Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990 and 1997-99

Table 20.
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                         |                              |Percent of persons below         |                     Poverty status of related
                         |Median household income\1\    |the poverty level                |                     children 5 to 17 years old
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                         | 1990\2\  |     1997-99       | 1990\2\  |   1997-99            | 1990\2\                                |      1998
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          State          |          |Three-year|        |          |Three-year |          |Number in| Standard | Percent |Standard |Number in  | Standard | Percent |Standard
                         | Total    |  moving  |Standard|  Total   |  moving   |Standard  | poverty |  error   |   in    |  error  |  poverty  |  error   |   in    |  error
                         |          | average  | error  |          |  average  |  error   |(in thou-|   (in    | poverty |         | (in thou- |   (in    | poverty |
                         |          |          |        |          |           |          | sands)  |thousands)|         |         |  sands)   |thousands)|         |
_________________________|__________|__________|________|__________|___________|__________|_________|__________|_________|_________|___________|__________|_________|_________
            1            |    2     |    3     |   4    |    5     |     6     |    7     |    8    |    9     |   10    |   11    |    12     |    13    |   14    |   15
_________________________|__________|__________|________|__________|___________|__________|_________|__________|_________|_________|___________|__________|_________|_________
   United States ........|  $40,230 |  $39,657 |   $143 |     13.1 |      12.6 |     0.15 |   7,918 |      225 |    17.7 |    0.49 |     9,167 |      253 |    17.8 |    0.48
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Alabama .................|   31,381 |   35,478 |    980 |     18.3 |      15.1 |     1.29 |     175 |        7 |    22.7 |    0.97 |       156 |       35 |    21.8 |    4.38
Alaska ..................|   52,799 |   51,046 |  1,357 |      9.0 |       8.6 |     1.01 |      15 |        1 |    12.9 |    0.97 |        13 |        4 |     9.0 |    2.57
Arizona .................|   39,264 |   36,337 |    895 |     15.7 |      15.2 |     1.20 |     145 |        7 |    21.5 |    1.09 |       222 |       41 |    23.6 |    3.86
Arkansas ................|   30,614 |   28,398 |    806 |     19.1 |      16.4 |     1.31 |     101 |        5 |    22.3 |    1.16 |        57 |       18 |    13.1 |    3.25
California ..............|   44,727 |   42,262 |    505 |     12.5 |      15.3 |     0.53 |     978 |       83 |    18.7 |    1.58 |     1,459 |      121 |    22.3 |    1.66
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Colorado ................|   41,291 |   46,950 |  1,067 |     11.7 |       8.6 |     1.00 |      92 |        4 |    15.4 |    0.67 |        93 |       25 |    12.5 |    3.32
Connecticut .............|   52,224 |   47,997 |  1,702 |      6.8 |       8.4 |     1.14 |      51 |        5 |     9.9 |    1.03 |        82 |       26 |    13.4 |    3.91
Delaware ................|   41,387 |   44,627 |  1,444 |      8.7 |      10.1 |     1.20 |      14 |        1 |    12.4 |    0.85 |        24 |        7 |    15.7 |    3.91
District of Columbia ....|   36,802 |   35,309 |    941 |     16.9 |      19.7 |     1.65 |      17 |        1 |    22.5 |    0.97 |        33 |        7 |    46.0 |    6.63
Florida .................|   35,853 |   35,081 |    480 |     12.7 |      13.3 |     0.65 |     362 |       24 |    18.3 |    1.22 |       474 |       60 |    20.5 |    2.34
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Georgia .................|   37,030 |   39,003 |    832 |     14.7 |      13.7 |     1.09 |     236 |        9 |    19.4 |    0.79 |       377 |       65 |    24.7 |    3.69
