Percent in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity and State, 2013
 
White
Hispanic
Black
Asian/Pacific Islander
Native American
Other Race or Two or More Races
All
State
Women
Men
Women
Men
Women
Men
Women
Men
Women
Men
Women
Men
Women
Men
Alabama
13.5%
10.1%
31.8%
23.8%
30.5%
22.5%
15.1%
13.3%
19.8%
13.2%
20.3%
20.8%
18.6%
13.6%
Alaska
7.7%
5.0%
13.3%
8.5%
14.3%
10.6%
5.9%
5.9%
23.4%
20.1%
7.6%
10.5%
10.2%
7.5%
Arizona
11.5%
10.1%
28.2%
21.3%
25.4%
18.2%
14.0%
14.9%
36.4%
33.3%
21.0%
19.0%
17.4%
14.4%
Arkansas
15.5%
11.4%
28.9%
19.9%
31.3%
24.2%
16.6%
14.3%
24.6%
20.5%
19.3%
17.4%
18.6%
13.8%
California
10.9%
9.3%
22.3%
16.8%
24.3%
20.7%
12.7%
11.5%
22.8%
20.3%
17.7%
14.0%
16.0%
13.0%
Colorado
10.0%
8.3%
23.3%
17.1%
26.0%
20.3%
10.1%
10.6%
22.5%
18.0%
15.4%
12.5%
13.1%
10.5%
Connecticut
6.9%
5.3%
27.3%
19.2%
20.0%
14.2%
7.1%
8.5%
16.5%
20.0%
15.1%
14.6%
10.7%
8.1%
Delaware
9.8%
6.8%
28.4%
18.5%
18.4%
12.3%
8.9%
4.5%
10.1%
10.8%
18.1%
7.6%
12.8%
8.7%
District of Columbia
8.6%
6.6%
17.9%
15.1%
25.4%
22.0%
14.8%
15.3%
5.7%
10.9%
14.0%
12.8%
18.0%
14.6%
Florida
11.9%
10.1%
21.6%
17.1%
26.3%
22.3%
12.7%
13.2%
22.0%
20.2%
19.2%
14.4%
16.2%
13.4%
Georgia
13.4%
10.4%
28.9%
22.2%
25.8%
19.4%
14.7%
14.7%
24.5%
25.5%
22.8%
18.0%
18.4%
14.1%
Hawaii
12.3%
9.1%
16.5%
9.5%
9.3%
6.7%
10.0%
8.2%
33.1%
17.9%
13.0%
9.6%
11.5%
8.8%
Idaho
14.2%
11.2%
28.9%
19.0%
33.3%
20.3%
14.7%
12.5%
27.5%
25.6%
22.6%
22.1%
15.8%
12.3%
Illinois
9.8%
7.7%
20.9%
14.7%
29.2%
23.4%
12.8%
11.6%
25.6%
13.6%
18.7%
14.8%
14.4%
10.9%
Indiana
12.9%
9.6%
30.7%
21.7%
30.8%
23.0%
19.2%
21.2%
19.7%
19.0%
24.6%
20.9%
15.6%
11.6%
Iowa
12.0%
8.5%
25.2%
19.1%
33.7%
25.3%
15.9%
21.9%
34.3%
25.6%
23.2%
30.0%
13.2%
9.9%
Kansas
11.5%
8.6%
25.0%
17.0%
24.6%
18.9%
15.5%
16.3%
18.6%
17.6%
22.6%
23.5%
13.7%
10.5%
Kentucky
17.7%
13.2%
29.2%
22.6%
31.7%
23.4%
13.7%
14.8%
27.0%
21.3%
26.5%
22.6%
19.1%
14.3%
Louisiana
13.9%
9.5%
24.7%
16.9%
31.7%
23.4%
21.2%
14.0%
25.1%
16.2%
27.9%
18.1%
20.2%
13.9%
Maine
13.7%
11.0%
27.8%
34.7%
51.3%
28.9%
8.6%
16.2%
35.5%
20.8%
22.7%
22.8%
14.2%
11.7%
Maryland
7.4%
5.5%
15.5%
8.9%
14.7%
11.3%
8.1%
7.7%
27.4%
11.9%
13.1%
9.3%
10.3%
7.5%
Massachusetts
9.1%
6.7%
31.5%
21.0%
21.1%
15.4%
16.4%
13.2%
23.0%
26.1%
20.4%
12.6%
12.4%
9.0%
Michigan
13.0%
10.5%
27.4%
20.5%
31.8%
29.3%
14.3%
15.0%
23.4%
19.4%
28.5%
23.3%
16.5%
13.5%
Minnesota
9.0%
7.4%
27.3%
16.9%
36.4%
29.7%
15.2%
14.5%
33.5%
31.6%
18.1%
22.2%
11.5%
9.4%
Mississippi
15.7%
11.0%
35.8%
25.4%
35.1%
26.6%
17.9%
17.4%
33.2%
17.2%
30.5%
28.4%
23.4%
16.7%
Missouri
13.8%
10.5%
28.1%
21.6%
28.0%
21.5%
16.7%
17.5%
25.9%
18.3%
23.8%
20.0%
16.1%
12.2%
Montana
13.4%
11.3%
30.4%
