Poverty
Poverty rate by state, 2016
| State | Change in poverty rate, 2000 to 2015 | Change 2007 to 2015 | Change in poverty rate, 2014 to 2015 | 2015 poverty rate relative to national average | Poverty rate, 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2.9% | 1.6% | -0.8% | 3.8% | 18.5% |
| Alaska | 1.2% | 1.4% | -0.9% | -4.4% | 10.3% |
| Arizona | 1.8% | 3.2% | -0.9% | 2.7% | 17.4% |
| Arkansas | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 4.4% | 19.1% |
| California | 1.6% | 2.9% | -1.1% | 0.6% | 15.3% |
| Colorado | 2.8% | -0.5% | -0.6% | -3.2% | 11.5% |
| Connecticut | 2.8% | 2.6% | -0.2% | -4.2% | 10.5% |
| Delaware | 3.1% | 1.9% | -0.1% | -2.3% | 12.4% |
| DC | -0.2% | 0.9% | -0.4% | 2.6% | 17.3% |
| Florida | 2.9% | 3.6% | -0.8% | 1.0% | 15.7% |
| Georgia | 4.4% | 2.7% | -1.3% | 2.3% | 17.0% |
| Hawaii | 1.8% | 2.6% | -0.8% | -4.1% | 10.6% |
| Idaho | 3.7% | 3.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 15.1% |
| Illinois | 2.5% | 1.7% | -0.8% | -1.1% | 13.6% |
| Indiana | 4.4% | 2.2% | -0.7% | -0.2% | 14.5% |
| Iowa | 2.2% | 1.2% | -0.1% | -2.5% | 12.2% |
| Kansas | 3.5% | 1.8% | -0.5% | -1.7% | 13.0% |
| Kentucky | 2.1% | 1.2% | -0.6% | 3.8% | 18.5% |
| Louisiana | -0.4% | 1.0% | -0.2% | 4.9% | 19.6% |
| Maine | 3.3% | 1.4% | -0.8% | -1.3% | 13.4% |
| Maryland | 0.4% | 1.4% | -0.4% | -5.0% | 9.7% |
| Massachusetts | 1.9% | 1.6% | -0.2% | -3.2% | 11.5% |
| Michigan | 5.7% | 1.8% | -0.4% | 1.1% | 15.8% |
| Minnesota | 3.3% | 0.7% | -1.3% | -4.5% | 10.2% |
| Mississippi | 3.8% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 7.3% | 22.0% |
| Missouri | 3.6% | 1.8% | -0.6% | 0.1% | 14.8% |
| Montana | 1.2% | 0.5% | -0.8% | -0.1% | 14.6% |
| Nebraska | 3.0% | 1.4% | 0.1% | -2.1% | 12.6% |
| Nevada | 4.8% | 4.0% | -0.6% | 0.0% | 14.7% |
| New Hampshire | 2.9% | 1.1% | -0.9% | -6.5% | 8.2% |
| New Jersey | 2.9% | 2.2% | -0.3% | -3.9% | 10.8% |
| New Mexico | 2.4% | 2.3% | -0.9% | 5.7% | 20.4% |
| New York | 2.3% | 1.7% | -0.5% | 0.7% | 15.4% |
| North Carolina | 3.3% | 2.1% | -0.8% | 1.7% | 16.4% |
| North Dakota | -0.6% | -1.1% | -0.6% | -3.7% | 11.0% |
| Ohio | 3.7% | 1.7% | -1.0% | 0.1% | 14.8% |
| Oklahoma | 2.3% | 0.2% | -0.5% | 1.4% | 16.1% |
| Oregon | 2.2% | 2.5% | -1.2% | 0.7% | 15.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 2.7% | 1.6% | -0.4% | -1.5% | 13.2% |
| Rhode Island | 3.2% | 1.9% | -0.5% | -0.8% | 13.9% |
| South Carolina | 2.2% | 1.6% | -1.3% | 1.9% | 16.6% |
| South Dakota | 2.2% | 0.6% | -0.4% | -1.0% | 13.7% |
| Tennessee | 3.2% | 0.8% | -1.6% | 2.0% | 16.7% |
| Texas | 0.8% | -0.4% | -1.3% | 1.2% | 15.9% |
| Utah | 2.5% | 1.6% | -0.5% | -3.4% | 11.3% |
| Vermont | -0.5% | 0.1% | -1.9% | -4.5% | 10.2% |
| Virginia | 2.0% | 1.3% | -0.6% | -3.5% | 11.2% |
| Washington | 0.6% | 0.8% | -1.0% | -2.5% | 12.2% |
| West Virginia | -0.7% | 1.0% | -0.3% | 3.2% | 17.9% |
| Wisconsin | 3.2% | 1.3% | -1.1% | -2.6% | 12.1% |
| Wyoming | -0.3% | 2.4% | -0.1% | -3.6% | 11.1% |
Source: EPI Analysis of American Community Survey data