Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990 and 1999-2001

____________________________________________________________ | Median household |Percent | income\1\ | |________________________|_________ State |1990\3\ |1999-2001 |1990\3\ |1999-2001 |________|_______________|________| | | Three- |Stan- | | Total | year | dard | Total | |average |error | | | | | _________________________|________|________|______|________| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 _________________________|________|________|______|________| United States ........| $42,765| $42,873| 109| |________|________|______|________| Alabama .................| 33,359| 36,693| 787| 18.3 | Alaska ..................| 56,126| 55,426| 1,278| 9.0 | Arizona .................| 41,738| 40,965| 905| 15.7 | Arkansas ................| 32,544| 31,798| 697| 19.1 | California ..............| 47,546| 47,243| 507| 12.5 | | | | | Colorado ................| 43,894| 50,053| 941| 11.7 | Connecticut .............| 55,515| 52,887| 1,203| 6.8 | Delaware ................| 43,995| 50,301| 1,276| 8.7 | District of Columbia ....| 39,122| 41,539| 897| 16.9 | Florida .................| 38,112| 38,141| 445| 12.7 | | | | | Georgia .................| 39,363| 42,508| 779| 14.7 | Hawaii ..................| 55,588| 49,232| 1,034| Idaho ...................| 36,141| 38,310| 869| 13.3 | Illinois ................| 46,477| 47,578| 693| 11.9 | Indiana..................| 38,459| 41,921| 822| 10.7 | | | | | Iowa ....................| 38,973| 42,255| 729| 11.5 | Kansas ..................| 42,728| 41,097| 1,072| 11.5 | Kentucky ................| 35,391| 37,184| 806| 19.0 | Louisiana ...............| 31,999| 33,194| 774| 23.6 | Maine ...................| 39,225| 38,733| 751| 10.8 | | | | | Maryland ................| 55,497| 55,013| 1,264| 8.3 | Massachusetts ...........| 51,769| 49,018| 1,176| Michigan ................| 42,757| 46,929| 727| 13.1 | Minnesota ...............| 44,939| 52,804| 1,073| 10.2 | Mississippi .............| 28,819| 33,305| 954| 25.2 | | | | | Missouri.................| 39,036| 43,884| 859| 13.3 | Montana .................| 33,385| 32,929| 660| 16.1 | Nebraska ................| 39,251| 42,518| 838| 11.1 | Nevada ..................| 45,736| 45,493| 946| 10.2 | New Hampshire ...........| 58,279| 50,866| 997| 6.4 | | | | | New Jersey ..............| 55,321| 52,137| 807| 7.6 | New Mexico ..............| 35,761| 34,599| 1,022| 20.6 | New York ................| 45,119| 42,157| 498| 13.0 | North Carolina ..........| 37,604| 39,040| 648| 13.0 | North Dakota ............| 36,083| 35,830| 799| 14.4 | | | | | Ohio ....................| 42,865| 42,631| 578| 12.5 | Oklahoma ................| 34,826| 34,554| 721| 16.7 | Oregon ..................| 41,820| 42,701| 720| 12.4 | Pennsylvania ............| 41,426| 42,320| 623| 11.1 | Rhode Island ............| 45,658| 44,825| 1,012| | | | | South Carolina ..........| 41,040| 38,362| 899| 15.4 | South Dakota ............| 35,093| 38,407| 592| 15.9 | Tennessee ...............| 32,266| 36,542| 741| 15.7 | Texas ...................| 40,316| 40,547| 576| 18.1 | Utah ....................| 43,050| 48,378| 1,007| 11.4 | | | | | Vermont .................| 44,415| 41,888| 791| 9.9 | Virginia ................| 50,092| 49,085| 964| 10.2 | Washington ..............| 45,863| 44,835| 1,108| 10.9 | West Virginia............| 31,617| 30,342| 602| 19.7 | Wisconsin ...............| 43,862| 46,734| 962| 10.7 | Wyoming .................| 42,076| 40,007| 838| 11.9 | _________________________|________|________|______|________|

