Household income and poverty rates, by state: 1990, 1994, and 1995

Table 20.
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                      |                             |     Percent of persons below the poverty level              |       Poverty status of 5-to
                      |                             |_____________________________________________________________|         17-year olds, 1995
                      |      Median household       |                    1990\2\                      |   1995    |____________________________________
                      |                             |_________________________________________________|___________|Number in poverty |   Percent in
        State         |                             |     |     |     |     |       |     |     | 75  |     |Stan-|__________________|     poverty
                      |_____________________________|Total|Under|  5  |6 to | 12 to |18 to|65 to|years|Total|dard | Number |  Stan-  |_________________
                      |         |         |         |     |  5  |years| 11  |  17   | 64  | 74  | and |     |error|(in thou|  dard   |Percent |Standard
                      | 1990\2\ |  1994   |  1995   |     |years|     |years| years |years|years|over |     |     | sands) |  error  |        | error
______________________|_________|_________|_________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_________|________|________
          1           |    2    |    3    |    4    |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |   9   | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  |   15   |   16    |   17   |   18
______________________|_________|_________|_________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_________|________|________
   United States .....| $35,046 | $33,178 | $34,076 |13.1 |20.1 |19.7 |18.3 |  16.3 |11.0 |10.4 |16.5 |13.8 |0.22 |  9,583 |     259 |   19.0 |   0.50
                      |_________|_________|_________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_________|________|________
Alabama ..............|  27,515 |  27,967 |  25,991 |18.3 |26.1 |25.8 |24.3 |  22.3 |14.6 |19.2 |31.1 |20.1 |1.96 |    198 |      39 |   22.6 |   4.01
Alaska ...............|  48,283 |  46,653 |  47,954 | 9.0 |13.6 |10.6 |10.9 |   9.8 | 7.9 | 6.4 |10.6 | 7.1 |1.28 |     10 |       3 |    6.7 |   2.20
Arizona ..............|  32,112 |  32,180 |  30,863 |15.7 |24.9 |24.2 |21.8 |  19.1 |14.0 | 9.3 |13.2 |16.1 |1.77 |    199 |      38 |   24.2 |   4.16
Arkansas .............|  24,658 |  26,290 |  25,814 |19.1 |28.5 |26.6 |25.2 |  22.7 |15.3 |18.0 |29.9 |14.9 |1.75 |    108 |      22 |   21.7 |   4.02
California ...........|  41,742 |  36,332 |  37,009 |12.5 |19.0 |19.3 |18.3 |  17.1 |10.9 | 6.5 | 9.5 |16.7 |0.76 |  1,456 |     120 |   23.4 |   1.73
                      |         |         |         |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |     |     |        |         |        |
Colorado .............|  35,144 |  38,905 |  40,706 |11.7 |17.9 |16.5 |15.3 |  12.5 |10.3 | 8.5 |15.1 | 8.8 |1.43 |     82 |      24 |   10.7 |   3.03
Connecticut ..........|  48,648 |  42,262 |  40,243 | 6.8 |11.7 |11.9 |11.2 |   8.9 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 9.7 |1.67 |    120 |      30 |   17.8 |   4.16
Delaware .............|  40,665 |  36,890 |  34,928 | 8.7 |13.3 |12.7 |11.8 |  10.8 | 7.2 | 8.2 |13.5 |10.3 |1.72 |     23 |       6 |   16.6 |   4.18
District of Columbia .|  35,829 |  30,969 |  30,748 |16.9 |27.0 |25.5 |25.0 |  24.4 |14.3 |15.5 |19.7 |22.2 |2.28 |     27 |       6 |   31.5 |   5.63
Florida ..............|  32,046 |  30,124 |  29,745 |12.7 |20.3 |20.1 |18.8 |  16.8 |11.0 | 9.0 |13.5 |16.2 |0.98 |    540 |      63 |   22.1 |   2.34
