Poverty rates rise in more than half of states across the nation: 2021 and 2022 Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) by state

State 2021 SPM 2022 SPM 2021–2022 percentage point change in SPM
Alabama 10.3% 10.9% 0.6
Alaska 9.8% 9.7% -0.1
Arizona 9.0% 9.3% 0.3
Arkansas 9.7% 10.5% 0.8
California 13.2% 13.2% 0
Colorado 9.4% 8.9% -0.5
Connecticut 9.0% 9.2% 0.2
Delaware 8.4% 8.1% -0.3
Washington D.C. 14.6% 14.8% 0.2
Florida 11.9% 12.7% 0.8
Georgia 10.2% 10.1% -0.1
Hawaii 10.5% 10.0% -0.5
Idaho 6.0% 5.7% -0.3
Illinois 7.8% 7.9% 0.1
Indiana 7.4% 7.3% -0.1
Iowa 6.0% 5.9% -0.1
Kansas 6.0% 7.1% 1.1
Kentucky 9.9% 10.8% 0.9
Louisiana 11.7% 10.9% -0.8
Maine 5.4% 4.6% -0.8
Maryland 9.6% 9.7% 0.1
Massachusetts 8.0% 8.3% 0.3
Michigan 7.6% 8.0% 0.4
Minnesota 5.1% 5.5% 0.4
Mississippi 11.9% 12.5% 0.6
Missouri 7.5% 8.4% 0.9
Montana 8.2% 8.5% 0.3
Nebraska 6.2% 5.9% -0.3
Nevada 9.3% 10.5% 1.2
New Hampshire 5.5% 6.2% 0.7
New Jersey 8.1% 9.0% 0.9
New Mexico 10.6% 10.2% -0.4
New York 12.1% 11.9% -0.2
North Carolina 9.9% 10.3% 0.4
North Dakota 7.1% 6.7% -0.4
Ohio 8.1% 7.3% -0.8
Oklahoma 9.1% 9.9% 0.8
Oregon 7.0% 7.4% 0.4
Pennsylvania 7.6% 7.7% 0.1
Rhode Island 6.0% 5.7% -0.3
South Carolina 10.0% 9.5% -0.5
South Dakota 6.2% 5.8% -0.4
Tennessee 9.1% 8.3% -0.8
Texas 10.4% 11.3% 0.9
Utah 6.5% 5.7% -0.8
Vermont 6.9% 7.6% 0.7
Virginia 8.6% 8.4% -0.2
Washington 7.0% 7.9% 0.9
West Virginia 9.4% 10.1% 0.7
Wisconsin 5.4% 5.1% -0.3
Wyoming 7.3% 7.2% -0.1

Source: EPI analysis of 2021 and 2022 U.S. Census Bureau Table B-5: Number and percentage of people in poverty using 3-year averages.  

View the underlying data on epi.org.