Table 20. | Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990 and 1999-2001 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Median household |Percent of persons below| Poverty status of related | income\1\ | the poverty level | children 5 to 17 years old\2\ |________________________|________________________|___________________________________________________________________________ State |1990\3\ |1999-2001 |1990\3\ |1999-2001 | 1990\3\ | 2001 |________|_______________|________|_______________|_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | | Three- |Stan- | | Three- |Stan- |Number in | Standard |Percent |Stan- |Number in | Standard |Percent |Stan- | Total | year | dard | Total | year | dard | poverty | error | in | dard | poverty | error | in | dard | |average |error | |average |error |(in thou- |(in thou- |poverty |error |(in thou- |(in thou- |poverty |error | | | | | | | sands) | sands) | | | sands) | sands) | | _________________________|________|________|______|________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 _________________________|________|________|______|________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______ United States ........| $42,765| $42,873| 109| 13.1 | 11.6 | 0.1| 7,545 | 7.8 | 17.0| 0.02| 7,891 | 169 | 15.1 | 0.32 |________|________|______|________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______ Alabama .................| 33,359| 36,693| 787| 18.3 | 14.8| 0.9| 178 | 1.2 | 23.2| 0.16| 174 | 25 | 21.1 | 2.72 Alaska ..................| 56,126| 55,426| 1,278| 9.0 | 7.9| 0.7| 11 | 0.3 | 9.6| 0.27| 14 | 3 | 10.3 | 1.81 Arizona .................| 41,738| 40,965| 905| 15.7 | 12.9| 0.9| 136 | 1.0 | 20.3| 0.15| 214 | 33 | 20.1 | 2.76 Arkansas ................| 32,544| 31,798| 697| 19.1 | 16.3| 1.0| 107 | 0.9 | 23.8| 0.20| 124 | 18 | 25.0 | 3.09 California ..............| 47,546| 47,243| 507| 12.5 | 13.1| 0.4| 894 | 3.3 | 17.2| 0.06| 1,101 | 85 | 15.4 | 1.10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado ................| 43,894| 50,053| 941| 11.7 | 9.0| 0.7| 82 | 0.8 | 13.7| 0.13| 90 | 16 | 10.5 | 1.76 Connecticut .............| 55,515| 52,887| 1,203| 6.8 | 7.4| 0.7| 50 | 0.8 | 9.8| 0.15| 58 | 11 | 9.6 | 1.79 Delaware ................| 43,995| 50,301| 1,276| 8.7 | 8.5| 0.8| 12 | 0.3 | 11.0| 0.27| 13 | 3 | 8.5 | 1.88 District of Columbia ....| 39,122| 41,539| 897| 16.9 | 16.1| 1.1| 18 | 0.4 | 24.1| 0.59| 24 | 4 | 30.9 | 3.99 Florida .................| 38,112| 38,141| 445| 12.7 | 12.0| 0.5| 344 | 2.0 | 17.5| 0.10| 499 | 48 | 17.5 | 1.55 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia .................| 39,363| 42,508| 779| 14.7 | 12.6| 0.8| 228 | 1.6 | 18.9| 0.14| 301 | 45 | 18.4 | 2.48 Hawaii ..................| 55,588| 49,232| 1,034| 8.3 | 10.4| 0.8| 20 | 0.5 | 10.5| 0.25| 32 | 6 | 14.6 | 2.40 Idaho ...................| 36,141| 38,310| 869| 13.3 | 12.7| 0.9| 32 | 0.5 | 14.4| 0.23| 36 | 7 | 13.1 | 2.25 Illinois ................| 46,477| 47,578| 693| 11.9 | 10.2| 0.5| 328 | 1.6 | 15.9| 0.08| 342 | 39 | 15.3 | 1.60 Indiana..................| 38,459| 41,921| 822| 10.7 | 7.9| 0.6| 132 | 1.1 | 12.8| 0.10| 105 | 20 | 9.6 | 1.71 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa ....................| 38,973| 42,255| 729| 11.5 | 7.7| 0.7| 65 | 0.7 | 12.6| 0.14| 32 | 8 | 6.1 | 1.52 Kansas ..................| 42,728| 41,097| 1,072| 11.5 | 10.1| 0.8| 59 | 0.7 | 12.8| 0.15| 58 | 11 | 12.3 | 2.12 Kentucky ................| 35,391| 37,184| 806| 19.0 | 12.4| 0.9| 161 | 1.1 | 23.2| 0.16| 108 | 19 | 15.5 | 2.47 Louisiana ...............| 31,999| 33,194| 774| 23.6 | 17.5| 1.1| 267 | 1.6 | 30.4| 0.19| 188 | 28 | 21.3 | 2.79 Maine ...................| 39,225| 38,733| 751| 10.8 | 10.3| 0.8| 27 | 0.4 | 12.3| 0.20| 22 | 4 | 11.2 | 2.03 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland ................| 55,497| 55,013| 1,264| 8.3 | 7.3| 0.7| 82 | 1.0 | 10.5| 0.12| 73 | 16 | 6.8 | 1.47 Massachusetts ...........| 51,769| 49,018| 1,176| 8.9 | 10.2| 0.7| 112 | 1.1 | 12.2| 0.12| 110 | 20 | 11.3 | 1.96 Michigan ................