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QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
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Persons in poverty, percent
0.0%
4.0%
8.0%
12.0%
16.0%
20.0%
24.0%
28.0%
32.0%
36.0%
40.0%
Puerto Rico
39.6%
Louisiana
18.9%
Mississippi
18.0%
New Mexico
17.8%
West Virginia
16.7%
Kentucky
16.4%
Oklahoma
15.9%
Arkansas
15.7%
Alabama
15.6%
New York
14.2%
District of Columbia
14.0%
Tennessee
14.0%
South Carolina
13.9%
Texas
13.7%
Georgia
13.6%
Michigan
13.5%
Ohio
13.3%
North Carolina
12.8%
Arizona
12.4%
Indiana
12.3%
Florida
12.3%
Oregon
12.2%
Nevada
12.0%
Pennsylvania
12.0%
California
12.0%
Missouri
12.0%
South Dakota
11.8%
Montana
11.7%
Illinois
11.6%
Wyoming
11.3%
Iowa
11.3%
Kansas
11.2%
Rhode Island
10.8%
Wisconsin
10.7%
Delaware
10.5%
Nebraska
10.5%
Massachusetts
10.4%
Maine
10.4%
Alaska
10.4%
Connecticut
10.3%
Washington
10.3%
Virginia
10.2%
Hawaii
10.1%
Idaho
10.1%
North Dakota
9.8%
New Jersey
9.7%
Vermont
9.7%
Maryland
9.5%
Minnesota
9.3%
Colorado
9.3%
Utah
9.0%
New Hampshire
7.2%
0.0%
4.0%
8.0%
12.0%
16.0%
20.0%
24.0%
28.0%
32.0%
36.0%
40.0%
Value Notes
Methodology differences may exist between data sources, and so estimates from different sources are not comparable.
Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically
indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.
The vintage year (e.g., V2024) refers to the final year of the series (2020 thru 2024). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.
Users should exercise caution when comparing 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates to other ACS estimates. For more information, please visit
the 2023 5-year ACS Comparison Guidance page.
Fact Notes
(a)Includes persons reporting only one race
(b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
(c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
Value Flags
DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
FFewer than 25 firms
FNFootnote on this item in place of data
NANot available
SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
XNot applicable
ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
NData for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.
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