U.S. poverty rate by state and county
People below the official poverty threshold as a share of people for whom poverty status is determined.
United States · 2020–2024 · percent · percentage. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS five-year B17001.
- Who is counted
- Population for whom poverty status is determined
- Definition
- People below the official poverty threshold as a share of people for whom poverty status is determined.
- Source publication date
- 2026-01-29
- Uncertainty
- Derived margin of error not calculated; original component MOEs retained
- Website calculation or variable
- 100 × (B17001_002E) / (B17001_001E)
- Frozen website snapshot
- apd-2026-10-01-r3 · published October 1, 2026; sources acquired September 30, 2026
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS five-year, B17001 · percentage. Derived percentage; margin of error not calculated.
Show accessible data table
| Area | Value (percent) | Numerator | Denominator | 90% MOE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12.4544% | 40,735,661 | 327,079,188 | Not calculated |
| Texas | 13.7877% | 4,074,940 | 29,554,954 | Not calculated |
| California | 12.0061% | 4,632,248 | 38,582,413 | Not calculated |
| New York | 14.0052% | 2,711,742 | 19,362,417 | Not calculated |
| Florida | 12.5735% | 2,759,397 | 21,946,166 | Not calculated |
Poverty rate: definition and scope
People below the official poverty threshold as a share of people for whom poverty status is determined. The headline is the latest value approved within this website’s frozen release. It is not a promise that no newer upstream product exists. The accessible table retains more precision than the rounded headline.
Limitations and comparability
The denominator excludes people outside the poverty-status universe. Official poverty thresholds differ from benefit eligibility rules.
The estimate describes the full 2020–2024 ACS period. Compare it with the same five-year product and universe. One-year ACS, model-based products and administrative counts cannot be joined into an unlabeled series.
Source count margins of error are retained in the raw download, but a margin of error for this calculated percentage is not supplied. We do not infer significance from point estimates, claim statistically settled ranks, or silently convert missing cells to zero. Cross-area associations do not establish individual circumstances or explain what caused a difference.
Source data, calculation and CSV downloads
Use the original selected cells, schema and formula with the immutable release. Summary-file columns use E001/M001; formulas use the corresponding ACS codes ending in E. Percentage numerators and denominators are supplied in the export.
100 × (B17001_002E) / (B17001_001E)
Original producer file · National source cells · Original table dictionary · All covered areas for this indicator (CSV)
Poverty rate by state
Same measure, source product and reference period. Alphabetical order; descriptive differences are not significance tests.
| Area | Exact value (percent) | Numerator / denominator | 90% MOE / status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 15.6211% | 772,360 / 4,944,352 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Alaska | 10.1385% | 72,786 / 717,914 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Arizona | 12.4848% | 901,451 / 7,220,374 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Arkansas | 15.9939% | 473,903 / 2,963,029 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| California | 12.0061% | 4,632,248 / 38,582,413 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Colorado | 9.4388% | 542,093 / 5,743,216 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Connecticut | 10.0166% | 353,604 / 3,530,170 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Delaware | 10.4141% | 103,819 / 996,908 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| District of Columbia | 15.4394% | 101,008 / 654,224 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Florida | 12.5735% | 2,759,397 / 21,946,166 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Georgia | 13.3900% | 1,430,012 / 10,679,691 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Hawaii | 10.0401% | 141,401 / 1,408,357 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Idaho | 10.5893% | 199,519 / 1,884,157 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Illinois | 11.8086% | 1,464,937 / 12,405,700 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Indiana | 12.3380% | 821,528 / 6,658,525 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Iowa | 11.0757% | 344,519 / 3,110,597 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Kansas | 11.2837% | 322,842 / 2,861,130 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Kentucky | 16.0629% | 708,321 / 4,409,674 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Louisiana | 18.9261% | 848,967 / 4,485,706 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Maine | 10.7478% | 144,830 / 1,347,527 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Maryland | 9.4489% | 574,017 / 6,074,976 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Massachusetts | 10.0387% | 684,548 / 6,819,072 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Michigan | 13.2076% | 1,303,527 / 9,869,514 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Minnesota | 9.3000% | 522,508 / 5,618,351 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Mississippi | 18.8983% | 538,793 / 2,851,006 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Missouri | 12.5767% | 757,180 / 6,020,489 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Montana | 11.5081% | 125,642 / 1,091,770 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Nebraska | 10.6016% | 204,630 / 1,930,184 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Nevada | 12.4190% | 390,669 / 3,145,745 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Hampshire | 7.2492% | 98,248 / 1,355,300 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Jersey | 9.7153% | 891,891 / 9,180,234 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Mexico | 17.8352% | 370,915 / 2,079,678 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New York | 14.0052% | 2,711,742 / 19,362,417 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| North Carolina | 13.0298% | 1,360,882 / 10,444,377 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| North Dakota | 10.8159% | 81,881 / 757,044 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Ohio | 13.2877% | 1,529,692 / 11,512,055 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Oklahoma | 15.3355% | 599,071 / 3,906,443 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Oregon | 11.9424% | 498,380 / 4,173,206 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Pennsylvania | 11.7094% | 1,475,496 / 12,600,920 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Rhode Island | 11.1627% | 118,364 / 1,060,352 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| South Carolina | 14.0734% | 725,690 / 5,156,455 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| South Dakota | 11.9302% | 104,798 / 878,427 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Tennessee | 13.7578% | 950,340 / 6,907,625 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Texas | 13.7877% | 4,074,940 / 29,554,954 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Utah | 8.4983% | 283,680 / 3,338,083 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Vermont | 10.0514% | 62,749 / 624,283 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Virginia | 9.8947% | 837,363 / 8,462,722 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Washington | 9.9023% | 760,577 / 7,680,774 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| West Virginia | 16.7132% | 287,953 / 1,722,907 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Wisconsin | 10.5525% | 610,030 / 5,780,896 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Wyoming | 10.5289% | 59,920 / 569,099 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |