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U.S. states ranked by people in poverty

All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Poverty rate by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-10-26

National value: 40,354,267 (United States).

Washington: 779,086Idaho: 203,557Montana: 116,104North Dakota: 82,590Minnesota: 528,907Michigan: 1,326,356Ohio: 1,463,705Pennsylvania: 1,463,161New York: 2,702,081Vermont: 57,876New Hampshire: 100,256Maine: 144,234Arizona: 881,642California: 4,579,429New Mexico: 330,455Texas: 4,111,828Louisiana: 829,482Mississippi: 508,188Alabama: 763,679Florida: 2,772,367Georgia: 1,393,391South Carolina: 708,371North Carolina: 1,353,622Virginia: 839,669District of Columbia: 110,233Maryland: 566,300Delaware: 103,364New Jersey: 864,015Connecticut: 361,291Rhode Island: 128,454Massachusetts: 675,676Oregon: 489,364Utah: 288,630Wyoming: 57,331Nevada: 382,609Colorado: 557,895South Dakota: 94,450Nebraska: 207,151Kansas: 313,926Oklahoma: 588,757Iowa: 352,136Missouri: 740,873Wisconsin: 599,615Illinois: 1,434,871Kentucky: 688,530Arkansas: 460,261Tennessee: 942,730West Virginia: 277,324Indiana: 813,329Alaska: 74,226Hawaii: 140,891

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 57,331 to 140,891
  • Group 2: 140,891 to 382,609
  • Group 3: 382,609 to 688,530
  • Group 4: 688,530 to 942,730
  • Highest: 942,730 to 4,579,429
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1California4,579,429
2Texas4,111,828
3Florida2,772,367
4New York2,702,081
5Ohio1,463,705
6Pennsylvania1,463,161
7Illinois1,434,871
8Georgia1,393,391
9North Carolina1,353,622
10Michigan1,326,356
11Tennessee942,730
12Arizona881,642
13New Jersey864,015
14Virginia839,669
15Louisiana829,482
16Indiana813,329
17Washington779,086
18Alabama763,679
19Missouri740,873
20South Carolina708,371
21Kentucky688,530
22Massachusetts675,676
23Wisconsin599,615
24Oklahoma588,757
25Maryland566,300
26Colorado557,895
27Minnesota528,907
28Mississippi508,188
29Oregon489,364
30Arkansas460,261
31Nevada382,609
32Connecticut361,291
33Iowa352,136
34New Mexico330,455
35Kansas313,926
36Utah288,630
37West Virginia277,324
38Nebraska207,151
39Idaho203,557
40Maine144,234
41Hawaii140,891
42Rhode Island128,454
43Montana116,104
44District of Columbia110,233
45Delaware103,364
46New Hampshire100,256
47South Dakota94,450
48North Dakota82,590
49Alaska74,226
50Vermont57,876
51Wyoming57,331

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2024 State and County Estimates. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by people in poverty (2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), SAIPE state and county estimates; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-people-in-poverty/

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