Income and Poverty - Poverty rate, overall
(2019)
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Name | Poverty rate Rank | Poverty rate |
Mississippi | 1 | 19.5% |
Louisiana | 2 | 18.8% |
New Mexico | 3 | 17.5% |
West Virginia | 4 | 16.2% |
Kentucky | 5 | 16.0% |
Arkansas | 6 | 16.0% |
Alabama | 7 | 15.6% |
Oklahoma | 8 | 15.1% |
South Carolina | 9 | 13.9% |
Tennessee | 10 | 13.8% |
Texas | 11 | 13.6% |
North Carolina | 12 | 13.6% |
Arizona | 13 | 13.5% |
Georgia | 14 | 13.5% |
New York | 15 | 13.1% |
Ohio | 16 | 13.0% |
Michigan | 17 | 12.9% |
Missouri | 18 | 12.9% |
Florida | 19 | 12.7% |
Nevada | 20 | 12.7% |
Montana | 21 | 12.6% |
Pennsylvania | 22 | 12.0% |
Indiana | 23 | 11.9% |
South Dakota | 24 | 11.9% |
California | 25 | 11.8% |
Rhode Island | 26 | 11.6% |
Oregon | 27 | 11.5% |
Illinois | 28 | 11.4% |
Kansas | 29 | 11.3% |
Delaware | 30 | 11.2% |
Idaho | 31 | 11.0% |
Iowa | 32 | 11.0% |
Maine | 33 | 10.9% |
North Dakota | 34 | 10.5% |
Wisconsin | 35 | 10.4% |
Alaska | 36 | 10.2% |
Vermont | 37 | 10.1% |
Virginia | 38 | 9.9% |
Nebraska | 39 | 9.9% |
Connecticut | 40 | 9.9% |
Wyoming | 41 | 9.9% |
Washington | 42 | 9.8% |
Massachusetts | 43 | 9.5% |
Colorado | 44 | 9.4% |
New Jersey | 45 | 9.1% |
Maryland | 46 | 9.1% |
Hawaii | 47 | 9.0% |
Minnesota | 48 | 8.9% |
Utah | 49 | 8.8% |
New Hampshire | 50 | 7.5% |
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