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U.S. states ranked by poverty rate, age 0–17

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: 15.5 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 25 %
RI 15.5 %
DE 14.2 %
CT 13 %
NJ 11.8 %
MD 11.2 %
MA 11.4 %
VT 9.7 %
NH 7 %

Lowest: 7 to 11.5 %
Group 2: 11.5 to 12.9 %
Group 3: 12.9 to 15.5 %
Group 4: 15.5 to 18.1 %
Highest: 18.1 to 25 %

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.


1	District of Columbia	25
1	Louisiana	25
1	Mississippi	25
4	New Mexico	20.5
5	Alabama	20.4
6	West Virginia	20.1
7	Arkansas	19.6
8	Kentucky	18.9
9	Oklahoma	18.7
10	Tennessee	18.4
11	South Carolina	18.1
12	New York	17.9
12	Texas	17.9
14	Michigan	17.7
15	Georgia	16.9
16	North Carolina	16.6
17	Ohio	16.4
18	Indiana	15.8
19	Florida	15.7
20	Nevada	15.5
20	Rhode Island	15.5
22	Missouri	15.3
22	Pennsylvania	15.3
24	Arizona	15.2
25	California	14.6
26	Delaware	14.2
27	Illinois	14.1
28	Iowa	13.1
29	Connecticut	13
29	Oregon	13
31	Alaska	12.9
32	Kansas	12.8
33	Maine	12.3
34	Wisconsin	12.2
35	South Dakota	11.9
36	New Jersey	11.8
36	Virginia	11.8
38	Montana	11.7
38	North Dakota	11.7
40	Nebraska	11.6
41	Washington	11.5
42	Hawaii	11.4
42	Massachusetts	11.4
44	Colorado	11.2
44	Maryland	11.2
46	Idaho	10.9
47	Wyoming	10.2
48	Vermont	9.7
49	Minnesota	9.6
50	Utah	8.6
51	New Hampshire	7

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 poverty rate, age 0–17 (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-poverty-rate-age-0-to-17/

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