Percent of Women and Men Living Below Poverty by State, 2013

Women Aged 18 and Older

Men Aged 18 and Older

Girls Under Age 18

Boys Under Age 18

State

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Alabama

18.6%

46

13.6%

39

27.6%

46

27.7%

45

Alaska

9.0%

1

7.2%

1

11.8%

2

12.0%

2

Arizona

17.4%

38

14.3%

48

27.7%

47

26.0%

42

Arkansas

18.4%

45

14.1%

46

27.2%

44

29.0%

49

California

16.0%

32

12.9%

33

23.7%

34

23.1%

33

Colorado

13.0%

12

10.0%

15

16.8%

15

17.1%

16

Connecticut

10.6%

4

7.8%

4

15.1%

9

14.0%

6

Delaware

13.0%

12

9.4%

11

17.7%

18

19.0%

20

District of Columbia

18.9%

47

15.6%

49

28.5%

49

28.1%

48

Florida

16.3%

33

13.4%

38

24.6%

37

24.4%

36

Georgia

18.3%

43

13.7%

41

26.5%

43

26.6%

43

Hawaii

10.7%

5

9.0%

8

12.1%

4

13.3%

4

Idaho

15.2%

27

13.2%

35

18.5%

20

20.9%

25

Illinois

14.5%

24

10.8%

23

20.7%

26

20.2%

24

Indiana

15.9%

31

11.8%

28

22.5%

29

20.9%

25

Iowa

13.7%

19

9.8%

14

17.1%

16

16.2%

12

Kansas

13.5%

15

10.2%

18

18.5%

20

17.9%

17

Kentucky

19.1%

48

13.7%

41

24.6%

37

24.7%

38

Louisiana

20.0%

49

13.7%

41

27.7%

47

27.7%

45

Maine

13.0%

12

11.4%

26

14.9%

8

19.5%

21

Maryland

10.4%

3

7.5%

3

15.5%

10

13.5%

5

Massachusetts

12.2%

9

9.0%

8

15.8%

13

16.0%

11

Michigan

16.4%

35

13.2%

35

23.7%

34

23.8%

34

Minnesota

11.3%

8

9.3%

10

13.4%

6

14.5%

7

Montana

24.3%

51

17.1%

50

35.0%

51

33.8%

51

Missouri

15.8%

29

12.4%

29

23.3%

33

23.0%

32

Montana

17.6%

41

14.2%

47

22.6%

31

22.2%

29

Nebraska

12.9%

11

10.2%

18

17.6%

17

16.6%

13

Nevada

14.7%

25

12.4%

29

22.5%

29

21.7%

27

New Hampshire

9.2%

2

7.3%

2

10.9%

1

10.5%

1

New Jersey

11.1%

7

8.4%

6

16.3%

14

16.7%

14

New Mexico

21.5%

50

18.2%

51

34.0%

50

31.6%

50

New York

15.8%

29

12.5%

32

23.1%

32

22.7%

31

North Carolina

17.4%

38

13.6%

39

25.5%

40

25.0%

40

North Dakota

13.6%

18

10.0%

15

11.8%

2

12.1%

3

Ohio

15.3%

28

11.6%

27

22.3%

28

22.4%

30

Oklahoma

16.7%

36

11.3%

25

24.3%

36

24.5%

37

Oregon

16.3%

33

13.7%

41

21.1%

27

22.0%

28

Pennsylvania

13.5%

15

10.7%

22

19.9%

25

19.5%

21

Rhode Island

13.8%

21

10.6%

21

17.8%

19

23.8%

34

South Carolina

18.1%

42

13.1%

34

27.4%

45

28.0%

47

South Dakota

15.1%

26

9.7%

13

19.1%

23

16.7%

14

Tennessee

17.5%

40

13.2%

35

26.2%

41

27.6%

44

Texas

16.8%

37

12.4%

29

25.4%

39

24.7%

38

Utah

13.5%

15

10.3%

20

14.7%

7

15.2%

9

Vermont

13.7%

19

9.5%

12

15.5%

10

18.7%

19

Virginia

12.3%

10

8.6%

7

15.7%

12

15.7%

10

Washington

13.9%

23

11.0%

24

19.1%

23

18.1%

18

West Virginia

18.3%

43

13.7%

41

26.3%

42

25.9%

41

Wisconsin

13.8%

21

10.0%

15

18.8%

22

19.6%

23

Wyoming

10.9%

6

8.1%

5

12.2%

5

14.5%

7

United States

15.5%

11.9%

22.4%

22.1%

Source: IWPR analysis of American Community Survey microdata (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).