Hawaii ..................|   52,292 |   42,864 |  1,352 |      8.3 |      11.9 |     1.30 |      24 |        3 |    12.5 |    1.46 |        32 |        9 |    14.5 |    3.97
Idaho ...................|   33,998 |   36,023 |    902 |     13.3 |      13.9 |     1.19 |      37 |        2 |    16.6 |    0.85 |        50 |       10 |    17.4 |    3.30
Illinois ................|   43,722 |   44,459 |    740 |     11.9 |      10.4 |     0.65 |     349 |       21 |    16.8 |    1.03 |       308 |       50 |    12.1 |    1.82
Indiana..................|   36,179 |   40,635 |  1,078 |     10.7 |       8.3 |     1.00 |     141 |        8 |    13.5 |    0.79 |       140 |       39 |    12.6 |    3.30
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Iowa ....................|   36,663 |   38,047 |    860 |     11.5 |       8.7 |     1.05 |      70 |        4 |    13.5 |    0.79 |        73 |       20 |    14.2 |    3.65
Kansas ..................|   40,195 |   37,618 |  1,267 |     11.5 |      10.5 |     1.13 |      64 |        3 |    13.7 |    0.67 |        59 |       19 |    13.2 |    3.37
Kentucky ................|   33,293 |   35,226 |  1,109 |     19.0 |      13.8 |     1.25 |     159 |        7 |    22.9 |    0.97 |       118 |       29 |    16.7 |    3.81
Louisiana ...............|   30,102 |   33,218 |  1,077 |     23.6 |      18.2 |     1.35 |     270 |       14 |    30.5 |    1.64 |       244 |       43 |    29.8 |    4.41
Maine ...................|   36,899 |   36,459 |    866 |     10.8 |      10.4 |     1.23 |      29 |        3 |    13.2 |    1.22 |        27 |        9 |    12.0 |    3.71
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Maryland ................|   52,206 |   50,630 |  1,411 |      8.3 |       7.6 |     1.03 |     100 |        6 |    12.6 |    0.73 |        66 |       27 |    8.10 |    3.16
Massachusetts ...........|   48,700 |   43,697 |  1,307 |      8.9 |      10.9 |     0.83 |     108 |       11 |    11.6 |    1.16 |       163 |       32 |    15.0 |    2.77
Michigan ................|   40,222 |   43,066 |    722 |     13.1 |      10.3 |     0.69 |     299 |       19 |    17.2 |    1.09 |       311 |       48 |    14.8 |    2.12
Minnesota ...............|   42,275 |   46,802 |  1,261 |     10.2 |       9.1 |     1.03 |      98 |        7 |    11.9 |    0.79 |       130 |       34 |    12.6 |    3.09
Mississippi .............|   27,110 |   30,628 |    930 |     25.2 |      16.8 |     1.34 |     178 |       10 |    32.4 |    1.88 |       108 |       24 |    19.3 |    3.77
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Missouri.................|   36,722 |   40,166 |  1,258 |     13.3 |      11.1 |     1.17 |     161 |        6 |    17.3 |    0.67 |       136 |       39 |    14.4 |    3.77
Montana .................|   31,405 |   31,280 |    776 |     16.1 |      15.9 |     1.28 |      31 |        1 |    19.4 |    0.79 |        42 |        8 |    21.2 |    3.69
Nebraska ................|   36,923 |   37,338 |  1,065 |     11.1 |      11.0 |     1.17 |      42 |        3 |    13.9 |    0.85 |        54 |       13 |    14.8 |    3.43
Nevada ..................|   43,024 |   40,882 |  1,098 |     10.2 |      11.0 |     1.14 |      26 |        2 |    13.1 |    0.97 |        49 |       13 |    12.8 |    3.21
New Hampshire ...........|   54,823 |   44,891 |  1,296 |      6.4 |       8.9 |     1.19 |      14 |        2 |     7.1 |    1.22 |        34 |       10 |    13.3 |    3.70
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New Jersey ..............|   52,041 |   50,234 |  1,012 |      7.6 |       8.5 |     0.66 |     145 |       15 |    11.5 |    1.16 |       194 |       36 |    13.2 |    2.26
New Mexico ..............|   33,641 |   31,981 |  1,030 |     20.6 |      20.8 |     1.42 |      77 |        4 |    24.3 |    1.34 |       101 |       18 |    23.5 |    3.67
New York ................|   42,444 |   38,479 |    548 |     13.0 |      15.7 |     0.60 |     534 |       39 |    18.0 |    1.28 |       848 |       77 |    28.9 |    1.91
