17 states have Supplemental Poverty Measure rates above the national rate and 12 are in the South: Official and Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rates by state, 2022

State Official poverty rate 2022 Supplemental Poverty Measure rate 2022
Alabama 14.8% 10.9%
Alaska 11.5% 9.7%
Arizona 12.1% 9.3%
Arkansas 15.9% 10.5%
California 11.4% 13.2%
Colorado 8.5% 8.9%
Connecticut 9.8% 9.2%
Delaware 10.5% 8.1%
Washington D.C. 14.7% 14.8%
Florida 13.1% 12.7%
Georgia 13.0% 10.1%
Hawaii 10.2% 10.0%
Idaho 8.9% 5.7%
Illinois 9.4% 7.9%
Indiana 10.9% 7.3%
Iowa 9.4% 5.9%
Kansas 9.0% 7.1%
Kentucky 15.8% 10.8%
Louisiana 16.9% 10.9%
Maine 8.9% 4.6%
Maryland 8.6% 9.7%
Massachusetts 8.5% 8.3%
Michigan 11.7% 8.0%
Minnesota 7.7% 5.5%
Mississippi 17.8% 12.5%
Missouri 11.5% 8.4%
Montana 10.7% 8.5%
Nebraska 8.1% 5.9%
Nevada 12.6% 10.5%
New Hampshire 7.1% 6.2%
New Jersey 8.2% 9.0%
New Mexico 18.2% 10.2%
New York 12.4% 11.9%
North Carolina 13.3% 10.3%
North Dakota 9.6% 6.7%
Ohio 11.5% 7.3%
Oklahoma 15.8% 9.9%
Oregon 9.5% 7.4%
Pennsylvania 10.8% 7.7%
Rhode Island 8.8% 5.7%
South Carolina 13.3% 9.5%
South Dakota 9.7% 5.8%
Tennessee 11.4% 8.3%
Texas 13.7% 11.3%
Utah 7.1% 5.7%
Vermont 8.4% 7.6%
Virginia 8.6% 8.4%
Washington 8.3% 7.9%
West Virginia 15.6% 10.1%
Wisconsin 8.0% 5.1%
Wyoming 8.7% 7.2%

Notes: National SPM 2022 rate is 9.8%. The District of Columbia is counted as one of the 17 states with SPM above the national rate.

Source: Author’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau’s Poverty in the United States 2022 Table B-5: Number and percentage of people in poverty by state using 3-year average: 2020, 2021, and 2022.  

View the underlying data on epi.org.