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(50KB)| Table 20. | Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990, 2000, and 2003–2005 |
| State | Median household income, in constant 2005 dollars1 | Percent of persons below the poverty level | Poverty status of related children 5 through 17 years old2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 19903 | 20004 | 2003–2005 (3-year average) |
19903 | 20004 | 2003–2005 (3-year average) |
19903 | 20004 | 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Number in poverty (in thousands) | Percent in poverty | Number in poverty (in thousands) | Percent in poverty | Number in poverty (in thousands) | Percent in poverty | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||
| United States | $45,695 | $49,192 | $46,037 | (131) | 13.1 | 12.4 | 12.6 | (0.12) | 7,545 | (7.8) | 17.0 | (0.02) | 7,974 | (5.8) | 15.4 | (0.01) | 8,498 | (176) | 16.1 | (0.3) |
| Alabama | 35,875 | 39,986 | 38,180 | (990) | 18.3 | 16.1 | 16.2 | (0.91) | 178 | (1.2) | 23.2 | (0.16) | 165 | (1.2) | 20.3 | (0.11) | 152 | (25) | 20.3 | (3.0) |
| Alaska | 62,953 | 60,411 | 55,935 | (1,105) | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.6 | (0.79) | 11 | (0.3) | 9.6 | (0.27) | 14 | (0.3) | 10.3 | (0.18) | 14 | (3) | 11.1 | (2.4) |
| Arizona | 41,870 | 47,510 | 44,748 | (918) | 15.7 | 13.9 | 14.4 | (0.85) | 136 | (1.0) | 20.3 | (0.15) | 171 | (1.3) | 17.8 | (0.11) | 205 | (31) | 18.3 | (2.6) |
| Arkansas | 32,150 | 37,698 | 35,591 | (744) | 19.1 | 15.8 | 15.6 | (0.97) | 107 | (0.9) | 23.8 | (0.20) | 98 | (0.6) | 20.1 | (0.13) | 88 | (15) | 18.1 | (2.9) |
| California | 54,424 | 55,634 | 51,647 | (479) | 12.5 | 14.2 | 13.2 | (0.36) | 894 | (3.3) | 17.2 | (0.06) | 1,217 | (4.6) | 18.5 | (0.04) | 1,181 | (76) | 16.9 | (1.0) |
| Colorado | 45,822 | 55,294 | 52,011 | (987) | 11.7 | 9.3 | 10.4 | (0.79) | 82 | (0.8) | 13.7 | (0.13) | 79 | (0.7) | 10.0 | (0.08) | 116 | (24) | 14.3 | (2.7) |
| Connecticut | 63,429 | 63,180 | 57,369 | (1,166) | 6.8 | 7.9 | 9.2 | (0.73) | 50 | (0.8) | 9.8 | (0.15) | 58 | (0.7) | 9.6 | (0.10) | 68 | (15) | 11.5 | (2.5) |
| Delaware | 53,021 | 55,502 | 50,970 | (946) | 8.7 | 9.2 | 8.5 | (0.73) | 12 | (0.3) | 11.0 | (0.27) | 15 | (0.4) | 10.9 | (0.22) | 15 | (4) | 11.5 | (2.6) |
| District of Columbia | 46,715 | 47,005 | — | (†) | 16.9 | 20.2 | 18.3 | (1.16) | 18 | (0.4) | 24.1 | (0.59) | 24 | (0.4) | 30.4 | (0.44) | 32 | (5) | 39.6 | (4.7) |
| Florida | 41,783 | 45,473 | 42,079 | (524) | 12.7 | 12.5 | 11.8 | (0.43) | 344 | (2.0) | 17.5 | (0.10) | 434 | (2.0) | 16.6 | (0.07) | 416 | (43) | 14.3 | (1.4) |
| Georgia | 44,121 | 49,706 | 44,439 | (580) | 14.7 | 13.0 | 13.1 | (0.67) | 228 | (1.6) | 18.9 | (0.14) | 248 | (1.4) | 16.1 | (0.09) | 340 | (38) | 20.5 | (2.1) |
