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Poverty rate, American Indian and Alaska Native: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Poverty rate, American Indian and Alaska Native (%). All 44 states with data in Poverty rate by race and Hispanic origin by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 18.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

CT 10.7 %
NJ 12.4 %
MD 11.3 %
MA 9.3 %

Lowest: 7.1 to 12.1 %
Group 2: 12.1 to 15.4 %
Group 3: 15.4 to 20.9 %
Group 4: 20.9 to 24.5 %
Highest: 24.5 to 36.2 %

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.

Note: Rates for smaller groups rest on small ACS samples and have wide margins of error; groups the Census Bureau does not publish for a state are left out.


1	Wyoming	36.2
2	South Dakota	32.3
3	Montana	31.7
4	South Carolina	27.8
5	Arizona	26
6	Alabama	25.7
7	Iowa	25.6
8	Kentucky	25.5
9	North Dakota	24.5
10	Alaska	24.4
10	New York	24.4
12	New Mexico	24.3
13	Minnesota	22.9
13	Pennsylvania	22.9
15	North Carolina	22
16	Nebraska	21.6
17	Kansas	20.9
17	Washington	20.9
19	Michigan	19.6
20	Maine	17.3
21	Florida	17.1
22	Nevada	16.6
23	Oklahoma	16.5
24	Missouri	16.2
25	Utah	15.9
26	Indiana	15.6
27	Georgia	15.4
28	Wisconsin	15.2
29	Ohio	14.6
30	Idaho	14.3
31	Arkansas	13.5
32	California	13.4
33	Virginia	13.1
34	Louisiana	13
35	New Jersey	12.4
36	Illinois	12.1
37	Oregon	11.9
38	Colorado	11.7
39	Texas	11.6
40	Maryland	11.3
41	Connecticut	10.7
42	Mississippi	9.6
43	Massachusetts	9.3
44	Tennessee	7.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1701: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by poverty rate, American Indian and Alaska Native (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1701; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-poverty-rate-american-indian-and-alaska-native/

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