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U.S. states ranked by poverty rate, all ages

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

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 12.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 16.4 %
RI 12 %
DE 10.1 %
CT 10.1 %
NJ 9.2 %
MD 9.2 %
MA 9.8 %
VT 9.3 %
NH 7.3 %

Lowest: 7.3 to 10 %
Group 2: 10 to 10.6 %
Group 3: 10.6 to 12 %
Group 4: 12 to 13.4 %
Highest: 13.4 to 18.6 %

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	Louisiana	18.6
2	Mississippi	17.8
3	District of Columbia	16.4
4	West Virginia	16.2
5	New Mexico	15.8
6	Kentucky	15.4
7	Arkansas	15.3
8	Alabama	15.2
9	Oklahoma	14.8
10	New York	14
11	Michigan	13.4
11	Texas	13.4
13	South Carolina	13.3
13	Tennessee	13.3
15	Georgia	12.8
16	North Carolina	12.6
16	Ohio	12.6
18	Missouri	12.2
19	Florida	12.1
19	Indiana	12.1
21	Rhode Island	12
22	Arizona	11.9
23	California	11.8
23	Nevada	11.8
25	Oregon	11.7
26	Pennsylvania	11.6
27	Illinois	11.5
28	Iowa	11.2
29	Kansas	10.9
30	North Dakota	10.8
31	Maine	10.6
31	Nebraska	10.6
33	South Dakota	10.5
34	Idaho	10.4
34	Montana	10.4
36	Alaska	10.3
36	Wisconsin	10.3
38	Connecticut	10.1
38	Delaware	10.1
40	Hawaii	10
40	Washington	10
40	Wyoming	10
43	Massachusetts	9.8
43	Virginia	9.8
45	Colorado	9.6
46	Minnesota	9.3
46	Vermont	9.3
48	Maryland	9.2
48	New Jersey	9.2
50	Utah	8.4
51	New Hampshire	7.3

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, all ages (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-all-ages/

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