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Poverty rate for people 65 and over: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Poverty rate for people 65 and over (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Poverty rate by age 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: 11.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 17.8 %
RI 10.5 %
DE 8.8 %
CT 8.7 %
NJ 10 %
MD 10.5 %
MA 10.5 %
VT 8.5 %
NH 7 %

Lowest: 7 to 9.1 %
Group 2: 9.1 to 10.2 %
Group 3: 10.2 to 10.7 %
Group 4: 10.7 to 12.1 %
Highest: 12.1 to 17.8 %

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	17.8
2	Louisiana	15.5
3	New York	14.1
4	Mississippi	14
5	New Mexico	13.5
6	West Virginia	13.3
7	Kentucky	13.1
8	Arkansas	12.8
9	Georgia	12.2
9	Texas	12.2
11	Florida	12.1
12	Alabama	12
13	California	11.9
14	Oklahoma	11.6
15	Tennessee	11.5
16	South Carolina	11.3
17	South Dakota	11
18	Missouri	10.9
18	North Carolina	10.9
20	Michigan	10.7
20	Ohio	10.7
22	Arizona	10.5
22	Illinois	10.5
22	Maryland	10.5
22	Massachusetts	10.5
22	Montana	10.5
22	Pennsylvania	10.5
22	Rhode Island	10.5
29	Nevada	10.3
29	Utah	10.3
31	Wisconsin	10.2
32	Iowa	10.1
33	New Jersey	10
33	Oregon	10
35	Maine	9.9
35	Washington	9.9
37	Colorado	9.8
37	Indiana	9.8
39	Hawaii	9.4
39	North Dakota	9.4
41	Idaho	9.1
41	Virginia	9.1
43	Kansas	9
44	Delaware	8.8
44	Nebraska	8.8
46	Connecticut	8.7
47	Vermont	8.5
48	Minnesota	8.1
49	Wyoming	8
50	Alaska	7
50	New Hampshire	7

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 for people 65 and over (%) (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-for-people-65-and-over/

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