Persons
in Poverty by State,
2002-2004 by percent (%)
2 year
average
Source:
Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
|
State
|
2003-04 |
2002-03
|
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
RhodeIsland
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
|
16.0
9.4
13.5
16.4
13.2
9.9
9.1
8.2
16.7
12.2
12.5
8.9
10.0
12.4
10.8
9.9
11.1
16.0
16.8
11.6
9.2
9.7
12.3
7.2
17.3
11.5
14.6
9.6
10.9
5.6
8.3
17.3
14.6
15.1
9.7
11.3
11.8
12.1
10.9
11.5
13.8
13.0
15.0
16.7
9.5
8.2
9.7
12.0
15.8
11.0
9.9
|
14.7
9.2
13.9
18.8
13.1
9.7
8.2
8.2
16.9
12.6
11.5
10.3
10.8
12.7
9.5
9.1
10.4
14.3
17.2
12.5
6.0
10.1
11.5
6.9
17.2
10.3
14.3
10.2
9.9
5.8
8.3
18.0
14.2
15.0
10.6
10.3
13.5
11.7
10.0
11.3
13.5
12.1
14.4
16.3
9.5
9.2
10.0
11.8
17.1
9.2
9.4
|
| U.S.Total
|
12.6 |
12.3 |
|
Poverty Rate
Source: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept.
of Commerce
The poverty rate is the proportion of the
population whose income falls
below the government's official poverty level, and is adjusted each
year
for inlflation. The national poverly rate was 12.6% in 2005, down
slightly from the 2004 rate of 12.7%, but above the 2000 rate of 11.3%.
About 37.0 million people in the U.S. were in poverty in 2005, nearly 6
million more than in 2000. In 2005 17.1 % of children and 9.8% of
people aged 65 and older were defined as poor.
|
Poverty Thresholds
by Family Size,
1980-20051
Source: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept.
of Commerce |
|
2005 |
2000 |
1990 |
1980 |
1 person
Under 65 years
65 years and over
2 persons
Householder under 65
Householder 65 and over
3 persons
4 persons
5 persons
6 persons
7 persons
8 persons
9 persons or more |
9,973
10,160
9,367
12,755
13,145
11,815
15,577
19,971
23,613
26,683
30,249
33,610
40,288 |
8,794
8,959
8,259
11,239
11,590
10,419
13,783
17,603
20,819
23,528
28,754
29,701
35,060 |
6,852
6,600
6,268
8,509
8,794
7,905
10,419
13,359
15,792
17,839
20,241
22,582
28,848 |
4,186
4,284
3,950
5,361
5,537
4,982
6,570
8,415
9,967
11,272
12,761
14,199
16 ,896 |
| (1)
Weighted average; not used for computing poverty data. |
Persons
Below Poverty Level, 1960-2005
Source:
Bureau of
the Census. U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
|
Number
below poverty level
(In millions) |
Percentage
below poverty level
|
Avg.
Income
cutoffs for family of 4 at poverty level3 |
Year
|
All
races1 |
White
|
Black |
Hispanic
origin2 |
All
races1
|
White
|
Black
|
Hispanic
origin2 |
1960
1970
1980 1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2002
2003
2004
2005
|
39.9
25.4
29.3
33.6
35.7
38.0
39.3
38.1
36.4
36.5
35.6
23.5
32.3
31.1
34.6
35.9
37.0
37.0
|
28.3
17.5
19.7
22.3
23.7
25.3
26.2
25.4
24.4
24.7
24.4
9.1
21.9
21.2
23.5
24.3
25.3
24.9 |
NA
7.5
8.6
9.8
10.2
10.8
10.9
10.2
9.9
9.7
9.1
34.5
8.4
7.9
8.6
8.8
9.0
9.2
|
NA
NA
3.5
6.0
6.3
7.6
8.1
8.4
8.6
8.7
8.3
8.1
11.8
7.2
8.6
9.1
9.1
9.4
|
22.2
12.6
13.0
13.5
14.2
14.8
15.1
14.5
13.8
13.7
13.3
12.7
9.8
11.3
12.1
12.5
12.7
12.6
|
17.8
9.9
10.2
10.7
11.3
11.9
12.2
11.7
11.2
11.2
11.0
10.5
23.6
9.4
10.2
10.5
10.8
10.6
|
NA
33.5
32.5
31.9
32.7
33.4
33.1
30.6
29.3
28.4
26.5
26.1
22.8
22.2
24.1
24.4
24.7
24.9
|
NA
NA
25.7
28.1
28.7
29.6
30.6
30.7
30.3
29.4
27.1
25.6
7.4
21.2
21.8
22.5
21.9
21.8
|
$3,022
3,968
8,414
13,359
13,924
14,335
14,783
15,141
15,569
16,036
16,400
16,660
17,029
17,063
18,556
18,979
19,307
19,971
|
| NA=
Not available. Note: Because of a
change in the definition of
poverty, data prior to 1980 are not directly comparable to data since
1980. (1) Includes other races not shown separately. (2) Persons of
Hispanic origin may be of any race. (3) Figures for 1960-80 represent
only nonfarm families. |
|
