Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990 and 1997-98

Table 20
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                         |Median household income\1\  |              Percent of persons below the poverty level              |   Poverty status of  related
                         |____________________________|______________________________________________________________________|    children 5 to 17 years old,
                         | 1990\2\ |     1997-98      |                       1990\2\                         |   1997-98    |                 1998
                         |         |__________________|_______________________________________________________|______________|______________________________________
          State          |         |Two-year |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |  75  |       |      |Number in | Standard |       |
                         |         | Moving  |Standard|Total |Under |  5   |6 to  |12 to |18 to |65 to |years | Total |Stan- | poverty  |  error   |Percent| Stan-
                         |         | average | error  |      |  5   |years |  11  |  17  |  64  |  74  | and  |       | dard |(in thou- |   (In    |  in   |  dard
                         |         |         |        |      |years |      |years |years |years |years | over |       |error |  sands)  |thousands)|poverty| error
_________________________|_________|_________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|__________|__________|_______|________
            1            |    2    |    3    |   4    |  5   |  6   |  7   |  8   |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13   |  14  |    15    |    16    |  17   |   18
_________________________|_________|_________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|__________|__________|_______|________
   United States ........| $37,888 | $38,233 |   $167 | 13.1 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 18.3 | 16.3 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 16.5 |  13.0 | 0.18 |    9,167 |      253 |  17.8 |   0.48
                         |_________|_________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|__________|__________|_______|________
Alabama .................|  29,554 |  34,351 |  1,210 | 18.3 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 24.3 | 22.3 | 14.6 | 19.2 | 31.1 |  15.1 | 1.52 |      156 |       35 |  21.8 |   4.38
Alaska ..................|  49,725 |  49,717 |  1,418 |  9.0 | 13.6 | 10.6 | 10.9 |  9.8 |  7.9 |  6.4 | 10.6 |   9.1 | 1.21 |       13 |        4 |   9.0 |   2.57
Arizona .................|  36,978 |  35,170 |  1,057 | 15.7 | 24.9 | 24.2 | 21.8 | 19.1 | 14.0 |  9.3 | 13.2 |  16.9 | 1.47 |      222 |       41 |  23.6 |   3.86
Arkansas ................|  28,832 |  27,117 |    958 | 19.1 | 28.5 | 26.6 | 25.2 | 22.7 | 15.3 | 18.0 | 29.9 |  17.2 | 1.56 |       57 |       18 |  13.1 |   3.25
California ..............|  42,123 |  40,623 |    604 | 12.5 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 10.9 |  6.5 |  9.5 |  16.0 | 0.63 |    1,459 |      121 |  22.3 |   1.66
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
Colorado ................|  38,887 |  45,253 |  1,282 | 11.7 | 17.9 | 16.5 | 15.3 | 12.5 | 10.3 |  8.5 | 15.1 |   8.7 | 1.18 |       93 |       25 |  12.5 |   3.32
Connecticut .............|  49,183 |  45,589 |  1,961 |  6.8 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.2 |  8.9 |  5.3 |  5.6 |  9.7 |   9.0 | 1.37 |       82 |       26 |  13.4 |   3.91
Delaware ................|  38,977 |  42,581 |  1,583 |  8.7 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 10.8 |  7.2 |  8.2 | 13.5 |  10.0 | 1.39 |       24 |        7 |  15.7 |   3.91
District of Columbia ....|  34,660 |  32,895 |    953 | 16.9 | 27.0 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 24.4 | 14.3 | 15.5 | 19.7 |  22.0 | 2.01 |       33 |        7 |  46.0 |   6.63
Florida .................|  33,765 |  33,935 |    561 | 12.7 | 20.3 | 20.1 | 18.8 | 16.8 | 11.0 |  9.0 | 13.5 |  13.7 | 0.77 |      474 |       60 |  20.5 |   2.34
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
Georgia .................|  34,874 |  37,950 |    869 | 14.7 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 18.1 | 11.4 | 16.5 | 26.7 |  14.0 | 1.29 |      377 |       65 |  24.7 |   3.69
