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Poverty rate of people 16+ with a disability: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Poverty rate of people 16 and over with a disability (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment and earnings with and without a disability 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: 19.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 29.9 %
RI 21.8 %
DE 14.8 %
CT 18.1 %
NJ 17.5 %
MD 18.1 %
MA 22.2 %
VT 18.8 %
NH 13.6 %

Lowest: 13.6 to 17.3 %
Group 2: 17.3 to 18.5 %
Group 3: 18.5 to 19.3 %
Group 4: 19.3 to 21.6 %
Highest: 21.6 to 29.9 %

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: Covers everyone 16 and over, including retirees; people with a disability are older on average.


1	District of Columbia	29.9
2	Kentucky	25.8
3	Louisiana	25.5
4	New York	25.1
5	West Virginia	24.2
6	Mississippi	23.6
7	New Mexico	22.6
8	Arkansas	22.2
8	Massachusetts	22.2
10	Rhode Island	21.8
11	Oregon	21.6
12	Michigan	21.3
13	Alabama	21.1
14	Ohio	20.7
15	Oklahoma	20.4
16	Tennessee	20.3
17	Illinois	20.2
18	Missouri	20.1
19	Pennsylvania	19.8
20	Iowa	19.4
21	California	19.3
21	Washington	19.3
23	Wisconsin	19.2
24	South Carolina	19.1
24	Texas	19.1
26	Minnesota	19
27	Indiana	18.9
28	Maine	18.8
28	South Dakota	18.8
28	Vermont	18.8
31	Georgia	18.5
32	Arizona	18.2
32	Montana	18.2
34	Connecticut	18.1
34	Maryland	18.1
36	North Carolina	18
37	Florida	17.8
38	Kansas	17.7
39	New Jersey	17.5
40	Colorado	17.4
41	Virginia	17.3
42	Hawaii	16.6
42	Nebraska	16.6
44	Utah	16.4
45	Alaska	16.2
45	North Dakota	16.2
47	Wyoming	15.8
48	Nevada	15.5
49	Idaho	15.4
50	Delaware	14.8
51	New Hampshire	13.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1811: Selected Economic Characteristics for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population by Disability Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by poverty rate of people 16 and over with a disability (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1811; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-poverty-rate-of-people-16-and-over-with-a-disability/

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