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Lowest poverty rate by state

Poverty rate.

Share below poverty level, Census ACS (auto-updated)

  1. 1New Hampshire7.2%
  2. 2Utah8.3%
  3. 3Vermont9.0%
  4. 4Maryland9.1%
  5. 5New Jersey9.2%
  6. 6Minnesota9.3%
  7. 7Colorado9.6%
  8. 8Delaware9.6%
  9. 9Massachusetts9.7%
  10. 10Virginia9.7%
  11. 11Washington9.9%
  12. 12Hawaii10.0%
  13. 13Wyoming10.1%
  14. 14Alaska10.2%
  15. 15Connecticut10.2%
  16. 16Montana10.2%
  17. 17Wisconsin10.3%
  18. 18South Dakota10.4%
  19. 19Idaho10.5%
  20. 20Maine10.6%
  21. 21Kansas10.9%
  22. 22Nebraska10.9%
  23. 23North Dakota11.1%
  24. 24Iowa11.3%
  25. 25Illinois11.6%
  26. 26Nevada11.6%
  27. 27Pennsylvania11.6%
  28. 28Arizona11.7%
  29. 29California11.8%
  30. 30Oregon11.8%
  31. 31Florida12.0%
  32. 32Indiana12.2%
  33. 33Rhode Island12.2%
  34. 34Missouri12.3%
  35. 35North Carolina12.5%
  36. 36Georgia12.6%
  37. 37Ohio12.7%
  38. 38South Carolina13.3%
  39. 39Michigan13.4%
  40. 40Texas13.4%
  41. 41Tennessee13.5%
  42. 42New York14.0%
  43. 43Oklahoma14.9%
  44. 44Alabama15.2%
  45. 45Arkansas15.5%
  46. 46Kentucky15.6%
  47. 47New Mexico16.4%
  48. 48West Virginia16.7%
  49. 49District of Columbia17.3%
  50. 50Mississippi17.8%
  51. 51Louisiana18.7%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built