| Hawaii | 59,033 | 58,359 | 57,572 | (1,040) | 8.3 | 10.7 | 8.8 | (0.73) | 20 | (0.5) | 10.5 | (0.25) | 27 | (0.6) | 12.9 | (0.18) | 21 | (5) | 9.6 | (2.2) |
| Idaho | 38,399 | 44,012 | 44,994 | (883) | 13.3 | 11.8 | 10.0 | (0.79) | 32 | (0.5) | 14.4 | (0.23) | 33 | (0.6) | 12.6 | (0.14) | 32 | (7) | 11.3 | (2.3) |
| Illinois | 49,033 | 54,576 | 47,978 | (688) | 11.9 | 10.7 | 12.1 | (0.49) | 328 | (1.6) | 15.9 | (0.08) | 309 | (1.5) | 13.4 | (0.05) | 330 | (38) | 14.3 | (1.6) |
| Indiana | 43,781 | 48,692 | 43,735 | (776) | 10.7 | 9.5 | 11.4 | (0.67) | 132 | (1.1) | 12.8 | (0.10) | 119 | (1.4) | 10.6 | (0.08) | 174 | (27) | 15.1 | (2.2) |
| Iowa | 39,876 | 46,234 | 45,086 | (922) | 11.5 | 9.1 | 10.4 | (0.79) | 65 | (0.7) | 12.6 | (0.14) | 50 | (0.6) | 9.5 | (0.09) | 57 | (13) | 12.3 | (2.7) |
| Kansas | 41,491 | 47,587 | 43,802 | (1,013) | 11.5 | 9.9 | 11.6 | (0.85) | 59 | (0.7) | 12.8 | (0.15) | 53 | (0.6) | 10.4 | (0.10) | 73 | (15) | 15.2 | (2.8) |
| Kentucky | 34,259 | 39,444 | 37,566 | (731) | 19.0 | 15.8 | 15.6 | (0.97) | 161 | (1.1) | 23.2 | (0.16) | 137 | (1.0) | 19.4 | (0.10) | 140 | (24) | 19.7 | (3.1) |
| Louisiana | 33,370 | 38,148 | 36,814 | (877) | 23.6 | 19.6 | 17.4 | (0.97) | 267 | (1.6) | 30.4 | (0.19) | 223 | (1.1) | 25.3 | (0.11) | 157 | (25) | 21.8 | (3.2) |
| Maine | 42,347 | 43,623 | 42,006 | (870) | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.9 | (0.85) | 27 | (0.4) | 12.3 | (0.20) | 27 | (0.5) | 12.0 | (0.15) | 29 | (7) | 14.6 | (3.1) |
| Maryland | 59,879 | 61,930 | 58,347 | (1,071) | 8.3 | 8.5 | 9.4 | (0.67) | 82 | (1.0) | 10.5 | (0.12) | 96 | (0.9) | 9.8 | (0.09) | 110 | (22) | 11.3 | (2.2) |
| Massachusetts | 56,179 | 59,158 | 54,617 | (1,075) | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.9 | (0.61) | 112 | (1.1) | 12.2 | (0.12) | 122 | (1.3) | 11.4 | (0.08) | 116 | (22) | 10.7 | (2.0) |
| Michigan | 47,160 | 52,323 | 45,793 | (653) | 13.1 | 10.5 | 12.2 | (0.55) | 288 | (1.5) | 16.7 | (0.09) | 238 | (1.1) | 12.7 | (0.05) | 262 | (34) | 13.9 | (1.7) |
| Minnesota | 46,992 | 55,186 | 56,084 | (846) | 10.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | (0.61) | 93 | (0.8) | 11.4 | (0.10) | 81 | (0.7) | 8.7 | (0.06) | 86 | (19) | 9.5 | (2.0) |
| Mississippi | 30,613 | 36,700 | 34,508 | (847) | 25.2 | 19.9 | 18.3 | (1.03) | 177 | (1.2) | 32.6 | (0.21) | 146 | (1.0) | 26.0 | (0.13) | 159 | (21) | 29.6 | (3.4) |
| Missouri | 40,079 | 44,436 | 44,324 | (712) | 13.3 | 11.7 | 11.5 | (0.73) | 150 | (1.1) | 16.2 | (0.12) | 148 | (1.1) | 14.4 | (0.08) | 149 | (26) | 14.9 | (2.4) |
| Montana | 34,949 | 38,684 | 36,200 | (695) | 16.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | (0.97) | 29 | (0.5) | 18.4 | (0.30) | 29 | (0.5) | 17.1 | (0.20) | 26 | (5) | 16.6 | (2.9) |
