Table 20. | Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990 and 1997-98 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |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 | Stanard | | | | 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.
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.)
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