Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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The following table shows the poverty rate in the United States as a whole and by state for each year from 2005 to 2010. In addition, the table includes two- and three-year averages for 2002–2004.
| State | 3-year average 2002–2004 | 2-year average 2002–2003 | 2-year average 2003–2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12.4% | 12.3% | 12.6% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.0% | 13.2% | 14.3% | 15.1% |
| Alabama | 15.5 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 17.3 |
| Alaska | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 12.4 |
| Arizona | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 21.2 | 18.6 |
| Arkansas | 17.6 | 18.8 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 18.9 | 15.5 |
| California | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 16.3 |
| Colorado | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 12.2 |
| Connecticut | 8.8 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
| Delaware | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| District of Columbia | 16.8 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 19.9 |
| Florida | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 14.6 | 16.0 |
| Georgia | 12.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 18.4 | 18.7 |
| Hawaii | 9.7 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| Idaho | 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.7 | 14 |
| Illinois | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 14.1 |
| Indiana | 10.2 | 9.5 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 16.3 |
| Iowa | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Kansas | 10.7 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 14.3 |
| Kentucky | 15.4 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 17.7 |
| Louisiana | 17.0 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 20.2 | 19.0 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 14.3 | 21.6 |
| Maine | 12.2 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 12.5 |
| Maryland | 8.6 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
| Massachusetts | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
| Michigan | 12.1 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 15.5 |
| Minnesota | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 10.5 |
| Mississippi | 17.7 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 21.0 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 23.1 | 22.7 |
| Missouri | 10.9 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 14.8 |
| Montana | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 14.0 |
| Nebraska | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 10.2 |
| Nevada | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 16.4 |
| New Hampshire | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 6.6 |
| New Jersey | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 10.7 |
| New Mexico | 17.5 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 19.3 | 18.6 |
| New York | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 16.0 |
| North Carolina | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 16.9 | 17.4 |
| North Dakota | 10.3 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 12.2 |
| Ohio | 10.8 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 15.3 |
| Oklahoma | 12.6 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 12.9 | 16.3 |
| Oregon | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 14.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| Rhode Island | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 13.6 |
| South Carolina | 14.0 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 17.0 |
| South Dakota | 12.5 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 13.2 |
| Tennessee | 14.9 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.7 |
| Texas | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 18.4 |
| Utah | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.0 |
| Vermont | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 10.8 |
| Virginia | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Washington | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.5 |
| West Virginia | 16.1 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 16.9 |
| Wisconsin | 10.2 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 9.9 |
| Wyoming | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2007 and 2008; Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements, 2011. Web: www.census.gov .
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