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Poverty rates were highest in the states of Mississippi (19.58%), Louisiana (18.65%), New Mexico (18.55%), West Virginia (17.10%), Kentucky (16.61%), and Arkansas (16.08%), and they were lowest in the states of New Hampshire (7.42%), Maryland (9.02%), Utah (9.13%), Hawaii (9.26%).
The highest poverty rate in the country is in Mississippi, where 18.8% of the population lives in poverty. However, this has improved from 2012, when the state's poverty rate was nearly 25%. Mississippi has the lowest median household income of any state of $44,966. Mississippi's educational attainment levels are among the lowest in the U.S ...
9 lis 2023 · The 10 states with the highest poverty rates are geographically composed of Southern states and some exceptions, like New Mexico and New York.
Mississippi, Louisiana, and New Mexico hold the highest poverty rates, with 19.3%, 18.6%, and 18.1% respectively. This underscores a struggle with persistent and deep-seated poverty in these areas.
10 wrz 2024 · Official Poverty Measure: In 2023, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 11.1 percent. There were 36.8 million people in poverty in 2023, not statistically different from 2022 (Figure 1 and Table A-1).
7 maj 2024 · Among the 50 states, poverty rates ranged broadly, from 7.2% in New Hampshire to roughly 14% and above in each of the 10 states with the highest poverty rates. Between 2021 and 2022, the...
Poverty rates in states ranged from 7.2 percent in New Hampshire to 18.9 percent in Louisiana in 2023. In 3 of the 25 most populous metropolitan areas, poverty significantly changed between 2022 and 2023.