Hawaii ..................|  49,248 |  41,199 |  1,580 |  8.3 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 10.8 |  6.9 |  6.7 | 10.4 |  12.4 | 1.55 |       32 |        9 |  14.5 |   3.97
Idaho ...................|  32,019 |  35,302 |  1,009 | 13.3 | 19.6 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 13.3 | 12.0 |  8.7 | 15.6 |  13.8 | 1.38 |       50 |       10 |  17.4 |    3.3
Illinois ................|  41,176 |  42,552 |    843 | 11.9 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 |  8.9 | 13.4 |  10.6 | 0.77 |      308 |       50 |  12.1 |   1.82
Indiana..................|  34,073 |  39,613 |  1,152 | 10.7 | 16.8 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 11.8 |  9.1 |  8.7 | 14.0 |   9.1 | 1.21 |      140 |       39 |  12.6 |   3.30
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
Iowa ....................|  34,528 |  35,664 |  1,029 | 11.5 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 11.7 | 10.3 |  8.1 | 15.3 |   9.3 | 1.26 |       73 |       20 |  14.2 |   3.65
Kansas ..................|  37,855 |  36,875 |  1,338 | 11.5 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 11.6 | 10.1 |  8.5 | 16.8 |   9.6 | 1.28 |       59 |       19 |  13.2 |   3.37
Kentucky ................|  31,355 |  35,113 |  1,314 | 19.0 | 27.9 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 22.4 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 25.3 |  14.7 | 1.49 |      118 |       29 |  16.7 |   3.81
Louisiana ...............|  28,350 |  32,757 |  1,329 | 23.6 | 33.4 | 33.0 | 31.1 | 29.7 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 30.1 |  17.7 | 1.56 |      244 |       43 |  29.8 |   4.41
Maine ...................|  34,751 |  34,461 |    977 | 10.8 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 11.5 |  8.9 | 11.0 | 18.3 |  10.2 | 1.44 |       27 |        9 |  12.0 |   3.71
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
Maryland ................|  49,167 |  48,714 |  1,515 |  8.3 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 10.2 |  6.8 |  8.8 | 13.6 |   7.8 | 1.21 |       66 |       27 |  8.10 |   3.16
Massachusetts ...........|  45,864 |  42,511 |  1,392 |  8.9 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 11.0 |  7.3 |  7.3 | 12.6 |  10.4 | 0.97 |      163 |       32 |  15.0 |   2.77
Michigan ................|  37,880 |  40,583 |    841 | 13.1 | 22.1 | 20.4 | 18.1 | 15.7 | 11.2 |  8.7 | 14.3 |  10.6 | 0.82 |      311 |       48 |  14.8 |   2.12
Minnesota ...............|  39,813 |  45,576 |  1,508 | 10.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 |  8.8 |  8.4 | 17.2 |  10.0 | 1.25 |      130 |       34 |  12.6 |   3.09
Mississippi .............|  25,532 |  29,031 |  1,056 | 25.2 | 35.8 | 35.1 | 33.5 | 31.9 | 20.0 | 24.0 | 37.1 |  17.1 | 1.58 |      108 |       24 |  19.3 |   3.77
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
Missouri.................|  34,584 |  38,662 |  1,628 | 13.3 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 15.1 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 19.7 |  10.8 | 1.36 |      136 |       39 |  14.4 |   3.77
Montana .................|  29,577 |  30,622 |    943 | 16.1 | 24.3 | 23.0 | 20.3 | 17.1 | 14.7 |  9.9 | 16.6 |  16.1 | 1.50 |       42 |        8 |  21.2 |   3.69
Nebraska ................|  34,774 |  35,823 |  1,274 | 11.1 | 17.3 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 10.8 |  9.7 |  8.6 | 16.8 |  11.1 | 1.36 |       54 |       13 |  14.8 |   3.43
Nevada ..................|  40,519 |  39,608 |  1,166 | 10.2 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 12.6 | 11.9 |  9.1 |  8.4 | 12.3 |  10.8 | 1.34 |       49 |       13 |  12.8 |   3.21
New Hampshire ...........|  51,631 |  43,297 |  1,438 |  6.4 |  8.5 |  8.7 |  7.3 |  6.2 |  5.4 |  7.7 | 13.9 |   9.4 | 1.42 |       34 |       10 |  13.3 |   3.70
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
New Jersey ..............|  49,011 |  49,297 |  1,184 |  7.6 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 10.4 |  6.0 |  6.8 | 11.3 |   8.9 | 0.79 |      194 |       36 |  13.2 |   2.26
New Mexico ..............|  31,682 |  31,049 |  1,058 | 20.6 | 30.3 | 30.6 | 27.6 | 25.2 | 17.8 | 13.7 | 21.2 |  20.8 | 1.65 |      101 |       18 |  23.5 |   3.67
