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Poverty rate by state

Share of people (all ages) and children (0–17) in poverty, model-based estimates.

Reference period: 2024
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) — SAIPE state and county estimates
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

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United States	12.1	15.5	40,354,267
Alabama	15.2	20.4	763,679
Alaska	10.3	12.9	74,226
Arizona	11.9	15.2	881,642
Arkansas	15.3	19.6	460,261
California	11.8	14.6	4,579,429
Colorado	9.6	11.2	557,895
Connecticut	10.1	13	361,291
Delaware	10.1	14.2	103,364
District of Columbia	16.4	25	110,233
Florida	12.1	15.7	2,772,367
Georgia	12.8	16.9	1,393,391
Hawaii	10	11.4	140,891
Idaho	10.4	10.9	203,557
Illinois	11.5	14.1	1,434,871
Indiana	12.1	15.8	813,329
Iowa	11.2	13.1	352,136
Kansas	10.9	12.8	313,926
Kentucky	15.4	18.9	688,530
Louisiana	18.6	25	829,482
Maine	10.6	12.3	144,234
Maryland	9.2	11.2	566,300
Massachusetts	9.8	11.4	675,676
Michigan	13.4	17.7	1,326,356
Minnesota	9.3	9.6	528,907
Mississippi	17.8	25	508,188
Missouri	12.2	15.3	740,873
Montana	10.4	11.7	116,104
Nebraska	10.6	11.6	207,151
Nevada	11.8	15.5	382,609
New Hampshire	7.3	7	100,256
New Jersey	9.2	11.8	864,015
New Mexico	15.8	20.5	330,455
New York	14	17.9	2,702,081
North Carolina	12.6	16.6	1,353,622
North Dakota	10.8	11.7	82,590
Ohio	12.6	16.4	1,463,705
Oklahoma	14.8	18.7	588,757
Oregon	11.7	13	489,364
Pennsylvania	11.6	15.3	1,463,161
Rhode Island	12	15.5	128,454
South Carolina	13.3	18.1	708,371
South Dakota	10.5	11.9	94,450
Tennessee	13.3	18.4	942,730
Texas	13.4	17.9	4,111,828
Utah	8.4	8.6	288,630
Vermont	9.3	9.7	57,876
Virginia	9.8	11.8	839,669
Washington	10	11.5	779,086
West Virginia	16.2	20.1	277,324
Wisconsin	10.3	12.2	599,615
Wyoming	10	10.2	57,331