States: income and output

Poverty rate, 2024

Percent of people for whom poverty status is determined. Select a state on the map or in the table for its profile.

Poverty rate, 2024, by state

Percent of people. Shaded in five groups of about ten states each. Rank 1 is the highest value.

Percent of people

United States: 12.15%, plus or minus 0.07%

Data table

All 50 states and DC, A to Z. The Z statistic is Census’s test against the state ranked directly above; a value between -1.645 and 1.645 means the two are not statistically different.

State	2024	Margin of error (90%)	Rank (1 = highest)	Not statistically different from the next higher state	Z vs. next higher
Alabama	15.19%	±0.46%	8	yes	0.75
Alaska	10.17%	±0.94%	38	yes	0.05
Arizona	11.68%	±0.43%	24	yes	0.28
Arkansas	15.54%	±0.62%	7	yes	0.04
California	11.80%	±0.18%	22	yes	1.30
Colorado	9.60%	±0.44%	44	yes	0.36
Connecticut	10.20%	±0.55%	37	yes	0.05
Delaware	9.59%	±1.12%	45	yes	0.01
District of Columbia	17.31%	±1.69%	3	yes	0.44
Florida	12.05%	±0.26%	21	yes	0.18
Georgia	12.59%	±0.34%	16	yes	0.29
Hawaii	9.99%	±0.68%	40	yes	0.13
Idaho	10.46%	±0.69%	33	yes	0.26
Illinois	11.58%	±0.25%	25	yes	0.33
Indiana	12.23%	±0.39%	19	yes	0.09
Iowa	11.34%	±0.41%	28	yes	0.80
Kansas	10.85%	±0.54%	31	yes	0.04
Kentucky	15.56%	±0.53%	6	yes	1.35
Louisiana	18.69%	±0.64%	1	n/a (rank 1)
Maine	10.60%	±0.55%	32	yes	0.53
Maryland	9.06%	±0.41%	48	yes	0.45
Massachusetts	9.72%	±0.33%	43	yes	0.11
Michigan	13.45%	±0.28%	12	yes	0.03
Minnesota	9.33%	±0.37%	46	yes	0.36
Mississippi	17.81%	±0.82%	2	yes	1.39
Missouri	12.26%	±0.42%	18	yes	0.96
Montana	10.23%	±0.72%	36	yes	0.21
Nebraska	10.87%	±0.58%	30	yes	0.40
Nevada	11.58%	±0.73%	25	yes	0.00
New Hampshire	7.20%	±0.57%	51	no	2.58
New Jersey	9.20%	±0.31%	47	yes	0.44
New Mexico	16.42%	±0.90%	5	yes	0.45
New York	13.97%	±0.26%	10	no	3.13
North Carolina	12.55%	±0.27%	17	yes	0.15
North Dakota	11.13%	±0.90%	29	yes	0.35
Ohio	12.67%	±0.29%	15	no	1.70
Oklahoma	14.91%	±0.42%	9	yes	0.74
Oregon	11.79%	±0.47%	23	yes	0.03
Pennsylvania	11.58%	±0.27%	25	yes	0.00
Rhode Island	12.17%	±1.05%	20	yes	0.09
South Carolina	13.26%	±0.49%	14	yes	0.45
South Dakota	10.41%	±0.82%	34	yes	0.08
Tennessee	13.46%	±0.41%	11	no	1.73
Texas	13.41%	±0.25%	13	yes	0.18
Utah	8.33%	±0.44%	50	yes	1.20
Vermont	9.02%	±0.84%	49	yes	0.07
Virginia	9.75%	±0.31%	42	yes	0.71
Washington	9.93%	±0.28%	41	yes	0.13
West Virginia	16.74%	±0.75%	4	yes	0.51
Wisconsin	10.33%	±0.33%	35	yes	0.15
Wyoming	10.10%	±1.18%	39	yes	0.08

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year, table-based Summary File. ACS 2024 1-year detailed table B17001 (B17001_E002; B17001_E001) · retrieved Oct. 2, 2026 · 51 rows · as of 2024 · annual. File: ACS 2024 1-year detailed table B17001 (B17001_E002; B17001_E001). Download CSV

Highest to lowest

An equals sign (equals sign) marks a state that is not statistically different from the next higher state: the gap between them is too small, given their margins of error, to say which is higher. The test is the Census Bureau’s: two estimates differ at the 90 percent confidence level when their difference, divided by the square root of the sum of their squared standard errors, is above 1.645 or below -1.645. Census cautions that overlapping confidence intervals are not a valid test, so the marks come from the test itself (U.S. Census Bureau, “Instructions for Applying Statistical Testing to American Community Survey Data” (2024)). The test compares neighbors only and does not adjust for making many comparisons; a run of marks is a group of states that cannot be put in order with confidence. Here 46 of the 50 neighboring pairs are not statistically different.

