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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 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 ...
The data below is for annual median household income in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico — the data is based on 2013–2017 American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau; populations are also from the 2013–2017 American Community Survey.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Methodology: To find the richest and poorest ZIP codes in America, GOBankingRates analyzed the ZIP codes across the United States using [1] mean income, [2] median income, [3] total household ...