Income and Poverty - Income below 200% poverty level (2018) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name 2011-2015 Rank 2011-2015 Mississippi 1 43 New Mexico 2 42 Arkansas 3 40 Louisiana 4 39 West Virginia 5 39 Alabama 6 38 Kentucky 7 38 Oklahoma 8 37 South Carolina 9 36 Tennessee 10 36 Arizona 11 36 Georgia 12 36 North Carolina 13 36 Idaho 14 36 Florida 15 35 Texas 16 35 Nevada 17 34 Montana 18 34 Missouri 19 33 Michigan 20 33 Indiana 21 33 California 22 33 Oregon 23 33 Ohio 24 32 South Dakota 25 31 New York 26 31 Kansas 27 31 Maine 28 30 Illinois 29 29 Nebraska 30 29 Pennsylvania 31 29 Iowa 32 29 Rhode Island 33 28 Wisconsin 34 28 Utah 35 28 Vermont 36 28 Wyoming 37 28 Washington 38 27 Delaware 39 27 Colorado 40 27 North Dakota 41 26 Virginia 42 25 Alaska 43 25 Minnesota 44 25 New Jersey 45 24 Massachusetts 46 23 Hawaii 47 23 Connecticut 48 23 Maryland 49 22 New Hampshire 50 20 Source: 1989, 1999, and 2014-2018: U.S. Bureau of the Census, (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/); DATE LAST UPDATED: December 19, 2019.