Income and Poverty - Poverty rate, overall
(2022)
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| Name | Poverty rate
Rank | Poverty rate |
| Mississippi | 1 | 19.2% |
| Louisiana | 2 | 18.6% |
| West Virginia | 3 | 17.4% |
| New Mexico | 4 | 17.3% |
| Kentucky | 5 | 16.3% |
| Arkansas | 6 | 16.3% |
| Alabama | 7 | 16.2% |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 15.6% |
| New York | 9 | 14.2% |
| Texas | 10 | 14.0% |
| South Carolina | 11 | 14.0% |
| Ohio | 12 | 13.4% |
| Michigan | 13 | 13.3% |
| Tennessee | 14 | 13.3% |
| Missouri | 15 | 13.1% |
| Georgia | 16 | 12.9% |
| North Carolina | 17 | 12.8% |
| Florida | 18 | 12.7% |
| Nevada | 19 | 12.6% |
| Arizona | 20 | 12.5% |
| Indiana | 21 | 12.5% |
| South Dakota | 22 | 12.4% |
| California | 23 | 12.2% |
| Oregon | 24 | 12.0% |
| Illinois | 25 | 11.9% |
| Kansas | 26 | 11.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | 11.8% |
| Montana | 28 | 11.8% |
| North Dakota | 29 | 11.2% |
| Rhode Island | 30 | 11.2% |
| Wyoming | 31 | 11.2% |
| Nebraska | 32 | 11.1% |
| Iowa | 33 | 11.0% |
| Maine | 34 | 10.9% |
| Alaska | 35 | 10.8% |
| Wisconsin | 36 | 10.8% |
| Virginia | 37 | 10.6% |
| Idaho | 38 | 10.5% |
| Massachusetts | 39 | 10.4% |
| Vermont | 40 | 10.2% |
| Washington | 41 | 10.0% |
| Hawaii | 42 | 10.0% |
| Delaware | 43 | 10.0% |
| Maryland | 44 | 9.8% |
| Connecticut | 45 | 9.8% |
| New Jersey | 46 | 9.7% |
| Minnesota | 47 | 9.6% |
| Colorado | 48 | 9.5% |
| Utah | 49 | 8.3% |
| New Hampshire | 50 | 7.4% |
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