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Download QR code; In other projects ... Feel free to update it when needed. ... English: Poverty rates by state. US map. United States Department of Agriculture.
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.
English: The map above shows the proportion of Americans living below the poverty line in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico according to the 2016 - 2020 American Community Survey. The data can be found here.
Between 1989 and 2019, 19.4 million people lived in areas of persistent poverty, according to a report by the US Census Bureau. Persistent poverty can be defined as an area that has consistently ...
The latest Census data that use new processing methods show that poverty further declined from 2017 to 2018.”Like what you're reading? Sign up for our free newsletter. ...
The highest poverty rates in the United States are in the U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). [69] American Samoa has the lowest per capita income in the United States — it has a per capita income comparable to that of Botswana. [70]
English: Map of US states by poverty rate as a percentage of households in 2014. Poverty is defined as being below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). For a family of three in the 48 contiguous states and D.C., this level was $19,073 in 2014.
The scale of poverty and the inequality between the poorest and richest households is often being miscalculated as housing costs are not routinely considered in official statistics, a study has found.