Income and Poverty - Poverty rate, overall
(2020)
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Name | Poverty rate Rank | Poverty rate |
Mississippi | 1 | 18.7% |
Louisiana | 2 | 17.8% |
New Mexico | 3 | 16.8% |
West Virginia | 4 | 15.8% |
Arkansas | 5 | 15.2% |
Kentucky | 6 | 14.9% |
Alabama | 7 | 14.9% |
Oklahoma | 8 | 14.3% |
Georgia | 9 | 14.0% |
South Carolina | 10 | 13.8% |
Tennessee | 11 | 13.6% |
Texas | 12 | 13.4% |
North Carolina | 13 | 12.9% |
Arizona | 14 | 12.8% |
New York | 15 | 12.7% |
Ohio | 16 | 12.6% |
Michigan | 17 | 12.6% |
Nevada | 18 | 12.5% |
Montana | 19 | 12.4% |
Florida | 20 | 12.4% |
Missouri | 21 | 12.1% |
Indiana | 22 | 11.6% |
South Dakota | 23 | 11.6% |
California | 24 | 11.5% |
Illinois | 25 | 11.0% |
Oregon | 26 | 11.0% |
Pennsylvania | 27 | 10.9% |
Delaware | 28 | 10.9% |
Kansas | 29 | 10.6% |
Maine | 30 | 10.6% |
Rhode Island | 31 | 10.6% |
North Dakota | 32 | 10.2% |
Iowa | 33 | 10.2% |
Idaho | 34 | 10.1% |
Wisconsin | 35 | 10.0% |
Connecticut | 36 | 9.7% |
Alaska | 37 | 9.6% |
Washington | 38 | 9.5% |
Vermont | 39 | 9.4% |
Massachusetts | 40 | 9.4% |
New Jersey | 41 | 9.4% |
Nebraska | 42 | 9.2% |
Virginia | 43 | 9.2% |
Wyoming | 44 | 9.2% |
Colorado | 45 | 9.0% |
Maryland | 46 | 9.0% |
Hawaii | 47 | 8.9% |
Minnesota | 48 | 8.3% |
Utah | 49 | 7.3% |
New Hampshire | 50 | 7.0% |
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