Income and Poverty - Poverty rate, overall
(2021)
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Name | Poverty rate Rank | Poverty rate |
Louisiana | 1 | 19.5% |
Mississippi | 2 | 19.2% |
New Mexico | 3 | 17.7% |
West Virginia | 4 | 16.8% |
Kentucky | 5 | 16.3% |
Alabama | 6 | 16.3% |
Arkansas | 7 | 16.0% |
Oklahoma | 8 | 15.4% |
South Carolina | 9 | 14.5% |
Texas | 10 | 14.2% |
Georgia | 11 | 14.2% |
Nevada | 12 | 14.0% |
New York | 13 | 14.0% |
Tennessee | 14 | 13.7% |
North Carolina | 15 | 13.5% |
Ohio | 16 | 13.3% |
Florida | 17 | 13.2% |
Michigan | 18 | 13.0% |
Arizona | 19 | 12.9% |
Missouri | 20 | 12.8% |
California | 21 | 12.3% |
Oregon | 22 | 12.2% |
Rhode Island | 23 | 12.1% |
Illinois | 24 | 12.1% |
Indiana | 25 | 12.1% |
Pennsylvania | 26 | 12.0% |
Montana | 27 | 12.0% |
South Dakota | 28 | 11.9% |
Kansas | 29 | 11.6% |
Delaware | 30 | 11.5% |
Maine | 31 | 11.2% |
Iowa | 32 | 11.0% |
Hawaii | 33 | 10.9% |
North Dakota | 34 | 10.9% |
Idaho | 35 | 10.8% |
Alaska | 36 | 10.8% |
Wisconsin | 37 | 10.8% |
Wyoming | 38 | 10.6% |
Nebraska | 39 | 10.5% |
Massachusetts | 40 | 10.4% |
Maryland | 41 | 10.3% |
Virginia | 42 | 10.3% |
Vermont | 43 | 10.2% |
New Jersey | 44 | 10.2% |
Connecticut | 45 | 10.1% |
Washington | 46 | 9.9% |
Colorado | 47 | 9.7% |
Minnesota | 48 | 9.3% |
Utah | 49 | 8.7% |
New Hampshire | 50 | 7.4% |
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