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This list of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate covers the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and their populations' poverty rate. The four other inhabited U.S. territories ( American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands , and the U.S. Virgin Islands ) are listed separately.
The "places" used in this article are what the U.S. Census Bureau defines as "places" (such as Census-Designated Places, or CDPs). In the United States (in 2017), the place with the lowest median household income was Little River, California (population 117), while the place with the lowest median household income with a population of more than ...
Two common measurements of the average annual income of individuals in the United States are: per capita income (PCI) and per capita personal income (PCPI). Per capita personal income is the more comprehensive of the two measures, and thus PCPI for an individual, county, or state will be higher than PCI.
The highest-scoring city in each state was determined to be its poorest big city. All data was collected and is up to date as of Jun. 4, 2024. All data was collected and is up to date as of Jun. 4 ...
In order to find the poorest city in every state, GOBankingRates used U.S. Census data to identify the five cities of 2,000 residents or more with the lowest median household income in every state.
One county has a median income under $33,000. Ten North Carolina counties were recently named among the poorest in the state, according to financial website SmartAsset.
States and territories are sorted by the share of the lowest quintile in aggregate household income, i.e. the share of household income of 20% of the poorest households in the total household income. Due to different methodologies by which the United States Census Bureau and the EPI have calculated their results, the data should not be compared.
Mississippi is the poorest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $20,670 (2012). [1] Mississippi counties ranked by per capita income