New York ................|  39,973 |  36,875 |    585 | 13.0 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 19.6 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 14.7 |  16.6 | 0.71 |      848 |       77 |  28.9 |   1.91
North Carolina ..........|  33,315 |  36,118 |    803 | 13.0 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 17.2 | 15.3 | 10.1 | 15.7 | 25.9 |  12.7 | 1.03 |      277 |       46 |  21.3 |   3.11
North Dakota ............|  31,967 |  31,229 |  1,055 | 14.4 | 19.6 | 18.4 | 17.2 | 14.7 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 19.5 |  14.4 | 1.52 |       28 |        5 |  17.2 |   3.66
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
Ohio ....................|  37,976 |  37,811 |  1,038 | 12.5 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 17.8 | 14.6 | 10.7 |  8.7 | 13.8 |  11.1 | 0.82 |      339 |       52 |  16.0 |   2.27
Oklahoma ................|  30,854 |  32,783 |    935 | 16.7 | 25.3 | 23.4 | 21.7 | 18.5 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 24.1 |  13.9 | 1.42 |      120 |       26 |  19.9 |   3.93
Oregon ..................|  37,050 |  38,447 |  1,538 | 12.4 | 19.7 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 11.5 |  8.1 | 13.1 |  13.3 | 1.50 |      121 |       29 |  19.4 |   4.15
Pennsylvania ............|  36,701 |  38,558 |    846 | 11.1 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 13.8 |  9.5 |  8.7 | 13.5 |  11.2 | 0.78 |      382 |       54 |  18.0 |   2.31
Rhode Island ............|  40,450 |  38,012 |  2,026 |  9.6 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 13.8 | 11.0 |  7.6 |  8.9 | 15.6 |  12.2 | 1.59 |       36 |        9 |  20.5 |   4.70
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
South Carolina ..........|  36,359 |  34,031 |  1,213 | 15.4 | 22.8 | 21.8 | 21.2 | 19.1 | 12.0 | 17.3 | 26.5 |  13.4 | 1.52 |      129 |       32 |  17.6 |   3.99
South Dakota ............|  31,090 |  31,471 |    895 | 15.9 | 23.6 | 22.2 | 20.2 | 17.3 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 21.3 |  13.7 | 1.45 |       13 |        4 |   9.2 |   2.89
Tennessee ...............|  28,586 |  32,602 |  1,104 | 15.7 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 18.5 | 12.5 | 17.2 | 26.7 |  13.9 | 1.47 |      156 |       41 |  14.5 |   3.51
Texas ...................|  35,718 |  35,702 |    642 | 18.1 | 25.6 | 25.5 | 24.2 | 23.0 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 23.8 |  15.9 | 0.78 |      809 |       88 |  20.1 |   1.97
Utah ....................|  38,139 |  43,870 |  1,315 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 |  6.4 | 12.5 |   8.9 | 1.12 |       55 |       14 |  11.8 |   2.78
                         |         |         |        |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |       |      |          |          |       |
Vermont .................|  39,349 |  37,485 |  1,374 |  9.9 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 12.5 |  9.8 |  8.5 |  9.7 | 16.3 |   9.6 | 1.41 |       13 |        4 |  12.2 |   3.73
Virginia ................|  44,379 |  43,490 |  1,695 | 10.2 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 11.9 |  8.4 | 11.6 | 18.5 |  10.8 | 1.26 |       92 |       33 |   7.9 |   2.71
Washington ..............|  40,632 |  46,339 |  1,286 | 10.9 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 14.3 | 12.2 |  9.8 |  7.0 | 12.4 |   9.1 | 1.26 |      118 |       37 |  10.8 |   3.23
West Virginia............|  28,010 |  27,310 |    883 | 19.7 | 31.7 | 30.3 | 25.9 | 22.4 | 17.7 | 14.1 | 20.8 |  17.1 | 1.54 |       65 |       14 |  25.7 |   4.86
Wisconsin ...............|  38,859 |  40,769 |  1,002 | 10.7 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 15.0 | 11.9 |  9.2 |  6.6 | 12.6 |   8.5 | 1.19 |      109 |       33 |  11.5 |   3.26
Wyoming .................|  37,276 |  34,597 |  1,143 | 11.9 | 18.3 | 16.2 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 10.8 |  8.4 | 14.3 |  12.1 | 1.40 |       13 |        4 |  13.0 |   3.29
_________________________|_________|_________|________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______|______|__________|__________|_______|________
\1\In 1998 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.
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.: 1998," P60-201. (This table was prepared October 1999.)
1999 Tables and Figures
All Years of Tables and Figures
Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest