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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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