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| Table 26. | Poverty rates for all persons and poverty status of 5- to 17-year-olds, by state: Selected years, 1990 through 2009 |
| State | Percent of persons in poverty | Poverty status of related children 5 through 17 years old1 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19902 | 20003 | 2008 | 2009 | 1990,2 percent in poverty |
2000,3 percent in poverty |
2008 | 2009 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| United States | 13.1 | 12.4 | 13.2 | (0.10) | 14.3 | (0.10) | 17.0 | (0.02) | 15.4 | (0.01) | 9,166 | (182.0) | 17.4 | (0.30) | 9,982 | (189.0) | 18.9 | (0.30) |
| Alabama | 18.3 | 16.1 | 14.3 | (1.20) | 16.6 | (1.30) | 23.2 | (0.16) | 20.3 | (0.11) | 188 | (28.0) | 22.8 | (3.00) | 202 | (29.0) | 26.6 | (3.30) |
| Alaska | 9.0 | 9.4 | 8.2 | (1.00) | 11.7 | (1.20) | 9.6 | (0.27) | 10.3 | (0.18) | 10 | (3.0) | 7.8 | (2.00) | 17 | (3.0) | 13.2 | (2.60) |
| Arizona | 15.7 | 13.9 | 18.0 | (1.20) | 21.2 | (1.30) | 20.3 | (0.15) | 17.8 | (0.11) | 282 | (37.0) | 23.3 | (2.70) | 322 | (39.0) | 26.9 | (2.90) |
| Arkansas | 19.1 | 15.8 | 15.3 | (1.30) | 18.9 | (1.40) | 23.8 | (0.20) | 20.1 | (0.13) | 93 | (16.0) | 18.4 | (2.90) | 109 | (17.0) | 22.9 | (3.20) |
| California | 12.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | (0.50) | 15.3 | (0.50) | 17.2 | (0.06) | 18.5 | (0.04) | 1,266 | (79.0) | 19.0 | (1.10) | 1,279 | (79.0) | 19.6 | (1.10) |
| Colorado | 11.7 | 9.3 | 11.0 | (1.10) | 12.3 | (1.20) | 13.7 | (0.13) | 10.0 | (0.08) | 124 | (24.0) | 14.4 | (2.70) | 153 | (27.0) | 17.5 | (2.80) |
| Connecticut | 6.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 | (1.00) | 8.4 | (1.00) | 9.8 | (0.15) | 9.6 | (0.10) | 54 | (14.0) | 9.0 | (2.20) | 52 | (14.0) | 9.0 | (2.20) |
| Delaware | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.6 | (1.10) | 12.3 | (1.20) | 11.0 | (0.27) | 10.9 | (0.22) | 18 | (4.0) | 12.7 | (2.70) | 27 | (5.0) | 18.1 | (3.00) |
| District of Columbia | 16.9 | 20.2 | 16.5 | (1.50) | 17.9 | (1.50) | 24.1 | (0.59) | 30.4 | (0.44) | 21 | (4.0) | ‡ | (†) | 22 | (4.0) | ‡ | (†) |
| Florida | 12.7 | 12.5 | 13.1 | (0.60) | 14.6 | (0.60) | 17.5 | (0.10) | 16.6 | (0.07) | 443 | (44.0) | 15.4 | (1.40) | 551 | (49.0) | 19.2 | (1.60) |
| Georgia | 14.7 | 13.0 | 15.5 | (0.90) | 18.4 | (0.90) | 18.9 | (0.14) | 16.1 | (0.09) | 347 | (38.0) | 19.5 | (2.00) | 382 | (40.0) | 20.7 | (2.00) |
| Hawaii | 8.3 | 10.7 | 9.9 | (1.00) | 12.5 | (1.20) | 10.5 | (0.25) | 12.9 | (0.18) | 29 | (6.0) | 15.4 | (2.80) | 38 | (7.0) | 18.4 | (2.90) |
| Idaho | 13.3 | 11.8 | 12.2 | (1.20) | 13.7 | (1.20) | 14.4 | (0.23) | 12.6 | (0.14) | 38 | (7.0) | 13.1 | (2.40) | 48 | (8.0) | 16.2 | (2.60) |
| Illinois | 11.9 | 10.7 | 12.3 | (0.70) | 13.2 | (0.70) | 15.9 | (0.08) | 13.4 | (0.05) | 393 | (42.0) | 17.8 | (1.80) | 390 | (42.0) | 17.3 | (1.70) |
| Indiana | 10.7 | 9.5 | 14.3 | (1.10) | 16.1 | (1.10) | 12.8 | (0.10) | 10.6 | (0.08) | 246 | (32.0) | 21.3 | (2.50) | 268 | (34.0) | 22.4 | (2.50) |
| Iowa | 11.5 | 9.1 | 9.5 | (1.10) | 10.7 | (1.10) | 12.6 | (0.14) | 9.5 | (0.09) | 65 | (14.0) | 12.7 | (2.60) | 60 | (14.0) | 12.2 | (2.60) |
