Economy Statistics > Percent of Children Below Poverty Level (most recent) by state

VIEW DATA:    Totals	Definition     Source      Printable version
Bar Graph     Map     Correlations

Rank	States	Amount
# 1	District of Columbia:	33.9 %
# 2	Mississippi:	31 %
# 3	Louisiana:	30 %
# 4	New Mexico:	27.7 %
# 5	Arkansas:	25.9 %
# 6	Kentucky:	25 %
# 7	West Virginia:	24.4 %
# 8	Alabama:	23.3 %
# 9	Texas:	22.9 %
# 10	South Carolina:	22.8 %
# 11	North Carolina:	21.9 %
# 12	Georgia:	21.3 %
# 13	Tennessee:	21.1 %
# 14	Rhode Island:	21 %
= 15	New York:	20.7 %
= 15	Oklahoma:	20.7 %
# 17	Arizona:	20.3 %
# 18	Idaho:	19.6 %
# 19	Montana:	19.2 %
# 20	Oregon:	19.1 %
# 21	California:	18.9 %
# 22	Nevada:	18.8 %
# 23	Ohio:	18.3 %
# 24	Florida:	17.7 %
# 25	Michigan:	17.6 %
# 26	Washington:	17.2 %
# 27	Maine:	17.1 %
= 28	Illinois:	16.8 %
= 28	Pennsylvania:	16.8 %
# 30	Missouri:	16.2 %
# 31	North Dakota:	15.5 %
= 32	South Dakota:	14.8 %
= 32	Indiana:	14.8 %
# 34	Colorado:	14.5 %
# 35	Hawaii:	14.4 %
= 36	Wyoming:	14 %
= 36	Wisconsin:	14 %
# 38	Delaware:	13.8 %
# 39	Utah:	13.3 %
# 40	Nebraska:	13.1 %
# 41	Virginia:	12.9 %
= 42	Massachusetts:	12.5 %
= 42	Kansas:	12.5 %
# 44	Iowa:	12.4 %
# 45	New Jersey:	11.8 %
# 46	Vermont:	11.7 %
# 47	Maryland:	11.4 %
# 48	Alaska:	11.2 %
# 49	Minnesota:	10.7 %
# 50	Connecticut:	10.5 %
# 51	New Hampshire:	9.7 %
	Weighted average:	18.0 %

See also

Related links:

• Subscribe to our Economy feeds (stats: RSS / Atom, factoids: RSS / Atom)
• Save this page to  del.icio.us / furl / your bookmarks