Demographics Table
State![]() |
Value (Percent)![]() |
People (<150% Of Poverty)![]() |
Rank within US (of 52 states) ![]() |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 22.0 | 69,762,719 | N/A |
Puerto Rico | 60.5 | 1,990,218 | 52 |
Mississippi | 31.9 | 921,198 | 51 |
New Mexico | 30.4 | 623,262 | 50 |
Louisiana | 29.5 | 1,337,660 | 49 |
Arkansas | 28.7 | 835,867 | 48 |
West Virginia | 28.1 | 495,635 | 47 |
Kentucky | 27.1 | 1,166,927 | 46 |
Alabama | 26.8 | 1,274,751 | 45 |
Oklahoma | 26.1 | 996,871 | 44 |
Tennessee | 25.1 | 1,641,903 | 43 |
South Carolina | 25.0 | 1,217,901 | 42 |
Texas | 24.7 | 6,820,935 | 41 |
Arizona | 24.6 | 1,697,248 | 40 |
Georgia | 24.6 | 2,494,416 | 39 |
North Carolina | 24.5 | 2,447,468 | 38 |
Florida | 23.9 | 4,896,251 | 37 |
Idaho | 23.0 | 388,155 | 36 |
Michigan | 22.8 | 2,225,740 | 35 |
Missouri | 22.6 | 1,340,940 | 34 |
District of Columbia | 22.5 | 148,589 | 33 |
Ohio | 22.4 | 2,536,747 | 32 |
Nevada | 22.4 | 655,402 | 31 |
Montana | 22.3 | 228,910 | 30 |
Indiana | 22.3 | 1,438,857 | 29 |
California | 22.1 | 8,533,480 | 28 |
New York | 22.0 | 4,193,463 | 27 |
Oregon | 21.8 | 884,476 | 26 |
South Dakota | 21.4 | 179,899 | 25 |
Kansas | 20.6 | 581,239 | 24 |
Illinois | 20.3 | 2,537,256 | 23 |
Maine | 20.2 | 262,155 | 22 |
Pennsylvania | 20.0 | 2,481,942 | 21 |
Iowa | 19.5 | 592,203 | 20 |
Rhode Island | 19.3 | 196,678 | 19 |
Nebraska | 19.3 | 359,409 | 18 |
Wisconsin | 18.8 | 1,063,536 | 17 |
Vermont | 18.8 | 112,567 | 16 |
Delaware | 18.6 | 173,348 | 15 |
Wyoming | 18.4 | 104,454 | 14 |
Alaska | 17.9 | 128,422 | 13 |
Washington | 17.8 | 1,292,680 | 12 |
North Dakota | 17.7 | 129,734 | 11 |
Utah | 17.4 | 531,861 | 10 |
Virginia | 17.3 | 1,422,057 | 9 |
Colorado | 17.3 | 949,684 | 8 |
Minnesota | 16.6 | 900,380 | 7 |
New Jersey | 16.4 | 1,423,721 | 6 |
Massachusetts | 16.2 | 1,074,316 | 5 |
Connecticut | 16.2 | 561,892 | 4 |
Hawaii | 15.0 | 208,048 | 3 |
Maryland | 15.0 | 882,901 | 2 |
New Hampshire | 13.0 | 169,285 | 1 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/26/2023 12:25 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.
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 03/26/2023 12:25 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.
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.