align="center">Table 20. Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990 and 1999-2001 align="center"> ___________________________________________________________________________________________ of persons below| Poverty status of related the poverty level | children 5 to 17 years old\2\ _______________|___________________________________________________________________________ | 1990\3\ | 2001 _______________|_____________________________________|_____________________________________ | Three- |Stan- |Number in | Standard |Percent |Stan- |Number in | Standard |Percent |Stan- | year | dard | poverty | error | in | dard | poverty | error | in | dard |average |error |(in thou- |(in thou- |poverty |error |(in thou- |(in thou- |poverty |error | | | sands) | sands) | | | sands) | sands) | | ________|______|__________|__________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______ | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 ________|______|__________|__________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______ 13.1 | 11.6 | 0.1| 7,545 | 7.8 | 17.0| 0.02| 7,891 | 169 | 15.1 | 0.32 ________|______|__________|__________|________|______|__________|__________|________|______ 14.8| 0.9| 178 | 1.2 | 23.2| 0.16| 174 | 25 | 21.1 | 2.72 7.9| 0.7| 11 | 0.3 | 9.6| 0.27| 14 | 3 | 10.3 | 1.81 12.9| 0.9| 136 | 1.0 | 20.3| 0.15| 214 | 33 | 20.1 | 2.76 16.3| 1.0| 107 | 0.9 | 23.8| 0.20| 124 | 18 | 25.0 | 3.09 13.1| 0.4| 894 | 3.3 | 17.2| 0.06| 1,101 | 85 | 15.4 | 1.10 | | | | | | | | | | 9.0| 0.7| 82 | 0.8 | 13.7| 0.13| 90 | 16 | 10.5 | 1.76 7.4| 0.7| 50 | 0.8 | 9.8| 0.15| 58 | 11 | 9.6 | 1.79 8.5| 0.8| 12 | 0.3 | 11.0| 0.27| 13 | 3 | 8.5 | 1.88 16.1| 1.1| 18 | 0.4 | 24.1| 0.59| 24 | 4 | 30.9 | 3.99 12.0| 0.5| 344 | 2.0 | 17.5| 0.10| 499 | 48 | 17.5 | 1.55 | | | | | | | | | | 12.6| 0.8| 228 | 1.6 | 18.9| 0.14| 301 | 45 | 18.4 | 2.48 8.3 | 10.4| 0.8| 20 | 0.5 | 10.5| 0.25| 32 | 6 | 14.6 | 2.40 12.7| 0.9| 32 | 0.5 | 14.4| 0.23| 36 | 7 | 13.1 | 2.25 10.2| 0.5| 328 | 1.6 | 15.9| 0.08| 342 | 39 | 15.3 | 1.60 7.9| 0.6| 132 | 1.1 | 12.8| 0.10| 105 | 20 | 9.6 | 1.71 | | | | | | | | | | 7.7| 0.7| 65 | 0.7 | 12.6| 0.14| 32 | 8 | 6.1 | 1.52 10.1| 0.8| 59 | 0.7 | 12.8| 0.15| 58 | 11 | 12.3 | 2.12 12.4| 0.9| 161 | 1.1 | 23.2| 0.16| 108 | 19 | 15.5 | 2.47 17.5| 1.1| 267 | 1.6 | 30.4| 0.19| 188 | 28 | 21.3 | 2.79 10.3| 0.8| 27 | 0.4 | 12.3| 0.20| 22 | 4 | 11.2 | 2.03 | | | | | | | | | | 7.3| 0.7| 82 | 1.0 | 10.5| 0.12| 73 | 16 | 6.8 | 1.47 8.9 | 10.2| 0.7| 112 | 1.1 | 12.2| 0.12| 110 | 20 | 11.3 | 1.96 9.7| 0.5| 288 | 1.5 | 16.7| 0.09| 206 | 29 | 11.6 | 1.53 6.8| 0.6| 93 | 0.8 | 11.4| 0.10| 70 | 15 | 8.1 | 1.69 16.8| 1.1| 177 | 1.2 | 32.6| 0.21| 131 | 19 | 24.0 | 3.08 | | | | | | | | | | 10.2| 0.8| 150 | 1.1 | 16.2| 0.12| 108 | 21 | 10.7 | 1.92 14.4| 1.0| 29 | 0.5 | 18.4| 0.30| 22 | 5 | 13.7 | 2.60 9.7| 0.8| 37 | 0.6 | 12.0| 0.18| 39 | 7 | 12.5 | 2.20 9.0| 0.7| 23 | 0.5 | 11.7| 0.26| 37 | 8 | 8.9 | 1.70 6.2| 0.7| 12 | 0.3 | 6.4| 0.16| 16 | 4 | 7.1 | 1.61 | | | | | | | | | | 7.7| 0.5| 134 | 1.2 | 10.8| 0.1| 124 | 21 | 8.9 | 1.47 18.8| 1.2| 83 | 0.8 | 26.3| 0.25| 85 | 13 | 24.1 | 3.32 14.1| 0.5| 531 | 2.5 | 18.1| 0.09| 624 | 51 | 19.0 | 1.40 12.9| 0.7| 180 | 1.2 | 16.0| 0.11| 216 | 31 | 14.7 | 1.95 12.4| 0.9| 20 | 0.4 | 15.9| 0.30| 16 | 3 | 16.7 | 2.71 | | | | | | | | | | 10.8| 0.6| 321 | 1.6 | 16.2| 0.08| 294 | 36 | 15.0 | 1.70 14.3| 0.9| 119 | 1.0 | 19.9| 0.16| 113 | 18 | 18.0 | 2.59 11.8| 0.9| 68 | 0.8 | 13.4| 0.15| 87 | 15 | 13.8 | 2.29 9.2| 0.5| 284 | 1.5 | 14.5| 0.08| 257 | 32 | 12.7 | 1.50 9.6 | 10.0| 0.8| 19 | 0.5 | 12.3| 0.30| 16 | 3 | 9.1 | 1.76 | | | | | | | | | | 12.7| 0.9| 131 | 1.2 | 20.0| 0.19| 169 | 23 | 22.2 | 2.71 9.0| 0.7| 26 | 0.5 | 18.7| 0.33| 9 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.61 13.2| 0.9| 169 | 1.2 | 19.5| 0.13| 169 | 30 | 17.3 | 2.75 15.2| 0.5| 791 | 3.1 | 23.4| 0.09| 897 | 74 | 20.4 | 1.50 8.0| 0.7| 49 | 0.7 | 10.9| 0.16| 54 | 10 | 10.8 | 1.90 | | | | | | | | | | 9.8| 0.8| 11 | 0.3 | 10.7| 0.26| 9 | 2 | 9.9 | 2.08 8.0| 0.7| 129 | 1.2 | 12.4| 0.12| 99 | 23 | 7.4 | 1.64 10.4| 0.8| 111 | 0.9 | 12.8| 0.10| 134 | 25 | 12.1 | 2.13 15.6| 0.9| 80 | 0.8 | 24.0| 0.23| 56 | 9 | 20.5 | 2.79 8.6| 0.7| 121 | 0.9 | 13.3| 0.10| 111 | 19 | 12.1 | 1.98 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.
\2\Related children in a family include own children and all other children in the household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.
\3\Based on 1989 incomes collected in the 1990 Census. Data may differ from figures derived from the Current Population Survey.

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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