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Poverty rate of people 60 and over: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Poverty rate of people 60 and over (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in People 60 and over: living situation, work and income 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: 11.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 18.4 %
RI 9.7 %
DE 8.3 %
CT 9.1 %
NJ 9.7 %
MD 9.9 %
MA 10.4 %
VT 8.8 %
NH 6.5 %

Lowest: 6.5 to 9.3 %
Group 2: 9.3 to 10 %
Group 3: 10 to 10.9 %
Group 4: 10.9 to 12 %
Highest: 12 to 18.4 %

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	18.4
2	Louisiana	16.1
3	Mississippi	14.5
4	New Mexico	14.4
5	West Virginia	14.1
6	Kentucky	13.8
6	New York	13.8
8	Arkansas	13
9	Alabama	12.4
10	Georgia	12.1
11	Florida	12
12	South Carolina	11.9
13	Oklahoma	11.8
13	Texas	11.8
15	California	11.7
15	Tennessee	11.7
17	Missouri	11.4
18	Michigan	11.1
19	Arizona	10.9
19	North Carolina	10.9
19	Ohio	10.9
22	Nevada	10.8
23	Illinois	10.6
23	Montana	10.6
23	Pennsylvania	10.6
26	Massachusetts	10.4
26	Oregon	10.4
28	Wisconsin	10.3
29	Iowa	10.2
30	South Dakota	10.1
31	Indiana	10
32	Maine	9.9
32	Maryland	9.9
32	Washington	9.9
35	Colorado	9.7
35	New Jersey	9.7
35	Rhode Island	9.7
38	Hawaii	9.6
38	Utah	9.6
40	Alaska	9.5
41	North Dakota	9.3
42	Connecticut	9.1
42	Kansas	9.1
42	Wyoming	9.1
45	Idaho	9
45	Virginia	9
47	Nebraska	8.8
47	Vermont	8.8
49	Delaware	8.3
49	Minnesota	8.3
51	New Hampshire	6.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0102: Population 60 Years and Over in the United States. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by poverty rate of people 60 and over (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0102; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-poverty-rate-of-people-60-and-over/

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