[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/list-of-u-s-states-and-territories-by-poverty-rate\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/list-of-u-s-states-and-territories-by-poverty-rate\/","headline":"List of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate","name":"List of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate","description":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Proportion of Americans living below the poverty line in each U.S. state, the District of","datePublished":"2018-11-28","dateModified":"2018-11-28","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/book.png","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/book.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9d\/Poverty_by_U.S._state.svg\/550px-Poverty_by_U.S._state.svg.png","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9d\/Poverty_by_U.S._state.svg\/550px-Poverty_by_U.S._state.svg.png","height":"272","width":"550"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/list-of-u-s-states-and-territories-by-poverty-rate\/","wordCount":5727,"articleBody":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Proportion of Americans living below the poverty line in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2016 – 2020 American Community Survey   Proportion of Americans living below the poverty line in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico according to the 2016 – 2020 American Community SurveyThis list of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate covers the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and their populations’ poverty rate. The four other inhabited U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are listed separately.The data source for the main list is the U.S. Census Bureau’s five-year American Community Survey taken 2016 – 2020.[1] The American Community Survey is a large demographic survey collected throughout the year using mailed questionnaires, telephone interviews, and visits from Census Bureau field representatives to about 3.5 million household addresses annually, regardless of their legal immigration status.Overall, out of Americans for whom the Census Bureau was able to determine poverty status, 42.31 million lived below the poverty line (or 13.15% of the total population). Poverty rates were highest in the states of Mississippi (19.58%), Louisiana (18.65%), New Mexico (18.55%), West Virginia (17.10%), Kentucky (16.61%), and Arkansas (16.08%), and they were lowest in the states of New Hampshire (7.42%), Maryland (9.02%), Utah (9.13%), Hawaii (9.26%), and Minnesota (9.33%).In the list below, the population in each state and territory of the U.S. by specific poverty status can be found. The list is initially sorted by poverty rate but the table headers can be clicked to sort by any column.[1]\u00a0\u00a0Puerto Rico3,227,4571,400,95843.41%\u00a0Mississippi2,883,074564,43919.58%\u00a0Louisiana4,532,187845,23018.65%\u00a0New Mexico2,053,909381,02618.55%\u00a0West Virginia1,755,591300,15217.10%\u00a0Kentucky4,322,881717,89516.61%\u00a0Arkansas2,923,585470,19016.08%\u00a0Alabama4,771,614762,64215.98%\u00a0District of Columbia669,089103,39115.45%\u00a0Oklahoma3,833,712585,52015.27%\u00a0South Carolina4,950,181726,47014.68%\u00a0Tennessee6,603,468965,21314.62%\u00a0Georgia10,238,3691,461,57214.28%\u00a0Texas28,013,4463,984,26014.22%\u00a0Arizona7,012,999990,52814.12%\u00a0North Carolina10,098,3301,411,93913.98%\u00a0Michigan9,753,5411,337,25613.71%\u00a0Ohio11,350,3781,546,01113.62%\u00a0New York19,009,0982,581,04813.58%\u00a0Florida20,793,6282,772,93913.34%\u00a0Missouri5,942,813772,99213.01%\u00a0Indiana6,491,632838,14912.91%\u00a0South Dakota849,910108,86312.81%\u00a0Montana1,036,490132,47612.78%\u00a0Nevada2,987,817381,69512.78%\u00a0California38,589,8824,853,43412.58%\u00a0Oregon4,096,744506,55812.36%\u00a0Illinois12,418,5041,488,67011.99%\u00a0Pennsylvania12,387,0611,480,43011.95%\u00a0Idaho1,722,972205,67611.94%\u00a0Rhode Island1,017,028117,78511.58%\u00a0Kansas2,828,498323,64411.44%\u00a0Delaware941,266107,64111.44%\u00a0Iowa3,051,284339,09011.11%\u00a0Maine1,304,038144,38411.07%\u00a0Wisconsin5,659,485620,94710.97%\u00a0Vermont599,93864,70010.78%\u00a0Wyoming566,85861,00610.76%\u00a0North Dakota735,84277,49110.53%\u00a0Nebraska1,869,467193,82010.37%\u00a0Alaska719,44574,36910.34%\u00a0Washington7,372,433751,04410.19%\u00a0Virginia8,255,575826,70810.01%\u00a0Massachusetts6,637,329653,4549.85%\u00a0Connecticut3,466,935339,1569.78%\u00a0Colorado5,563,823544,2329.78%\u00a0New Jersey8,713,792842,7049.67%\u00a0Minnesota5,476,956511,1859.33%\u00a0Hawaii1,381,577127,9719.26%\u00a0Utah3,102,049283,3609.13%\u00a0Maryland5,894,835531,5539.02%\u00a0New Hampshire1,312,77097,4187.42%\u00a0United States321,791,58542,311,28413.15%U.S. territories[edit]Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are data deficient (because they are not included in the American Community Survey), not all recent poverty rate estimates have been made for them. Below are the poverty rates for these territories in 2010.These metrics are set at a federal level, and thus do not adjust for local cost of living metrics that vastly change purchasing power.  For useful metrics, look at census poverty rates that adjust for cost of living.See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/list-of-u-s-states-and-territories-by-poverty-rate\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"List of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate"}}]}]