Poverty rate, 2024, highest to lowest
Rank	State	Value	Margin of error	Not statistically different from the next higher state
1	Louisiana	18.69%	±0.64%	Not applicable, rank 1
2	Mississippi	17.81%	±0.82%	Yes
3	District of Columbia	17.31%	±1.69%	Yes
4	West Virginia	16.74%	±0.75%	Yes
5	New Mexico	16.42%	±0.90%	Yes
6	Kentucky	15.56%	±0.53%	Yes
7	Arkansas	15.54%	±0.62%	Yes
8	Alabama	15.19%	±0.46%	Yes
9	Oklahoma	14.91%	±0.42%	Yes
10	New York	13.97%	±0.26%	No
11	Tennessee	13.46%	±0.41%	No
12	Michigan	13.45%	±0.28%	Yes
13	Texas	13.41%	±0.25%	Yes
14	South Carolina	13.26%	±0.49%	Yes
15	Ohio	12.67%	±0.29%	No
16	Georgia	12.59%	±0.34%	Yes
17	North Carolina	12.55%	±0.27%	Yes
18	Missouri	12.26%	±0.42%	Yes
19	Indiana	12.23%	±0.39%	Yes
20	Rhode Island	12.17%	±1.05%	Yes
21	Florida	12.05%	±0.26%	Yes
22	California	11.80%	±0.18%	Yes
23	Oregon	11.79%	±0.47%	Yes
24	Arizona	11.68%	±0.43%	Yes
25	Illinois	11.58%	±0.25%	Yes
25	Nevada	11.58%	±0.73%	Yes
25	Pennsylvania	11.58%	±0.27%	Yes
28	Iowa	11.34%	±0.41%	Yes
29	North Dakota	11.13%	±0.90%	Yes
30	Nebraska	10.87%	±0.58%	Yes
31	Kansas	10.85%	±0.54%	Yes
32	Maine	10.60%	±0.55%	Yes
33	Idaho	10.46%	±0.69%	Yes
34	South Dakota	10.41%	±0.82%	Yes
35	Wisconsin	10.33%	±0.33%	Yes
36	Montana	10.23%	±0.72%	Yes
37	Connecticut	10.20%	±0.55%	Yes
38	Alaska	10.17%	±0.94%	Yes
39	Wyoming	10.10%	±1.18%	Yes
40	Hawaii	9.99%	±0.68%	Yes
41	Washington	9.93%	±0.28%	Yes
42	Virginia	9.75%	±0.31%	Yes
43	Massachusetts	9.72%	±0.33%	Yes
44	Colorado	9.60%	±0.44%	Yes
45	Delaware	9.59%	±1.12%	Yes
46	Minnesota	9.33%	±0.37%	Yes
47	New Jersey	9.20%	±0.31%	Yes
48	Maryland	9.06%	±0.41%	Yes
49	Vermont	9.02%	±0.84%	Yes
50	Utah	8.33%	±0.44%	Yes
51	New Hampshire	7.20%	±0.57%	No
Not ranked	United States For reference, not ranked	12.15%	±0.07%

About this measure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year, table-based Summary File
Period: 2024 (ACS 1-year estimates, interviews from January through December 2024)
As of: 2024, retrieved Oct. 2, 2026
Units: Percent of people for whom poverty status is determined
Uncertainty: Approximated, at the 90 percent confidence level. Census publishes margins of error for the table cells this rate is built from, not for the rate itself, so the site computes one with Census’s approximation formulas, which leave out the correlation between cells. It will not match a figure published on data.census.gov exactly. (Census’s formulas (pages 3 and 4))
Data: Download the CSV (all 50 states and DC, with the rank, the test and every input column)

Covers: population for whom poverty status is determined.