Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990 and 1993

Table 19.
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                      |                 |         Percent of persons below the poverty level         |       Poverty status of 5- to
                      |                 |____________________________________________________________|         17-year-olds, 1993
                      |Median household |                      1990\2\                  |   1993     |___________________________________
                      |   income\1\     |_______________________________________________|____________|Number in poverty|   Percent in
        State         |                 |     |     |     |     |     |     |     | 75  |     |Stan- |_________________|     poverty
                      |_________________|Total|Under|  5  |6 to |12 to|18 to|65 to|years|Total| dard | Number  | Stan- |_________________
                      |        |        |     |  5  |years| 11  | 17  | 64  | 74  | and |     |error |(in thou-| dard  |Percent |Standard
                      |1990\2\ |  1993  |     |years|     |years|years|years|years|over |     |      | sands)  | error |        | error
______________________|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_________|_______|________|________
          1           |   2    |   3    |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  |  13  |   14    |  15   |   16   |   17
______________________|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_________|_______|________|________
   United States .....|$35,025 |$31,241 |13.1 |20.1 |19.7 |18.3 |16.3 |11.0 |10.4 |16.5 |15.1 | 0.22 |  10,150 |   253 |   20.8 |   0.20
                      |________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|_________|_______|________|________
Alabama ..............| 27,498 | 25,082 |18.3 |26.1 |25.8 |24.3 |22.3 |14.6 |19.2 |31.1 |17.4 | 1.94 |     156 |    34 |   20.5 |   1.72
Alaska ...............| 48,254 | 42,931 | 9.0 |13.6 |10.6 |10.9 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 6.4 |10.6 | 9.1 | 1.34 |      11 |     3 |    9.5 |   1.14
Arizona ..............| 32,093 | 30,510 |15.7 |24.9 |24.2 |21.8 |19.1 |14.0 | 9.3 |13.2 |15.4 | 1.81 |     163 |    33 |   23.1 |   1.76
Arkansas .............| 24,643 | 23,039 |19.1 |28.5 |26.6 |25.2 |22.7 |15.3 |18.0 |29.9 |20.0 | 2.04 |     117 |    22 |   25.4 |   1.84
California ...........| 41,716 | 34,073 |12.5 |19.0 |19.3 |18.3 |17.1 |10.9 | 6.5 | 9.5 |18.2 | 0.74 |   1,623 |   112 |   25.7 |   0.70
                      |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |         |       |        |
Colorado .............| 35,123 | 34,488 |11.7 |17.9 |16.5 |15.3 |12.5 |10.3 | 8.5 |15.1 | 9.9 | 1.59 |      70 |    22 |   11.3 |   1.40
Connecticut ..........| 48,618 | 39,516 | 6.8 |11.7 |11.9 |11.2 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 1.65 |      82 |    25 |   14.9 |   1.75
Delaware .............| 40,641 | 36,064 | 8.7 |13.3 |12.7 |11.8 |10.8 | 7.2 | 8.2 |13.5 |10.2 | 1.68 |      17 |     5 |   13.7 |   1.58
District of Columbia .| 35,807 | 27,304 |16.9 |27.0 |25.5 |25.0 |24.4 |14.3 |15.5 |19.7 |26.4 | 2.67 |      44 |     8 |   49.3 |   2.52
Florida ..............| 32,027 | 28,550 |12.7 |20.3 |20.1 |18.8 |16.8 |11.0 | 9.0 |13.5 |17.8 | 0.94 |     666 |    61 |   26.9 |   0.91
                      |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |         |       |        |