| Nebraska | 39,553 | 45,978 | 46,613 | (980) | 11.1 | 9.7 | 9.6 | (0.79) | 37 | (0.6) | 12.0 | (0.18) | 36 | (0.6) | 11.1 | (0.12) | 33 | (8) | 10.5 | (2.4) |
| Nevada | 47,147 | 52,222 | 48,314 | (1,101) | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.8 | (0.79) | 23 | (0.5) | 11.7 | (0.26) | 44 | (0.7) | 12.3 | (0.16) | 55 | (12) | 11.4 | (2.4) |
| New Hampshire | 55,232 | 57,946 | 58,223 | (1,113) | 6.4 | 6.5 | 5.6 | (0.61) | 12 | (0.3) | 6.4 | (0.16) | 15 | (0.3) | 6.7 | (0.12) | 10 | (4) | 4.6 | (1.7) |
| New Jersey | 62,222 | 64,598 | 59,989 | (1,112) | 7.6 | 8.5 | 7.8 | (0.49) | 134 | (1.2) | 10.8 | (0.10) | 158 | (1.3) | 10.5 | (0.07) | 126 | (24) | 8.0 | (1.5) |
| New Mexico | 36,620 | 39,984 | 39,029 | (1,074) | 20.6 | 18.4 | 17.5 | (1.09) | 83 | (0.8) | 26.3 | (0.25) | 87 | (0.7) | 23.6 | (0.17) | 89 | (14) | 24.3 | (3.5) |
| New York | 50,117 | 50,831 | 46,242 | (598) | 13.0 | 14.6 | 14.6 | (0.49) | 531 | (2.5) | 18.1 | (0.09) | 640 | (2.6) | 19.1 | (0.06) | 657 | (55) | 19.6 | (1.5) |
| North Carolina | 40,512 | 45,900 | 41,067 | (648) | 13.0 | 12.3 | 14.4 | (0.67) | 180 | (1.2) | 16.0 | (0.11) | 207 | (1.2) | 14.9 | (0.07) | 268 | (34) | 17.3 | (2.0) |
| North Dakota | 35,291 | 40,535 | 41,869 | (810) | 14.4 | 11.9 | 10.2 | (0.79) | 20 | (0.4) | 15.9 | (0.30) | 15 | (0.2) | 12.2 | (0.17) | 11 | (3) | 10.7 | (2.5) |
| Ohio | 43,642 | 47,976 | 44,961 | (709) | 12.5 | 10.6 | 11.6 | (0.55) | 321 | (1.6) | 16.2 | (0.08) | 268 | (1.5) | 12.9 | (0.05) | 287 | (35) | 15.0 | (1.7) |
| Oklahoma | 35,845 | 39,125 | 38,895 | (815) | 16.7 | 14.7 | 13.1 | (0.85) | 119 | (1.0) | 19.9 | (0.16) | 113 | (1.0) | 17.7 | (0.11) | 114 | (20) | 19.4 | (3.1) |
| Oregon | 41,429 | 47,929 | 43,570 | (816) | 12.4 | 11.6 | 12.1 | (0.85) | 68 | (0.8) | 13.4 | (0.15) | 77 | (0.7) | 12.8 | (0.11) | 85 | (18) | 13.9 | (2.8) |
| Pennsylvania | 44,194 | 46,980 | 45,814 | (630) | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.0 | (0.49) | 284 | (1.5) | 14.5 | (0.08) | 292 | (1.5) | 13.6 | (0.05) | 307 | (36) | 15.6 | (1.7) |
| Rhode Island | 48,925 | 49,304 | 48,823 | (1,155) | 9.6 | 11.9 | 11.7 | (0.85) | 19 | (0.5) | 12.3 | (0.30) | 28 | (0.7) | 15.6 | (0.25) | 34 | (6) | 18.1 | (3.1) |
| South Carolina | 39,918 | 43,438 | 40,350 | (799) | 15.4 | 14.1 | 14.2 | (0.91) | 131 | (1.2) | 20.0 | (0.19) | 130 | (1.2) | 17.9 | (0.12) | 132 | (24) | 19.5 | (3.2) |
| South Dakota | 34,212 | 41,330 | 42,525 | (804) | 15.9 | 13.2 | 12.7 | (0.79) | 26 | (0.5) | 18.7 | (0.33) | 23 | (0.3) | 15.5 | (0.21) | 20 | (4) | 15.2 | (2.6) |
| Tennessee | 37,715 | 42,592 | 39,524 | (820) | 15.7 | 13.5 | 15.0 | (0.85) | 169 | (1.2) | 19.5 | (0.13) | 166 | (1.2) | 16.6 | (0.10) | 217 | (30) | 20.9 | (2.6) |
