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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.
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.
The poor in the United States are incarcerated at a much higher rate than their counterparts in other developed nations. [122] According to a 2015 study by the Vera Institute of Justice , jails in the U.S. have become "massive warehouses" of the impoverished since the 1980s.
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 ...
While state taxes in California are relatively low compared to other states, people pay a sizable amount of property taxes in California, an average of $5,441 per year, at a tax rate of 0.73%.
Perhaps not coincidentally given the trends, it’s also among the poorest states, with the second lowest median household income of any state at $43,469. Sadly, the confluence of factors related ...
Advanced Degrees were most common in Massachusetts, with 26.3% of Massachusetts residents holding an advanced degree of any type since 2019 (it is regarded as the best state for Higher Education), and they were least common in Mississippi, with 9.3% of Mississippi residents holding an advanced degree.
These are America's richest states and poorest states. %Gallery-166391% To identify the states with the highest and lowest median household income, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed state data on income ...