Poverty Rate By State
Alabama
2023
15.6% of 5 million people
Alaska
2023
10.4% of 717 thousand people
Arizona
2023
12.4% of 7.3 million people
Arkansas
2023
15.7% of 3 million people
California
2023
12% of 38.2 million people
Colorado
2023
9.3% of 5.8 million people
Connecticut
2023
10.3% of 3.5 million people
Delaware
2023
10.5% of 1 million people
District of Columbia
2023
14% of 649 thousand people
Florida
2023
12.3% of 22.1 million people
Georgia
2023
13.6% of 10.8 million people
Hawaii
2023
10.1% of 1.4 million people
Idaho
2023
10.1% of 1.9 million people
Illinois
2023
11.6% of 12.3 million people
Indiana
2023
12.3% of 6.7 million people
Iowa
2023
11.3% of 3.1 million people
Kansas
2023
11.2% of 2.9 million people
Kentucky
2023
16.4% of 4.4 million people
Louisiana
2023
18.9% of 4.4 million people
Maine
2023
10.4% of 1.4 million people
Maryland
2023
9.5% of 6 million people
Massachusetts
2023
10.4% of 6.8 million people
Michigan
2023
13.5% of 9.8 million people
Minnesota
2023
9.3% of 5.6 million people
Mississippi
2023
18% of 2.8 million people
Missouri
2023
12% of 6 million people
Montana
2023
11.7% of 1.1 million people
Nebraska
2023
10.5% of 1.9 million people
Nevada
2023
12% of 3.2 million people
New Hampshire
2023
7.2% of 1.4 million people
New Jersey
2023
9.7% of 9.1 million people
New Mexico
2023
17.8% of 2.1 million people
New York
2023
14.2% of 19.1 million people
North Carolina
2023
12.8% of 10.5 million people
North Dakota
2023
9.8% of 755 thousand people
Ohio
2023
13.3% of 11.5 million people
Oklahoma
2023
15.9% of 3.9 million people
Oregon
2023
12.2% of 4.2 million people
Pennsylvania
2023
12% of 12.5 million people
Rhode Island
2023
10.8% of 1.1 million people
South Carolina
2023
13.9% of 5.2 million people
South Dakota
2023
11.8% of 891 thousand people
Tennessee
2023
14% of 7 million people
Texas
2023
13.7% of 29.9 million people
Utah
2023
9% of 3.4 million people
Vermont
2023
9.7% of 624 thousand people
Virginia
2023
10.2% of 8.5 million people
Washington
2023
10.3% of 7.7 million people
West Virginia
2023
16.7% of 1.7 million people
Wisconsin
2023
10.7% of 5.8 million people
Wyoming
2023
11.3% of 571 thousand people
Puerto Rico
2023
39.6% of 3.2 million people