18.1%
40.8%
23.2%
14.2%
12.9%
36.2%
28.8%
26.8%
30.1%
15.5%
12.7%
Nebraska
10.6%
7.3%
23.6%
17.1%
27.9%
22.0%
16.4%
18.4%
31.1%
29.2%
17.6%
19.4%
12.6%
9.1%
Nevada
11.2%
9.6%
21.4%
17.5%
25.9%
21.2%
11.7%
10.1%
28.4%
26.5%
16.6%
9.9%
15.0%
12.5%
New Hampshire
8.7%
6.8%
17.7%
12.2%
22.6%
27.4%
10.4%
13.7%
24.6%
12.1%
17.0%
10.1%
9.2%
7.3%
New Jersey
6.7%
5.1%
20.9%
14.2%
19.0%
14.5%
6.7%
5.6%
22.6%
8.9%
16.5%
11.8%
10.8%
7.9%
New Mexico
12.5%
10.9%
25.4%
21.0%
24.5%
20.8%
12.3%
11.1%
33.1%
34.6%
18.2%
18.6%
20.0%
17.4%
New York
10.2%
8.2%
27.8%
18.9%
21.7%
18.3%
18.5%
16.8%
26.0%
22.9%
20.3%
15.8%
15.7%
12.2%
North Carolina
12.8%
10.0%
33.7%
23.6%
25.9%
20.8%
13.9%
12.5%
29.8%
24.7%
28.9%
20.4%
17.4%
13.4%
North Dakota
11.4%
7.6%
19.2%
10.0%
42.3%
35.1%
23.4%
23.0%
35.0%
29.0%
10.8%
12.3%
13.0%
9.2%
Ohio
12.9%
9.7%
26.1%
19.7%
31.8%
25.5%
13.2%
12.3%
25.9%
21.8%
27.7%
22.0%
15.7%
11.8%
Oklahoma
13.9%
10.5%
26.2%
18.4%
30.0%
22.3%
14.1%
17.3%
21.8%
17.1%
22.0%
16.0%
16.8%
12.7%
Oregon
14.4%
12.3%
27.7%
20.6%
34.6%
27.7%
18.5%
16.9%
28.5%
25.5%
22.6%
18.5%
16.4%
13.9%
Pennsylvania
10.4%
7.9%
34.0%
23.5%
27.1%
22.8%
18.0%
16.6%
15.7%
27.5%
20.1%
19.7%
13.6%
10.4%
Rhode Island
9.5%
7.9%
38.7%
22.5%
26.2%
21.6%
19.5%
12.1%
41.0%
38.5%
17.7%
14.6%
14.0%
10.6%
South Carolina
13.0%
10.0%
28.6%
21.2%
28.6%
20.5%
15.2%
15.6%
25.1%
19.7%
25.7%
14.5%
18.1%
13.2%
South Dakota
10.6%
7.3%
27.8%
13.5%
27.8%
24.1%
10.5%
16.2%
43.0%
43.1%
19.2%
11.6%
13.7%
10.2%
Tennessee
14.9%
11.1%
33.6%
22.5%
27.1%
21.6%
11.2%
12.4%
22.2%
16.7%
31.5%
20.9%
17.6%
13.3%
Texas
10.2%
7.8%
25.2%
18.1%
23.4%
17.9%
11.6%
11.5%
18.1%
14.7%
19.0%
13.3%
17.1%
12.7%
Utah
11.0%
8.5%
25.9%
18.7%
20.3%
18.3%
21.3%
17.5%
36.1%
23.2%
21.3%
17.7%
13.5%
10.4%
Vermont
11.8%
9.3%
17.3%
10.1%
52.8%
14.3%
7.7%
8.6%
25.7%
6.2%
12.6%
15.6%
12.1%
9.4%
Virginia
9.7%
7.2%
17.4%
10.9%
19.2%
13.9%
8.4%
7.2%
15.8%
14.9%
14.4%
12.2%
12.1%
8.8%
Washington
11.5%
9.1%
26.9%
19.1%
24.0%
19.2%
13.2%
11.5%
28.1%
23.7%
19.2%
14.7%
13.8%
10.9%
West Virginia
17.6%
13.6%
41.4%
12.4%
29.9%
29.6%
17.1%
19.0%
22.1%
8.3%
28.4%
18.7%
18.3%
14.2%
Wisconsin
10.7%
8.3%
28.0%
18.8%
35.9%
27.6%
14.9%
19.9%
26.6%
19.5%
24.4%
17.1%
13.3%
10.2%
Wyoming
11.2%
6.8%
19.3%
16.4%
12.8%
22.5%
23.7%
27.9%
23.5%
20.6%
14.0%
12.2%
12.2%
8.1%
United States
11.5%
9.0%
24.4%
17.8%
26.0%
20.6%
13.1%
12.2%
27.9%
24.2%
20.1%
15.8%
15.5%
12.0%
Note: Aged 18 and older. Racial groups are non-Hispanic. Hispanics may be of any race or two or more races. Data are three-year averages (2011-2013).
Source: IWPR analysis of American Community Survey microdata (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).