Income and Poverty - Income below 200% poverty level (2017) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name 2011-2015 Rank 2011-2015 Mississippi 1 44 New Mexico 2 42 Arkansas 3 41 Louisiana 4 40 West Virginia 5 39 Alabama 6 39 Kentucky 7 38 Oklahoma 8 37 South Carolina 9 37 Tennessee 10 37 Arizona 11 37 Georgia 12 37 Idaho 13 37 North Carolina 14 37 Florida 15 36 Texas 16 36 Nevada 17 35 Montana 18 34 California 19 34 Oregon 20 34 Missouri 21 34 Michigan 22 33 Indiana 23 33 Ohio 24 33 South Dakota 25 32 Maine 26 31 New York 27 31 Kansas 28 31 Illinois 29 30 Nebraska 30 30 Pennsylvania 31 30 Utah 32 29 Iowa 33 29 Wisconsin 34 29 Rhode Island 35 29 Vermont 36 28 Washington 37 28 Wyoming 38 28 Colorado 39 28 Delaware 40 27 Virginia 41 26 North Dakota 42 26 Minnesota 43 25 Alaska 44 25 New Jersey 45 24 Hawaii 46 24 Massachusetts 47 24 Connecticut 48 23 Maryland 49 23 New Hampshire 50 21 Source: 1989, 1999, and 2013-2017: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing, American Factfinder, (http://factfinder2.census.gov/); DATE LAST UPDATED: December 6, 2018.