Georgia ..............| 33,819 | 31,663 |14.7 |22.1 |21.3 |20.1 |18.1 |11.4 |16.5 |26.7 |13.5 | 1.70 |     207 |    48 |   17.5 |   1.57
Hawaii ...............| 45,248 | 42,662 | 8.3 |12.6 |12.6 |11.2 |10.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 |10.4 | 8.0 | 1.47 |      26 |     8 |   13.4 |   1.54
Idaho ................| 29,433 | 31,010 |13.3 |19.6 |18.9 |15.9 |13.3 |12.0 | 8.7 |15.6 |13.1 | 1.57 |      38 |     8 |   14.2 |   1.35
Illinois .............| 37,584 | 32,857 |11.9 |18.9 |18.7 |17.0 |15.0 |10.0 | 8.9 |13.4 |13.6 | 0.94 |     406 |    49 |   18.2 |   0.88
Indiana...............| 33,558 | 29,475 |10.7 |16.8 |15.8 |14.1 |11.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 |14.0 |12.2 | 1.74 |     123 |    37 |   10.8 |   1.37
                      |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |         |       |        |
Iowa .................| 30,565 | 28,663 |11.5 |17.5 |15.4 |14.1 |11.7 |10.3 | 8.1 |15.3 |10.3 | 1.54 |      61 |    17 |   11.1 |   1.32
Kansas ...............| 31,803 | 29,770 |11.5 |16.8 |16.5 |14.1 |11.6 |10.1 | 8.5 |16.8 |13.1 | 1.69 |      79 |    18 |   16.0 |   1.53
Kentucky .............| 26,259 | 24,376 |19.0 |27.9 |26.5 |24.6 |22.4 |16.2 |17.5 |25.3 |20.4 | 2.09 |     177 |    34 |   25.7 |   1.89
Louisiana ............| 25,578 | 26,312 |23.6 |33.4 |33.0 |31.1 |29.7 |19.6 |20.5 |30.1 |26.4 | 2.37 |     376 |    54 |   39.4 |   2.18
Maine ................| 32,459 | 27,438 |10.8 |15.7 |15.9 |14.0 |11.5 | 8.9 |11.0 |18.3 |15.4 | 1.89 |      47 |    10 |   17.7 |   1.66
                      |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |         |       |        |
Maryland .............| 45,897 | 39,939 | 8.3 |11.9 |11.9 |11.5 |10.2 | 6.8 | 8.8 |13.6 | 9.7 | 1.61 |     100 |    31 |   13.4 |   1.53
Massachusetts ........| 43,061 | 37,064 | 8.9 |14.5 |14.8 |13.8 |11.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 |12.6 |10.7 | 0.86 |     159 |    22 |   16.4 |   0.86
Michigan .............| 36,148 | 32,662 |13.1 |22.1 |20.4 |18.1 |15.7 |11.2 | 8.7 |14.3 |15.4 | 0.97 |     446 |    45 |   24.3 |   0.96
Minnesota ............| 36,019 | 33,682 |10.2 |14.8 |14.6 |12.5 |10.6 | 8.8 | 8.4 |17.2 |11.6 | 1.71 |      95 |    28 |   12.3 |   1.46
Mississippi ..........| 23,465 | 22,191 |25.2 |35.8 |35.1 |33.5 |31.9 |20.0 |24.0 |37.1 |24.7 | 2.12 |     178 |    27 |   31.1 |   1.90
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Missouri..............| 30,720 | 28,682 |13.3 |20.4 |19.2 |17.8 |15.1 |11.1 |11.3 |19.7 |16.1 | 1.97 |     205 |    45 |   20.4 |   1.80
Montana ..............| 26,788 | 26,470 |16.1 |24.3 |23.0 |20.3 |17.1 |14.7 | 9.9 |16.6 |14.9 | 1.77 |      25 |     6 |   14.5 |   1.45
Nebraska .............| 30,317 | 31,008 |11.1 |17.3 |15.4 |13.4 |10.8 | 9.7 | 8.6 |16.8 |10.3 | 1.48 |      47 |    11 |   13.5 |   1.38
Nevada ...............| 36,138 | 35,814 |10.2 |15.1 |14.4 |12.6 |11.9 | 9.1 | 8.4 |12.3 | 9.8 | 1.44 |      35 |     9 |   13.9 |   1.40
New Hampshire ........| 42,335 | 37,964 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 7.7 |13.9 | 9.9 | 1.76 |      28 |     9 |   13.8 |   1.69
                      |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |         |       |        |
New Jersey ...........| 47,693 | 40,500 | 7.6 |11.7 |12.6 |11.7 |10.4 | 6.0 | 6.8 |11.3 |10.9 | 0.84 |     227 |    30 |   16.4 |   0.83
New Mexico ...........| 28,069 | 26,758 |20.6 |30.3 |30.6 |27.6 |25.2 |17.8 |13.7 |21.2 |17.4 | 1.86 |      68 |    13 |   18.8 |   1.59
