Income and Poverty - Income below 200% poverty level (2019) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name 2011-2015 Rank 2011-2015 Mississippi 1 42 New Mexico 2 41 Arkansas 3 40 Louisiana 4 39 West Virginia 5 38 Alabama 6 37 Kentucky 7 37 Oklahoma 8 37 South Carolina 9 35 Tennessee 10 35 Arizona 11 35 Texas 12 34 Georgia 13 34 North Carolina 14 34 Idaho 15 34 Florida 16 34 Montana 17 32 Nevada 18 32 Missouri 19 32 Michigan 20 32 Indiana 21 32 Ohio 22 31 California 23 31 Oregon 24 31 South Dakota 25 31 Kansas 26 30 New York 27 30 Maine 28 29 Nebraska 29 28 Illinois 30 28 Pennsylvania 31 28 Iowa 32 28 Wisconsin 33 27 Wyoming 34 27 Vermont 35 27 Rhode Island 36 27 Utah 37 27 Delaware 38 26 Washington 39 26 North Dakota 40 25 Colorado 41 25 Alaska 42 25 Virginia 43 25 Minnesota 44 24 New Jersey 45 23 Connecticut 46 23 Massachusetts 47 22 Hawaii 48 22 Maryland 49 22 New Hampshire 50 19 Source: 1989, 1999, and 2014-2019: U.S. Bureau of the Census, (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/); DATE LAST UPDATED: December 10, 2020.