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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 average poverty rate across all states is 12.4%. On the other end of the spectrum, New Hampshire has the lowest poverty rate at 7.2%. California has the highest unemployment rate.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2022, Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana had the highest poverty rates in the U.S. at over 15% each. See ...
Despite its occasional economic hiccups, the United States remains one of the richest countries in the world. As of 2022 it ranked 7th globally in GDP per capita, according to data cited by Visual...
Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2017. The US. In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. Based on poverty measures used by the Census Bureau (which exclude non-cash factors such as food stamps or medical care or public housing), America had 37 million people in poverty in 2023; this is 11 percent of population. [1]
The territories of the United States are listed separately (they were not included in Measure of America's report); the territories data is from a different source (based on United Nations Development Programme), which uses a different numbering system. [1]
The Empire State also had the fifth-highest unemployment rate (4.3%) in December 2022. Additionally, 13.9% of New York residents live below the poverty rate, the 13th-most across our study. 9. Alabama
This is a list of U.S. states, territories, and Washington, D.C. by income.Data is given according to the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates, except for the American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for which the data comes from 2010, as ACS does not operate in these areas.