| 42,757| 46,929| 727| 13.1 | 9.7| 0.5| 288 | 1.5 | 16.7| 0.09| 206 | 29 | 11.6 | 1.53 Minnesota ...............| 44,939| 52,804| 1,073| 10.2 | 6.8| 0.6| 93 | 0.8 | 11.4| 0.10| 70 | 15 | 8.1 | 1.69 Mississippi .............| 28,819| 33,305| 954| 25.2 | 16.8| 1.1| 177 | 1.2 | 32.6| 0.21| 131 | 19 | 24.0 | 3.08 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri.................| 39,036| 43,884| 859| 13.3 | 10.2| 0.8| 150 | 1.1 | 16.2| 0.12| 108 | 21 | 10.7 | 1.92 Montana .................| 33,385| 32,929| 660| 16.1 | 14.4| 1.0| 29 | 0.5 | 18.4| 0.30| 22 | 5 | 13.7 | 2.60 Nebraska ................| 39,251| 42,518| 838| 11.1 | 9.7| 0.8| 37 | 0.6 | 12.0| 0.18| 39 | 7 | 12.5 | 2.20 Nevada ..................| 45,736| 45,493| 946| 10.2 | 9.0| 0.7| 23 | 0.5 | 11.7| 0.26| 37 | 8 | 8.9 | 1.70 New Hampshire ...........| 58,279| 50,866| 997| 6.4 | 6.2| 0.7| 12 | 0.3 | 6.4| 0.16| 16 | 4 | 7.1 | 1.61 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ..............| 55,321| 52,137| 807| 7.6 | 7.7| 0.5| 134 | 1.2 | 10.8| 0.1| 124 | 21 | 8.9 | 1.47 New Mexico ..............| 35,761| 34,599| 1,022| 20.6 | 18.8| 1.2| 83 | 0.8 | 26.3| 0.25| 85 | 13 | 24.1 | 3.32 New York ................| 45,119| 42,157| 498| 13.0 | 14.1| 0.5| 531 | 2.5 | 18.1| 0.09| 624 | 51 | 19.0 | 1.40 North Carolina ..........| 37,604| 39,040| 648| 13.0 | 12.9| 0.7| 180 | 1.2 | 16.0| 0.11| 216 | 31 | 14.7 | 1.95 North Dakota ............| 36,083| 35,830| 799| 14.4 | 12.4| 0.9| 20 | 0.4 | 15.9| 0.30| 16 | 3 | 16.7 | 2.71 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio ....................| 42,865| 42,631| 578| 12.5 | 10.8| 0.6| 321 | 1.6 | 16.2| 0.08| 294 | 36 | 15.0 | 1.70 Oklahoma ................| 34,826| 34,554| 721| 16.7 | 14.3| 0.9| 119 | 1.0 | 19.9| 0.16| 113 | 18 | 18.0 | 2.59 Oregon ..................| 41,820| 42,701| 720| 12.4 | 11.8| 0.9| 68 | 0.8 | 13.4| 0.15| 87 | 15 | 13.8 | 2.29 Pennsylvania ............| 41,426| 42,320| 623| 11.1 | 9.2| 0.5| 284 | 1.5 | 14.5| 0.08| 257 | 32 | 12.7 | 1.50 Rhode Island ............| 45,658| 44,825| 1,012| 9.6 | 10.0| 0.8| 19 | 0.5 | 12.3| 0.30| 16 | 3 | 9.1 | 1.76 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina ..........| 41,040| 38,362| 899| 15.4 | 12.7| 0.9| 131 | 1.2 | 20.0| 0.19| 169 | 23 | 22.2 | 2.71 South Dakota ............| 35,093| 38,407| 592| 15.9 | 9.0| 0.7| 26 | 0.5 | 18.7| 0.33| 9 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.61 Tennessee ...............| 32,266| 36,542| 741| 15.7 | 13.2| 0.9| 169 | 1.2 | 19.5| 0.13| 169 | 30 | 17.3 | 2.75 Texas ...................| 40,316| 40,547| 576| 18.1 | 15.2| 0.5| 791 | 3.1 | 23.4| 0.09| 897 | 74 | 20.4 | 1.50 Utah ....................| 43,050| 48,378| 1,007| 11.4 | 8.0| 0.7| 49 | 0.7 | 10.9| 0.16| 54 | 10 | 10.8 | 1.90 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont .................| 44,415| 41,888| 791| 9.9 | 9.8| 0.8| 11 | 0.3 | 10.7| 0.26| 9 | 2 | 9.9 | 2.08 Virginia ................| 50,092| 49,085| 964| 10.2 | 8.0| 0.7| 129 | 1.2 | 12.4| 0.12| 99 | 23 | 7.4 | 1.64 Washington ..............| 45,863| 44,835| 1,108| 10.9 | 10.4| 0.8| 111 | 0.9 | 12.8| 0.10| 134 | 25 | 12.1 | 2.13 West Virginia............| 31,617| 30,342| 602| 19.7 | 15.6| 0.9| 80 | 0.8 | 24.0| 0.23| 56 | 9 | 20.5 | 2.79 Wisconsin ...............| 43,862| 46,734| 962| 10.7 | 8.6| 0.7| 121 | 0.9 | 13.3| 0.10| 111 | 19 | 12.1 | 1.98 Wyoming .................| 42,076| 40,007| 838| 11.9 | 10.3| 0.8| 12 | 0.3 | 12.6| 0.33| 7 | 2 | 8.9 | 1.98 _________________________|________|________|______|________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______ |
\1\In 2001 dollars adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Decennial Census, Minority Economic Profiles, unpublished data; and Current Population Reports, Series P-60, "Poverty in the United States," "Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States," and "Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits," various years, and "Money Income in the U.S.: 2001," P60-213. (This table was prepared October 2002.)
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