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Demographic Data Report by State
Poverty: Persons below 150% of poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Value

State
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Value (Percent)
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People (<150% Of Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 52 states)
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United States 20.5 66,233,791 N/A
Puerto Rico 59.1 1,914,972 52
Mississippi 30.4 867,765 51
New Mexico 29.1 603,005 50
Louisiana 28.7 1,296,049 49
Arkansas 27.3 798,930 48
West Virginia 26.9 467,366 47
Kentucky 25.6 1,119,314 46
Alabama 25.3 1,239,228 45
Oklahoma 25.0 960,898 44
South Carolina 23.4 1,169,582 43
Texas 23.1 6,619,157 42
Tennessee 23.1 1,560,543 41
North Carolina 22.4 2,282,732 40
Georgia 22.4 2,344,041 39
Florida 21.8 4,608,310 38
Nevada 21.6 661,332 37
Arizona 21.6 1,512,842 36
Missouri 21.3 1,271,301 35
Ohio 21.1 2,420,263 34
Montana 21.1 224,624 33
Michigan 21.0 2,071,419 32
New York 21.0 4,105,351 31
Indiana 20.6 1,359,695 30
District of Columbia 20.6 133,589 29
Idaho 20.1 363,568 28
South Dakota 20.0 172,130 27
California 20.0 7,720,438 26
Oregon 19.9 824,502 25
Kansas 19.3 549,902 24
Pennsylvania 19.0 2,388,674 23
Illinois 18.9 2,360,889 22
Iowa 18.8 580,067 21
Maine 18.4 244,951 20
Nebraska 18.2 347,465 19
Rhode Island 17.9 187,746 18
Wyoming 17.8 100,552 17
Delaware 17.6 170,982 16
Alaska 17.5 125,286 15
Wisconsin 17.5 1,002,523 14
North Dakota 17.4 130,987 13
Vermont 17.3 107,567 12
Virginia 16.3 1,366,831 11
Washington 16.2 1,220,660 10
Connecticut 16.1 565,242 9
Colorado 15.8 891,587 8
Massachusetts 15.6 1,055,935 7
New Jersey 15.6 1,413,374 6
Minnesota 15.5 866,406 5
Utah 15.4 497,458 4
Hawaii 15.4 217,330 3
Maryland 14.9 897,706 2
New Hampshire 12.4 165,697 1
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/08/2024 11:31 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.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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