                      |         |         |         |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |     |     |        |         |        |
Georgia ..............|  33,839 |  32,359 |  34,099 |14.7 |22.1 |21.3 |20.1 |  18.1 |11.4 |16.5 |26.7 |12.1 |1.46 |    218 |      49 |   15.6 |   3.24
Hawaii ...............|  45,276 |  43,453 |  42,851 | 8.3 |12.6 |12.6 |11.2 |  10.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 |10.4 |10.3 |1.68 |     31 |       9 |   14.2 |   3.94
Idaho ................|  29,450 |  32,430 |  32,676 |13.3 |19.6 |18.9 |15.9 |  13.3 |12.0 | 8.7 |15.6 |14.5 |1.73 |     39 |       9 |   16.7 |   3.57
Illinois .............|  37,607 |  36,075 |  38,071 |11.9 |18.9 |18.7 |17.0 |  15.0 |10.0 | 8.9 |13.4 |12.4 |0.98 |    467 |      60 |   20.3 |   2.38
Indiana...............|  33,578 |  28,647 |  33,385 |10.7 |16.8 |15.8 |14.1 |  11.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 |14.0 | 9.6 |1.48 |    153 |      41 |   14.5 |   3.61
                      |         |         |         |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |     |     |        |         |        |
Iowa .................|  30,584 |  34,016 |  35,519 |11.5 |17.5 |15.4 |14.1 |  11.7 |10.3 | 8.1 |15.3 |12.2 |1.65 |     98 |      23 |   15.5 |   3.44
Kansas ...............|  31,822 |  29,125 |  30,341 |11.5 |16.8 |16.5 |14.1 |  11.6 |10.1 | 8.5 |16.8 |10.8 |1.60 |     51 |      16 |   10.7 |   3.21
Kentucky .............|  26,275 |  27,349 |  29,810 |19.0 |27.9 |26.5 |24.6 |  22.4 |16.2 |17.5 |25.3 |14.7 |1.76 |    139 |      31 |   19.3 |   4.00
Louisiana ............|  25,593 |  26,404 |  27,949 |23.6 |33.4 |33.0 |31.1 |  29.7 |19.6 |20.5 |30.1 |19.7 |1.90 |    205 |      39 |   24.4 |   4.09
Maine ................|  32,479 |  31,175 |  33,858 |10.8 |15.7 |15.9 |14.0 |  11.5 | 8.9 |11.0 |18.3 |11.2 |1.77 |     31 |       9 |   14.3 |   4.11
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Maryland .............|  45,925 |  40,309 |  41,041 | 8.3 |11.9 |11.9 |11.5 |  10.2 | 6.8 | 8.8 |13.6 |10.1 |1.59 |    119 |      36 |   13.3 |   3.77
Massachusetts ........|  43,087 |  41,648 |  38,574 | 8.9 |14.5 |14.8 |13.8 |  11.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 |12.6 |11.0 |1.16 |    170 |      33 |   16.8 |   2.99
Michigan .............|  36,170 |  36,284 |  36,426 |13.1 |22.1 |20.4 |18.1 |  15.7 |11.2 | 8.7 |14.3 |12.2 |1.04 |    292 |      46 |   14.8 |   2.18
Minnesota ............|  36,041 |  34,597 |  37,933 |10.2 |14.8 |14.6 |12.5 |  10.6 | 8.8 | 8.4 |17.2 | 9.2 |1.44 |    101 |      30 |   10.4 |   2.91
Mississippi ..........|  23,479 |  26,120 |  26,538 |25.2 |35.8 |35.1 |33.5 |  31.9 |20.0 |24.0 |37.1 |23.5 |2.11 |    212 |      32 |   36.4 |   4.51
                      |         |         |         |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |     |     |     |        |         |        |
Missouri..............|  30,739 |  31,046 |  34,825 |13.3 |20.4 |19.2 |17.8 |  15.1 |11.1 |11.3 |19.7 | 9.4 |1.54 |     89 |      31 |    9.8 |   3.25
Montana ..............|  26,805 |  28,414 |  27,757 |16.1 |24.3 |23.0 |20.3 |  17.1 |14.7 | 9.9 |16.6 |15.3 |1.76 |     31 |       7 |   19.0 |   3.90
Nebraska .............|  30,335 |  32,695 |  32,929 |11.1 |17.3 |15.4 |13.4 |  10.8 | 9.7 | 8.6 |16.8 | 9.6 |1.52 |     41 |      12 |   11.9 |   3.19
Nevada ...............|  36,160 |  36,888 |  36,084 |10.2 |15.1 |14.4 |12.6 |  11.9 | 9.1 | 8.4 |12.3 |11.1 |1.70 |     33 |      11 |   11.1 |   3.41
New Hampshire ........|  42,361 |  36,244 |  39,171 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 7.3 |   6.2 | 5.4 | 7.7 |13.9 | 5.3 |1.32 |      8 |       5 |    4.3 |   2.53
