Income and Poverty - Poverty rate, overall
(2017)
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| Name | Poverty rate
Rank | Poverty rate |
| Mississippi | 1 | 19.9% |
| Louisiana | 2 | 19.6% |
| New Mexico | 3 | 19.0% |
| West Virginia | 4 | 18.5% |
| Kentucky | 5 | 17.1% |
| Alabama | 6 | 16.9% |
| Arkansas | 7 | 16.3% |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 15.8% |
| South Carolina | 9 | 15.4% |
| Georgia | 10 | 15.1% |
| Tennessee | 11 | 15.0% |
| Arizona | 12 | 14.9% |
| Texas | 13 | 14.7% |
| North Carolina | 14 | 14.7% |
| New York | 15 | 14.1% |
| Florida | 16 | 14.1% |
| Michigan | 17 | 14.1% |
| Ohio | 18 | 13.9% |
| Missouri | 19 | 13.4% |
| Nevada | 20 | 13.3% |
| Indiana | 21 | 13.3% |
| California | 22 | 13.3% |
| Oregon | 23 | 13.2% |
| Delaware | 24 | 13.0% |
| South Dakota | 25 | 12.8% |
| Montana | 26 | 12.7% |
| Idaho | 27 | 12.6% |
| Illinois | 28 | 12.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | 12.5% |
| Rhode Island | 30 | 12.3% |
| Kansas | 31 | 11.9% |
| Maine | 32 | 11.3% |
| Wisconsin | 33 | 11.3% |
| Washington | 34 | 11.0% |
| Alaska | 35 | 11.0% |
| Iowa | 36 | 10.8% |
| Wyoming | 37 | 10.8% |
| Vermont | 38 | 10.8% |
| Virginia | 39 | 10.7% |
| Nebraska | 40 | 10.7% |
| Massachusetts | 41 | 10.5% |
| Colorado | 42 | 10.3% |
| North Dakota | 43 | 10.2% |
| New Jersey | 44 | 10.0% |
| Connecticut | 45 | 9.7% |
| Utah | 46 | 9.7% |
| Hawaii | 47 | 9.5% |
| Minnesota | 48 | 9.5% |
| Maryland | 49 | 9.4% |
| New Hampshire | 50 | 7.7% |
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