State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 1999
[When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted.
Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown,
but different ranks]
State
Percent
Rank
United States
12.4
(X)
Alabama
16.1
5
Alaska
9.4
38
Arizona
13.9
14
Arkansas
15.8
6
California
14.2
12
Colorado
9.3
41
Connecticut
7.9
48
Delaware
9.2
43
District of Columbia
20.2
(X)
Florida
12.5
18
Georgia
13.0
17
Hawaii
10.7
28
Idaho
11.8
22
Illinois
10.7
28
Indiana
9.5
37
Iowa
9.1
44
Kansas
9.9
34
Kentucky
15.8
6
Louisiana
19.6
2
Maine
10.9
27
Maryland
8.5
46
Massachusetts
9.3
41
Michigan
10.5
32
Minnesota
7.9
48
Mississippi
19.9
1
Missouri
11.7
23
Montana
14.6
10
Nebraska
9.7
35
Nevada
10.5
32
New Hampshire
6.5
50
New Jersey
8.5
46
New Mexico
18.4
3
New York
14.6
10
North Carolina
12.3
19
North Dakota
11.9
20
Ohio
10.6
30
Oklahoma
14.7
9
Oregon
11.6
24
Pennsylvania
11.0
26
Rhode Island
11.9
20
South Carolina
14.1
13
South Dakota
13.2
16
Tennessee
13.5
15
Texas
15.4
8
Utah
9.4
38
Vermont
9.4
38
Virginia
9.6
36
Washington
10.6
30
West Virginia
17.9
4
Wisconsin
8.7
45
Wyoming
11.4
25
X Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau,
See table 699, 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States.
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