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Table 20. Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990 and 1999-2001

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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\2\
                      |___________________________|_________________________|__________________________________________________________________________
                      |1990\2\|     1999-2001     |1990 |   1999-2001       |               1990 \2\              |              2001
                      |_______|___________________|_\3\_|___________________|_____________________________________|____________________________________
        State         |       |Three-year|        |     |Three-year|        |Number in| Standard |Percent|Standard| Number | Standard |Percent|Standard
                      | Total | average  |Standard|Total| average  |Standard| poverty |  error   |  in   | error  |poverty |  error   |  in   | error
                      |       |          | error  |     |          | 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 .....|$42,765|  $42,873 |   $109 |13.1 |     11.6 |     0.1|   7,918 |      225 |   17.7|    0.49|  7,891 |      169 |  15.1 |   0.32
                      |_______|__________|________|_____|__________|________|_________|__________|_______|________|________|__________|_______|________
Alabama ..............|33,359 |   36,693 |    787 |18.3 |      14.8|     0.9|     175 |        7 |   22.7|    0.97|    174 |       25 |  21.1 |   2.72
Alaska ...............|56,126 |   55,426 |  1,278 | 9.0 |       7.9|     0.7|      15 |        1 |   12.9|    0.97|     14 |        3 |  10.3 |   1.81
Arizona ..............|41,738 |   40,965 |    905 |15.7 |      12.9|     0.9|     145 |        7 |   21.5|    1.09|    214 |       33 |  20.1 |   2.76
Arkansas .............|32,544 |   31,798 |    697 |19.1 |      16.3|     1.0|     101 |        5 |   22.3|    1.16|    124 |       18 |  25.0 |   3.09
California ...........|47,546 |   47,243 |    507 |12.5 |      13.1|     0.4|     978 |       83 |   18.7|    1.58|  1,101 |       85 |  15.4 |   1.10
                      |       |          |        |     |          |        |         |          |       |        |        |          |       |
Colorado .............|43,894 |   50,053 |    941 |11.7 |       9.0|     0.7|      92 |        4 |   15.4|    0.67|     90 |       16 |  10.5 |   1.76
Connecticut ..........|55,515 |   52,887 |  1,203 | 6.8 |       7.4|     0.7|      51 |        5 |    9.9|    1.03|     58 |       11 |   9.6 |   1.79
Delaware .............|43,995 |   50,301 |  1,276 | 8.7 |       8.5|     0.8|      14 |        1 |   12.4|    0.85|     13 |        3 |   8.5 |   1.88
District of Columbia .|39,122 |   41,539 |    897 |16.9 |      16.1|     1.1|      17 |        1 |   22.5|    0.97|     24 |        4 |  30.9 |   3.99
Florida ..............|38,112 |   38,141 |    445 |12.7 |      12.0|     0.5|     362 |       24 |   18.3|    1.22|    499 |       48 |  17.5 |   1.55
                      |       |          |        |     |          |        |         |          |       |        |        |          |       |
Georgia ..............|39,363 |   42,508 |    779 |14.7 |      12.6|     0.8|     236 |        9 |   19.4|    0.79|    301 |       45 |  18.4 |   2.48
Hawaii ...............|55,588 |   49,232 |  1,034 | 8.3 |      10.4|     0.8|      24 |        3 |   12.5|    1.46|     32 |        6 |  14.6 |   2.40
Idaho ................|36,141 |   38,310 |    869 |13.3 |      12.7|     0.9|      37 |        2 |   16.6|    0.85|     36 |        7 |  13.1 |   2.25
Illinois .............|46,477 |   47,578 |    693 |11.9 |      10.2|     0.5|     349 |       21 |   16.8|    1.03|    342 |       39 |  15.3 |   1.60
Indiana...............|38,459 |   41,921 |    822 |10.7 |       7.9|     0.6|     141 |        8 |   13.5|    0.79|    105 |       20 |   9.6 |   1.71
                      |       |          |        |     |          |        |         |          |       |        |        |          |       |
Iowa .................|38,973 |   42,255 |    729 |11.5 |       7.7|     0.7|      70 |        4 |   13.5|    0.79|     32 |        8 |   6.1 |   1.52
Kansas ...............|42,728 |   41,097 |  1,072 |11.5 |      10.1|     0.8|      64 |        3 |   13.7|    0.67|     58 |       11 |  12.3 |   2.12
Kentucky .............|35,391 |   37,184 |    806 |19.0 |      12.4|     0.9|     159 |        7 |   22.9|    0.97|    108 |       19 |  15.5 |   2.47
Louisiana ............|31,999 |   33,194 |    774 |23.6 |      17.5|     1.1|     270 |       14 |   30.5|    1.64|    188 |       28 |  21.3 |   2.79
Maine ................|39,225 |   38,733 |    751 |10.8 |      10.3|     0.8|      29 |        3 |   13.2|    1.22|     22 |        4 |  11.2 |   2.03
                      |       |          |        |     |          |        |         |          |       |        |        |          |       |
Maryland .............|55,497 |   55,013 |  1,264 | 8.3 |       7.3|     0.7|     100 |        6 |   12.6|    0.73|     73 |       16 |   6.8 |   1.47
Massachusetts ........|51,769 |   49,018 |  1,176 | 8.9 |      10.2|     0.7|     108 |       11 |   11.6|    1.16|    110 |       20 |  11.3 |   1.96