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New Jersey ...........|  47,722 |  43,478 |  43,924 | 7.6 |11.7 |12.6 |11.7 |  10.4 | 6.0 | 6.8 |11.3 | 7.8 |0.88 |    127 |      29 |    9.5 |   2.06
New Mexico ...........|  28,086 |  27,667 |  25,991 |20.6 |30.3 |30.6 |27.6 |  25.2 |17.8 |13.7 |21.2 |25.3 |2.08 |    150 |      21 |   34.9 |   4.11
New York .............|  38,438 |  32,803 |  33,028 |13.0 |20.6 |21.2 |19.6 |  17.0 |11.0 |10.0 |14.7 |16.5 |0.84 |    805 |      74 |   23.6 |   1.94
North Carolina .......|  31,071 |  30,967 |  31,979 |13.0 |19.2 |18.5 |17.2 |  15.3 |10.1 |15.7 |25.9 |12.6 |1.25 |    233 |      41 |   20.2 |   3.24
North Dakota .........|  27,067 |  29,079 |  29,089 |14.4 |19.6 |18.4 |17.2 |  14.7 |13.0 |10.8 |19.5 |12.0 |1.66 |     17 |       5 |   13.2 |   3.36
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Ohio .................|  33,472 |  32,758 |  34,941 |12.5 |21.1 |19.9 |17.8 |  14.6 |10.7 | 8.7 |13.8 |11.5 |0.98 |    380 |      55 |   17.1 |   2.28
Oklahoma .............|  27,491 |  27,756 |  26,311 |16.7 |25.3 |23.4 |21.7 |  18.5 |14.2 |13.5 |24.1 |17.1 |1.83 |    151 |      29 |   24.2 |   4.14
Oregon ...............|  31,774 |  32,347 |  36,374 |12.4 |19.7 |16.1 |14.8 |  13.3 |11.5 | 8.1 |13.1 |11.2 |1.66 |     92 |      25 |   16.2 |   4.05
Pennsylvania .........|  33,895 |  32,975 |  34,524 |11.1 |17.5 |17.0 |15.7 |  13.8 | 9.5 | 8.7 |13.5 |12.2 |0.94 |    369 |      52 |   16.5 |   2.17
Rhode Island .........|  37,524 |  32,833 |  35,359 | 9.6 |16.3 |16.1 |13.8 |  11.0 | 7.6 | 8.9 |15.6 |10.6 |1.75 |     27 |       8 |   16.4 |   4.51
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South Carolina .......|  30,615 |  30,692 |  29,071 |15.4 |22.8 |21.8 |21.2 |  19.1 |12.0 |17.3 |26.5 |19.9 |2.11 |    249 |      43 |   31.7 |   4.73
South Dakota .........|  26,239 |  30,576 |  29,578 |15.9 |23.6 |22.2 |20.2 |  17.3 |13.6 |11.1 |21.3 |14.5 |1.75 |     25 |       6 |   17.3 |   3.68
Tennessee ............|  28,926 |  29,451 |  29,015 |15.7 |23.9 |22.5 |20.8 |  18.5 |12.5 |17.2 |26.7 |15.5 |1.83 |    204 |      46 |   19.6 |   4.03
Texas ................|  31,501 |  31,627 |  32,039 |18.1 |25.6 |25.5 |24.2 |  23.0 |15.2 |14.9 |23.8 |17.4 |0.98 |    887 |      90 |   23.1 |   2.11
Utah .................|  34,363 |  36,728 |  36,480 |11.4 |15.8 |14.4 |12.0 |  10.0 |11.0 | 6.4 |12.5 | 8.4 |1.31 |     43 |      12 |    8.4 |   2.28
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Vermont ..............|  34,738 |  36,817 |  33,824 | 9.9 |13.5 |13.7 |12.5 |   9.8 | 8.5 | 9.7 |16.3 |10.3 |1.70 |     16 |       5 |   13.0 |   3.69
Virginia .............|  38,861 |  38,714 |  36,222 |10.2 |14.5 |14.5 |13.5 |  11.9 | 8.4 |11.6 |18.5 |10.2 |1.48 |    154 |      42 |   14.5 |   3.71
Washington ...........|  36,360 |  34,483 |  35,568 |10.9 |17.0 |16.4 |14.3 |  12.2 | 9.8 | 7.0 |12.4 |12.5 |1.75 |    156 |      42 |   16.6 |   4.17
West Virginia.........|  24,248 |  24,232 |  24,880 |19.7 |31.7 |30.3 |25.9 |  22.4 |17.7 |14.1 |20.8 |16.7 |1.77 |     71 |      15 |   25.8 |   4.67
Wisconsin ............|  34,330 |  36,391 |  40,955 |10.7 |17.7 |16.4 |15.0 |  11.9 | 9.2 | 6.6 |12.6 | 8.5 |1.37 |    123 |      34 |   11.2 |   3.00
Wyoming ..............|  31,595 |  34,079 |  31,529 |11.9 |18.3 |16.2 |14.1 |  11.2 |10.8 | 8.4 |14.3 |12.2 |1.66 |     11 |       3 |   10.6 |   3.03
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\1\In 1995 dollars adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers.
\2\Based on 1989 incomes collected in the 1990 Census. May differ from data derived from the Current Population Survey.
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.: 1995," P60-193. (This table was prepared April 1997.)
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