New York .............| 38,415 | 31,697 |13.0 |20.6 |21.2 |19.6 |17.0 |11.0 |10.0 |14.7 |16.4 | 0.76 |     773 |    62 |   24.6 |   0.73
North Carolina .......| 31,052 | 28,820 |13.0 |19.2 |18.5 |17.2 |15.3 |10.1 |15.7 |25.9 |14.4 | 0.92 |     196 |    25 |   17.8 |   0.84
North Dakota .........| 27,051 | 28,118 |14.4 |19.6 |18.4 |17.2 |14.7 |13.0 |10.8 |19.5 |11.2 | 1.55 |      12 |     4 |    9.9 |   1.22
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Ohio .................| 33,452 | 31,285 |12.5 |21.1 |19.9 |17.8 |14.6 |10.7 | 8.7 |13.8 |13.0 | 0.89 |     420 |    47 |   18.8 |   0.66
Oklahoma .............| 27,475 | 26,260 |16.7 |25.3 |23.4 |21.7 |18.5 |14.2 |13.5 |24.1 |19.9 | 2.00 |     168 |    30 |   23.5 |   1.77
Oregon ...............| 31,755 | 33,138 |12.4 |19.7 |16.1 |14.8 |13.3 |11.5 | 8.1 |13.1 |11.8 | 1.75 |      84 |    23 |   14.9 |   1.60
Pennsylvania .........| 33,875 | 30,995 |11.1 |17.5 |17.0 |15.7 |13.8 | 9.5 | 8.7 |13.5 |13.2 | 0.90 |     390 |    47 |   17.8 |   0.85
Rhode Island .........| 37,501 | 33,509 | 9.6 |16.3 |16.1 |13.8 |11.0 | 7.6 | 8.9 |15.6 |11.2 | 1.84 |      33 |     9 |   20.3 |   1.96
                      |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |         |       |        |
South Carolina .......| 30,597 | 26,053 |15.4 |22.8 |21.8 |21.2 |19.1 |12.0 |17.3 |26.5 |18.7 | 1.79 |     177 |    30 |   26.7 |   1.70
South Dakota .........| 26,223 | 27,737 |15.9 |23.6 |22.2 |20.2 |17.3 |13.6 |11.1 |21.3 |14.2 | 1.61 |      27 |     5 |   16.6 |   1.42
Tennessee ............| 28,908 | 25,102 |15.7 |23.9 |22.5 |20.8 |18.5 |12.5 |17.2 |26.7 |19.6 | 1.94 |     299 |    49 |   30.5 |   1.87
Texas ................| 31,482 | 28,727 |18.1 |25.6 |25.5 |24.2 |23.0 |15.2 |14.9 |23.8 |17.4 | 0.97 |     851 |    82 |   22.9 |   0.90
Utah .................| 34,342 | 35,786 |11.4 |15.8 |14.4 |12.0 |10.0 |11.0 | 6.4 |12.5 |10.7 | 1.48 |      75 |    15 |   15.1 |   1.43
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Vermont ..............| 34,717 | 31,065 | 9.9 |13.5 |13.7 |12.5 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 9.7 |16.3 |10.0 | 1.70 |      15 |     4 |   14.2 |   1.65
Virginia .............| 38,838 | 36,433 |10.2 |14.5 |14.5 |13.5 |11.9 | 8.4 |11.6 |18.5 | 9.7 | 1.34 |     137 |    35 |   11.6 |   1.20
Washington ...........| 36,338 | 35,655 |10.9 |17.0 |16.4 |14.3 |12.2 | 9.8 | 7.0 |12.4 |12.1 | 1.63 |     121 |    33 |   12.3 |   1.36
West Virginia.........| 24,233 | 22,421 |19.7 |31.7 |30.3 |25.9 |22.4 |17.7 |14.1 |20.8 |22.2 | 2.17 |     104 |    18 |   31.4 |   2.02
Wisconsin ............| 34,309 | 31,766 |10.7 |17.7 |16.4 |15.0 |11.9 | 9.2 | 6.6 |12.6 |12.6 | 1.60 |     155 |    35 |   15.0 |   1.47
Wyoming ..............| 31,576 | 29,442 |11.9 |18.3 |16.2 |14.1 |11.2 |10.8 | 8.4 |14.3 |13.3 | 2.02 |      12 |     4 |   11.4 |   1.58
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\1\ In 1993 dollars adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers.
\2\ Based on 1989 incomes collected in the 1990 Census. May differ from data 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, no. 185, Poverty in the United States, 1992; Current Population Reports, Series P-60, no. 180, Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States: 1991; and Current Population Reports, Series P-60, no. 188, Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits: 1993. (This table was prepared May 1995.)
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