Michigan .............|42,757 |   46,929 |    727 |13.1 |       9.7|     0.5|     299 |       19 |   17.2|    1.09|    206 |       29 |  11.6 |   1.53
Minnesota ............|44,939 |   52,804 |  1,073 |10.2 |       6.8|     0.6|      98 |        7 |   11.9|    0.79|     70 |       15 |   8.1 |   1.69
Mississippi ..........|28,819 |   33,305 |    954 |25.2 |      16.8|     1.1|     178 |       10 |   32.4|    1.88|    131 |       19 |  24.0 |   3.08
                      |       |          |        |     |          |        |         |          |       |        |        |          |       |
Missouri..............|39,036 |   43,884 |    859 |13.3 |      10.2|     0.8|     161 |        6 |   17.3|    0.67|    108 |       21 |  10.7 |   1.92
Montana ..............|33,385 |   32,929 |    660 |16.1 |      14.4|     1.0|      31 |        1 |   19.4|    0.79|     22 |        5 |  13.7 |   2.60
Nebraska .............|39,251 |   42,518 |    838 |11.1 |       9.7|     0.8|      42 |        3 |   13.9|    0.85|     39 |        7 |  12.5 |   2.20
Nevada ...............|45,736 |   45,493 |    946 |10.2 |       9.0|     0.7|      26 |        2 |   13.1|    0.97|     37 |        8 |   8.9 |   1.70
New Hampshire ........|58,279 |   50,866 |    997 | 6.4 |       6.2|     0.7|      14 |        2 |    7.1|    1.22|     16 |        4 |   7.1 |   1.61
                      |       |          |        |     |          |        |         |          |       |        |        |          |       |
New Jersey ...........|55,321 |   52,137 |    807 | 7.6 |       7.7|     0.5|     145 |       15 |   11.5|    1.16|    124 |       21 |   8.9 |   1.47
New Mexico ...........|35,761 |   34,599 |  1,022 |20.6 |      18.8|     1.2|      77 |        4 |   24.3|    1.34|     85 |       13 |  24.1 |   3.32
New York .............|45,119 |   42,157 |    498 |13.0 |      14.1|     0.5|     534 |       39 |  18.0 |    1.28|    624 |       51 |  19.0 |   1.40
North Carolina .......|37,604 |   39,040 |    648 |13.0 |      12.9|     0.7|     184 |       12 |   16.2|    0.97|    216 |       31 |  14.7 |   1.95
North Dakota .........|36,083 |   35,830 |    799 |14.4 |      12.4|     0.9|      19 |        1 |   15.2|    0.67|     16 |        3 |  16.7 |   2.71
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Ohio .................|42,865 |   42,631 |    578 |12.5 |      10.8|     0.6|     338 |       22 |   16.9|    1.09|    294 |       36 |  15.0 |   1.70
Oklahoma .............|34,826 |   34,554 |    721 |16.7 |      14.3|     0.9|     128 |        5 |   21.2|    0.73|    113 |       18 |  18.0 |   2.59
Oregon ...............|41,820 |   42,701 |    720 |12.4 |      11.8|     0.9|      86 |        4 |   16.8|    0.79|     87 |       15 |  13.8 |   2.29
Pennsylvania .........|41,426 |   42,320 |    623 |11.1 |       9.2|     0.5|     290 |       20 |   14.7|    1.03|    257 |       32 |  12.7 |   1.50
Rhode Island .........|45,658 |   44,825 |  1,012 | 9.6 |      10.0|     0.8|      22 |        1 |   13.7|    0.85|     16 |        3 |   9.1 |   1.76
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South Carolina .......|41,040 |   38,362 |    899 |15.4 |      12.7|     0.9|     128 |        6 |   19.4|    0.85|    169 |       23 |  22.2 |   2.71
South Dakota .........|35,093 |   38,407 |    592 |15.9 |       9.0|     0.7|      27 |        2 |   18.7|    1.28|      9 |        2 |   6.9 |   1.61
Tennessee ............|32,266 |   36,542 |    741 |15.7 |      13.2|     0.9|     174 |        8 |  20.0 |    0.91|    169 |       30 |  17.3 |   2.75
Texas ................|40,316 |   40,547 |    576 |18.1 |      15.2|     0.5|     813 |       40 |   23.8|    1.16|    897 |       74 |  20.4 |   1.50
Utah .................|43,050 |   48,378 |  1,007 |11.4 |       8.0|     0.7|      63 |        3 |   13.8|    0.67|     54 |       10 |  10.8 |   1.90
                      |       |          |        |     |          |        |         |          |       |        |        |          |       |
Vermont ..............|44,415 |   41,888 |    791 | 9.9 |       9.8|     0.8|      12 |        1 |   12.3|    1.16|      9 |        2 |   9.9 |   2.08
Virginia .............|50,092 |   49,085 |    964 |10.2 |       8.0|     0.7|     149 |        9 |   14.2|    0.85|     99 |       23 |   7.4 |   1.64
Washington ...........|45,863 |   44,835 |  1,108 |10.9 |      10.4|     0.8|     130 |        5 |   14.9|    0.61|    134 |       25 |  12.1 |   2.13
West Virginia.........|31,617 |   30,342 |    602 |19.7 |      15.6|     0.9|      80 |        5 |   24.1|    1.46|     56 |        9 |  20.5 |   2.79
Wisconsin ............|43,862 |   46,734 |    962 |10.7 |       8.6|     0.7|     120 |        7 |   13.1|    0.79|    111 |       19 |  12.1 |   1.98
Wyoming ..............|42,076 |   40,007 |    838 |11.9 |      10.3|     0.8|      14 |        1 |   13.7|    0.79|      7 |        2 |   8.9 |   1.98
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\1\In 2001 dollars adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers.
\2\Related children in a family include own children and all other children in the household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage,
or adoption.
\3\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.: 2001," P60-218.   (This table was
prepared October 2002.)


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