| Kansas | 11.5 | 9.9 | 12.7 | (1.30) | 13.7 | (1.30) | 12.8 | (0.15) | 10.4 | (0.10) | 84 | (16.0) | 17.2 | (2.90) | 75 | (15.0) | 14.8 | (2.70) |
| Kentucky | 19.0 | 15.8 | 17.1 | (1.40) | 17.0 | (1.40) | 23.2 | (0.16) | 19.4 | (0.10) | 144 | (24.0) | 20.8 | (3.20) | 143 | (24.0) | 19.8 | (3.10) |
| Louisiana | 23.6 | 19.6 | 18.2 | (1.40) | 14.3 | (1.20) | 30.4 | (0.19) | 25.3 | (0.11) | 195 | (28.0) | 23.9 | (3.10) | 146 | (25.0) | 17.6 | (2.70) |
| Maine | 10.8 | 10.9 | 12.0 | (1.30) | 11.4 | (1.30) | 12.3 | (0.20) | 12.0 | (0.15) | 31 | (7.0) | 15.3 | (3.20) | 25 | (6.0) | 12.3 | (2.90) |
| Maryland | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 | (0.90) | 9.6 | (1.00) | 10.5 | (0.12) | 9.8 | (0.09) | 88 | (20.0) | 9.3 | (2.00) | 119 | (23.0) | 12.2 | (2.30) |
| Massachusetts | 8.9 | 9.3 | 11.3 | (0.90) | 10.8 | (0.90) | 12.2 | (0.12) | 11.4 | (0.08) | 198 | (29.0) | 18.1 | (2.40) | 170 | (27.0) | 15.7 | (2.30) |
| Michigan | 13.1 | 10.5 | 13.0 | (0.80) | 14.0 | (0.80) | 16.7 | (0.09) | 12.7 | (0.05) | 329 | (38.0) | 18.6 | (1.90) | 330 | (38.0) | 19.2 | (2.00) |
| Minnesota | 10.2 | 7.9 | 9.9 | (1.00) | 11.1 | (1.00) | 11.4 | (0.10) | 8.7 | (0.06) | 116 | (22.0) | 14.0 | (2.50) | 139 | (24.0) | 16.3 | (2.60) |
| Mississippi | 25.2 | 19.9 | 18.1 | (1.40) | 23.1 | (1.50) | 32.6 | (0.21) | 26.0 | (0.13) | 119 | (18.0) | 21.5 | (3.00) | 144 | (20.0) | 26.8 | (3.30) |
| Missouri | 13.3 | 11.7 | 13.3 | (1.10) | 15.5 | (1.10) | 16.2 | (0.12) | 14.4 | (0.08) | 168 | (27.0) | 17.0 | (2.50) | 203 | (30.0) | 19.4 | (2.60) |
| Montana | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.9 | (1.20) | 13.5 | (1.20) | 18.4 | (0.30) | 17.1 | (0.20) | 25 | (5.0) | 16.9 | (3.00) | 30 | (5.0) | 19.2 | (3.10) |
| Nebraska | 11.1 | 9.7 | 10.6 | (1.10) | 9.9 | (1.10) | 12.0 | (0.18) | 11.1 | (0.12) | 42 | (9.0) | 13.4 | (2.60) | 33 | (8.0) | 11.0 | (2.50) |
| Nevada | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.8 | (1.10) | 13.0 | (1.20) | 11.7 | (0.26) | 12.3 | (0.16) | 66 | (13.0) | 14.5 | (2.70) | 77 | (14.0) | 17.2 | (2.90) |
| New Hampshire | 6.4 | 6.5 | 7.0 | (0.90) | 7.8 | (1.00) | 6.4 | (0.16) | 6.7 | (0.12) | 18 | (5.0) | 8.1 | (2.20) | 20 | (5.0) | 9.6 | (2.40) |
| New Jersey | 7.6 | 8.5 | 9.2 | (0.80) | 9.3 | (0.80) | 10.8 | (0.10) | 10.5 | (0.07) | 215 | (31.0) | 14.2 | (1.90) | 193 | (29.0) | 12.8 | (1.80) |
| New Mexico | 20.6 | 18.4 | 19.3 | (1.60) | 19.3 | (1.60) | 26.3 | (0.25) | 23.6 | (0.17) | 82 | (14.0) | 23.0 | (3.40) | 90 | (14.0) | 24.6 | (3.50) |
| New York | 13.0 | 14.6 | 14.2 | (0.60) | 15.8 | (0.70) | 18.1 | (0.09) | 19.1 | (0.06) | 611 | (53.0) | 19.5 | (1.50) | 711 | (57.0) | 22.7 | (1.60) |
| North Carolina | 13.0 | 12.3 | 13.9 | (0.90) | 16.9 | (0.90) | 16.0 | (0.11) | 14.9 | (0.07) | 251 | (33.0) | 15.7 | (1.90) | 392 | (41.0) | 23.4 | (2.20) |
| North Dakota | 14.4 | 11.9 | 11.8 | (1.20) | 10.9 | (1.10) | 15.9 | (0.30) | 12.2 | (0.17) | 14 | (3.0) | 13.8 | (2.70) | 13 | (3.0) | 13.4 | (2.80) |
| Ohio | 12.5 | 10.6 | 13.7 | (0.80) | 13.3 | (0.80) | 16.2 | (0.08) | 12.9 | (0.05) | 377 | (40.0) | 19.4 | (1.90) | 312 | (37.0) | 16.0 | (1.70) |
