DATA

State Poverty Rates, Averages

State poverty rates, shown below, represent average annual totals for 2010-2012 using official counts and the supplemental poverty measure (SPM). Figures listed in thousands.

State	Official Annual Average	Official %	SPM Annual Average	SPM %	Difference	% Difference

United States	46,783	15.1	49,380	16.0	2597	0.8
Alabama	776	16.3	645	13.5	-132	-2.8
Alaska	82	11.6	88	12.5	6	0.9
Arizona	1,208	18.5	1,231	18.8	22	0.3
Arkansas	525	18.1	479	16.5	-46	-1.6
California	6,202	16.5	8,952	23.8	2750	7.3
Colorado	638	12.6	695	13.7	57	1.1
Connecticut	345	9.8	440	12.5	95	2.7
Delaware	119	13.2	124	13.9	6	0.6
District of Columbia	119	19.3	141	22.7	21	3.4
Florida	2,938	15.5	3,709	19.5	771	4.1
Georgia	1,789	18.5	1,760	18.2	-29	-0.3
Hawaii	173	12.9	231	17.3	58	4.4
Idaho	232	14.8	183	11.6	-49	-3.1
Illinois	1,748	13.7	1,943	15.2	195	1.5
Indiana	1,008	15.8	903	14.2	-106	-1.7
Iowa	316	10.5	258	8.6	-59	-1.9
Kansas	406	14.5	323	11.5	-82	-2.9
Kentucky	751	17.4	586	13.6	-165	-3.8
Louisiana	951	21.3	823	18.5	-128	-2.9
Maine	173	13.1	148	11.2	-25	-1.9
Maryland	588	10.1	783	13.4	195	3.3
Massachusetts	724	11.1	903	13.8	180	2.7
Michigan	1,449	14.9	1,318	13.5	-130	-1.3
Minnesota	547	10.4	514	9.7	-33	-0.6
Mississippi	606	20.7	471	16.1	-135	-4.6
Missouri	910	15.3	738	12.4	-172	-2.9
Montana	148	14.9	119	12.1	-28	-2.9
Nebraska	201	11.0	178	9.8	-22	-1.2
Nevada	434	16.0	537	19.8	102	3.8
New Hampshire	98	7.6	133	10.2	34	2.6
New Jersey	930	10.7	1,345	15.5	415	4.8
New Mexico	416	20.3	331	16.1	-86	-4.2
New York	3,179	16.5	3,487	18.1	308	1.6
North Carolina	1,596	16.8	1,348	14.2	-249	-2.6
North Dakota	77	11.5	62	9.2	-15	-2.3
Ohio	1,748	15.4	1,496	13.2	-252	-2.2
Oklahoma	606	16.3	501	13.4	-105	-2.8
Oregon	548	14.3	533	13.9	-14	-0.4
Pennsylvania	1,652	13.1	1,596	12.6	-56	-0.4
Rhode Island	143	13.8	141	13.6	-2	-0.2
South Carolina	814	17.6	732	15.8	-82	-1.8
South Dakota	113	13.9	86	10.6	-27	-3.3
Tennessee	1,101	17.3	985	15.5	-116	-1.8
Texas	4,549	17.7	4,211	16.4	-338	-1.3
Utah	302	10.7	326	11.6	23	0.8
Vermont	70	11.3	62	10.1	-8	-1.3
Virginia	874	11.0	1,055	13.3	181	2.3
Washington	822	12.1	828	12.2	6	0.1
West Virginia	313	17.2	235	12.9	-78	-4.3
Wisconsin	664	11.7	611	10.8	-53	-0.9
Wyoming	58	10.2	52	9.2	-6	-1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.

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