9:24 pm.

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.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

Return to Top