| Oklahoma | 16.7 | 14.7 | 13.6 | (1.30) | 12.9 | (1.20) | 19.9 | (0.16) | 17.7 | (0.11) | 122 | (21.0) | 19.9 | (3.10) | 119 | (21.0) | 18.9 | (3.00) |
| Oregon | 12.4 | 11.6 | 10.6 | (1.20) | 13.4 | (1.30) | 13.4 | (0.15) | 12.8 | (0.11) | 94 | (19.0) | 14.9 | (2.90) | 114 | (21.0) | 18.6 | (3.20) |
| Pennsylvania | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.0 | (0.70) | 11.1 | (0.70) | 14.5 | (0.08) | 13.6 | (0.05) | 272 | (34.0) | 13.5 | (1.60) | 286 | (35.0) | 13.6 | (1.60) |
| Rhode Island | 9.6 | 11.9 | 12.7 | (1.30) | 13.0 | (1.30) | 12.3 | (0.30) | 15.6 | (0.25) | 27 | (6.0) | 16.2 | (3.20) | 34 | (6.0) | 20.7 | (3.50) |
| South Carolina | 15.4 | 14.1 | 14.0 | (1.20) | 13.7 | (1.20) | 20.0 | (0.19) | 17.9 | (0.12) | 129 | (23.0) | 17.2 | (2.90) | 139 | (24.0) | 18.0 | (2.90) |
| South Dakota | 15.9 | 13.2 | 13.1 | (1.10) | 14.1 | (1.20) | 18.7 | (0.33) | 15.5 | (0.21) | 24 | (4.0) | 17.2 | (2.60) | 20 | (4.0) | 14.2 | (2.50) |
| Tennessee | 15.7 | 13.5 | 15.0 | (1.10) | 16.5 | (1.10) | 19.5 | (0.13) | 16.6 | (0.10) | 201 | (29.0) | 19.6 | (2.60) | 212 | (30.0) | 21.0 | (2.70) |
| Texas | 18.1 | 15.4 | 15.9 | (0.60) | 17.3 | (0.60) | 23.4 | (0.09) | 19.3 | (0.06) | 982 | (70.0) | 21.1 | (1.40) | 1,149 | (76.0) | 24.0 | (1.40) |
| Utah | 11.4 | 9.4 | 7.6 | (0.90) | 9.7 | (0.90) | 10.9 | (0.16) | 8.9 | (0.09) | 47 | (10.0) | 8.1 | (1.70) | 78 | (13.0) | 13.1 | (2.10) |
| Vermont | 9.9 | 9.4 | 9.0 | (1.10) | 9.4 | (1.10) | 10.7 | (0.26) | 9.9 | (0.16) | 7 | (2.0) | 8.0 | (2.40) | 10 | (3.0) | 10.8 | (2.80) |
| Virginia | 10.2 | 9.6 | 10.3 | (0.80) | 10.7 | (0.80) | 12.4 | (0.12) | 11.4 | (0.08) | 165 | (27.0) | 12.1 | (1.90) | 184 | (28.0) | 13.5 | (1.90) |
| Washington | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.4 | (0.90) | 11.7 | (1.00) | 12.8 | (0.10) | 12.2 | (0.09) | 124 | (24.0) | 11.2 | (2.10) | 150 | (26.0) | 14.4 | (2.40) |
| West Virginia | 19.7 | 17.9 | 14.5 | (1.20) | 15.8 | (1.20) | 24.0 | (0.23) | 22.9 | (0.17) | 57 | (9.0) | 21.6 | (3.20) | 61 | (10.0) | 21.8 | (3.10) |
| Wisconsin | 10.7 | 8.7 | 9.8 | (1.00) | 10.8 | (1.00) | 13.3 | (0.10) | 10.0 | (0.07) | 115 | (22.0) | 12.0 | (2.20) | 135 | (24.0) | 14.4 | (2.40) |
| Wyoming | 11.9 | 11.4 | 10.1 | (1.20) | 9.2 | (1.10) | 12.6 | (0.33) | 12.5 | (0.24) | 11 | (3.0) | 11.7 | (2.60) | 9 | (2.0) | 9.3 | (2.30) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 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. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Based on 1989 incomes collected in the 1990 census. Data may differ from figures derived from the Current Population Survey. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Based on 1999 incomes collected in the 2000 census. Data may differ from figures derived from the Current Population Survey. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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 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; and 2008 and 2009 Poverty Tables, retrieved September 28, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032009/pov/toc.htm and retrieved October 10, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032010/pov/toc.htm. (This table was prepared October 2010.) |