North Carolina ..........|   35,374 |   37,057 |    705 |     13.0 |      13.0 |     0.89 |     184 |       12 |    16.2 |    0.97 |       277 |       46 |    21.3 |    3.11
North Dakota ............|   33,943 |   32,238 |    919 |     14.4 |      13.9 |     1.30 |      19 |        1 |    15.2 |    0.67 |        28 |        5 |    17.2 |    3.66
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Ohio ....................|   40,324 |   38,970 |    855 |     12.5 |      11.4 |     0.71 |     338 |       22 |    16.9 |    1.09 |       339 |       52 |    16.0 |    2.27
Oklahoma ................|   32,761 |   33,311 |    910 |     16.7 |      13.5 |     1.20 |     128 |        5 |    21.2 |    0.73 |       120 |       26 |    19.9 |    3.93
Oregon ..................|   39,340 |   39,768 |  1,208 |     12.4 |      13.1 |     1.28 |      86 |        4 |    16.8 |    0.79 |       121 |       29 |    19.4 |    4.15
Pennsylvania ............|   38,970 |   38,938 |    773 |     11.1 |      10.6 |     0.65 |     290 |       20 |    14.7 |    1.03 |       382 |       54 |    18.0 |    2.31
Rhode Island ............|   42,951 |   40,213 |  1,668 |      9.6 |      11.4 |     1.32 |      22 |        1 |    13.7 |    0.85 |        36 |        9 |    20.5 |    4.70
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South Carolina ..........|   38,607 |   35,376 |  1,097 |     15.4 |      12.8 |     1.28 |     128 |        6 |    19.4 |    0.85 |       129 |       32 |    17.6 |    3.99
South Dakota ............|   33,012 |   33,438 |    734 |     15.9 |      11.7 |     1.16 |      27 |        2 |    18.7 |    1.28 |        13 |        4 |     9.2 |    2.89
Tennessee ...............|   30,353 |   34,393 |    948 |     15.7 |      13.2 |     1.24 |     174 |        8 |    20.0 |    0.91 |       156 |       41 |    14.5 |    3.51
Texas ...................|   37,926 |   37,320 |    602 |     18.1 |      15.6 |     0.67 |     813 |       40 |    23.8 |    1.16 |       809 |       88 |    20.1 |    1.97
Utah ....................|   40,497 |   45,257 |  1,130 |     11.4 |       7.9 |     0.91 |      63 |        3 |    13.8 |    0.67 |        55 |       14 |    11.8 |    2.78
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Vermont .................|   41,782 |   39,419 |  1,132 |      9.9 |       9.6 |     1.21 |      12 |        1 |    12.3 |    1.16 |        13 |        4 |    12.2 |    3.73
Virginia ................|   47,122 |   44,884 |  1,414 |     10.2 |       9.8 |     1.03 |     149 |        9 |    14.2 |    0.85 |        92 |       33 |     7.9 |    2.71
Washington ..............|   43,144 |   46,788 |  1,203 |     10.9 |       9.2 |     1.09 |     130 |        5 |    14.9 |    0.61 |       118 |       37 |    10.8 |    3.23
West Virginia............|   29,742 |   28,420 |    760 |     19.7 |      16.7 |     1.31 |      80 |        5 |    24.1 |    1.46 |        65 |       14 |    25.7 |    4.86
Wisconsin ...............|   41,262 |   43,055 |  1,025 |     10.7 |       8.5 |     1.01 |     120 |        7 |    13.1 |    0.79 |       109 |       33 |    11.5 |    3.26
Wyoming .................|   39,581 |   36,039 |    964 |     11.9 |      11.9 |     1.19 |      14 |        1 |    13.7 |    0.79 |        13 |        4 |    13.0 |    3.29
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\1\In 1999 dollars adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers.
\2\Based on 1989 incomes collected in the 1990 Census. Data may differ from figures derived from the Current Population Survey.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Decennial Census, Minority Economic Profiles, unpublished data; and Current Population Reports, Series P-60, "Poverty in the United States," "Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States," and "Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits," various years, and "Money Income in the U.S.: 1999," P60-201. (This table was prepared April 2001.)
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