| Texas | 41,073 | 46,771 | 41,959 | (427) | 18.1 | 15.4 | 16.5 | (0.49) | 791 | (3.1) | 23.4 | (0.09) | 806 | (2.6) | 19.3 | (0.06) | 948 | (69) | 20.6 | (1.4) |
| Utah | 44,804 | 53,564 | 53,226 | (749) | 11.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | (0.73) | 49 | (0.7) | 10.9 | (0.16) | 44 | (0.6) | 8.9 | (0.09) | 55 | (11) | 10.8 | (2.0) |
| Vermont | 45,293 | 47,859 | 48,508 | (861) | 9.9 | 9.4 | 8.0 | (0.73) | 11 | (0.3) | 10.7 | (0.26) | 11 | (0.2) | 9.9 | (0.16) | 6 | (2) | 5.6 | (2.0) |
| Virginia | 50,669 | 54,678 | 54,301 | (930) | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.5 | (0.61) | 129 | (1.2) | 12.4 | (0.12) | 142 | (1.3) | 11.4 | (0.08) | 150 | (25) | 11.8 | (1.9) |
| Washington | 47,408 | 53,622 | 50,885 | (847) | 10.9 | 10.6 | 11.4 | (0.73) | 111 | (0.9) | 12.8 | (0.10) | 132 | (1.4) | 12.2 | (0.09) | 160 | (27) | 14.1 | (2.2) |
| West Virginia | 31,615 | 34,786 | 35,234 | (785) | 19.7 | 17.9 | 15.6 | (0.85) | 80 | (0.8) | 24.0 | (0.23) | 67 | (0.6) | 22.9 | (0.17) | 50 | (9) | 18.0 | (2.9) |
| Wisconsin | 44,761 | 51,297 | 47,004 | (851) | 10.7 | 8.7 | 10.8 | (0.73) | 121 | (0.9) | 13.3 | (0.10) | 100 | (1.1) | 10.0 | (0.07) | 128 | (24) | 13.8 | (2.4) |
| Wyoming | 41,195 | 44,387 | 45,598 | (878) | 11.9 | 11.4 | 10.1 | (0.85) | 12 | (0.3) | 12.6 | (0.33) | 12 | (0.3) | 12.5 | (0.24) | 8 | (2) | 9.4 | (2.5) |
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—Not available. † Not applicable. 1 Adjusted by the Consumer Price Index research series using current methods (CPI-U-RS). 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. 4 Based on 1999 incomes collected in the 2000 census. Data may differ from figures derived from the Current Population Survey. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3), "Median Household Income in 1989" and "Poverty Status in 1989 by Family Type and Age," retrieved May 12, 2005, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=DEC_1990_STF3_&_lang=en&_ts=134048804959; Decennial Census, 1990, Minority Economic Profiles, unpublished data; Decennial Census, 2000, Summary of Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics; Census 2000 Summary File 4 (SF 4), "Poverty Status in 1999 of Related Children Under 18 Years by Family Type and Age," retrieved March 28, 2005, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=DEC_2000_SF4_U&_lang=en&_ts =134049420077; Current Population Reports, Series P-60, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005; "Poverty Status by State: 2005," retrieved September 8, 2006, from http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/pov/new46 _100125_02.htm; and "Income 2005," retrieved September 8, 2006, from http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income05/statemhi3.html. (This table was prepared September 2006.) |
