Kansas Statistical Abstract 2001 - Institute for Policy & Social ...

Percent of People in Poverty by State, 1995-2000
Average Average Average Average Average
State
1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000
Alabama 17.0 14.8 15.1 14.8 14.8
Alaska 7.6 8.5 9.1 8.5 7.9
Arizona 18.3 18.8 16.9 14.3 12.0
Arkansas 16.0 18.4 17.2 14.7 16.3
California 16.8 16.8 16.0 14.6 13.3
Colorado 9.7 9.4 8.7 8.7 8.2
Connecticut 10.7 10.1 9.0 8.3 6.8
Delaware 9.5 9.1 10.0 10.3 9.7
District of Columbia 23.2 23.0 22.0 18.6 14.9
Florida 15.2 14.3 13.7 12.8 11.5
Georgia 13.5 14.7 14.0 13.2 12.0
Hawaii 11.2 13.0 12.4 10.9 10.4
Idaho 13.2 13.3 13.8 13.5 13.4
Illinois 12.3 11.6 10.6 10.0 10.7
Indiana 8.6 8.2 9.1 8.0 7.7
Iowa 10.9 9.6 9.3 8.3 7.3
Kansas 11.0 10.4 9.6 10.9 10.9
Kentucky 15.9 16.4 14.7 12.8 12.0
Louisiana 20.1 18.4 17.7 19.1 18.2
Maine 11.2 10.7 10.2 10.5 9.5
Maryland 10.2 9.3 7.8 7.2 7.4
Massachusetts 10.5 11.2 10.4 10.2 10.9
Michigan 11.7 10.7 10.6 10.3 9.8
Minnesota 9.5 9.7 10.0 8.8 6.6
Mississippi 22.0 18.6 17.1 16.9 14.5
Missouri 9.5 10.6 10.8 10.7 9.8
Montana 16.1 16.3 16.1 16.1 15.6
Nebraska 9.9 10.0 11.1 11.6 9.9
Nevada 9.6 9.6 10.8 10.9 9.9
New Hampshire 5.8 7.7 9.4 8.8 6.4
New Jersey 8.5 9.2 8.9 8.2 7.9
New Mexico 25.4 23.4 20.8 20.5 18.7
New York 16.6 16.6 16.6 15.4 13.7
North Carolina 12.4 11.8 12.7 13.8 12.8
North Dakota 11.5 12.3 14.4 14.1 11.6
Ohio 12.1 11.8 11.1 11.6 11.0
Oklahoma 16.9 15.2 13.9 13.4 14.0
Oregon 11.5 11.7 13.3 13.8 11.9
Pennsylvania 11.9 11.4 11.2 10.3 9.1
Rhode Island 10.8 11.9 12.2 10.7 9.5
South Carolina 16.5 13.1 13.4 12.7 11.2
South Dakota 13.1 14.1 13.7 9.3 8.7
Tennessee 15.7 15.1 13.9 12.7 13.3
Texas 17.0 16.7 15.9 15.0 14.8
Utah 8.0 8.3 8.9 7.3 7.6
Vermont 11.4 10.9 9.6 9.8 10.5
Virginia 11.2 12.5 10.8 8.4 7.8
Washington 12.2 10.5 9.1 9.2 9.8
West Virginia 17.6 17.5 17.1 16.8 14.8
Wisconsin 8.7 8.5 8.5 8.7 9.1
Wyoming 12.0 12.7 12.1 11.1 11.3
United States 13.8 13.5 13.0 12.3 11.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001.
Web site: www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/poverty00/tabled.pdf