What Are the Poorest States in Order?
This Is the First Increase in Poverty After Five Annual Declines. These States and Territories Have the Highest Percentages of Poverty in the Country...
This is the first increase in poverty after five annual declines. These states and territories have the highest percentages of poverty in the country: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Kentucky, Arkansas, West Virginia, Alabama, the District of Columbia, South Carolina, and Georgia.
What are the 15 poorest states?
The poorest U.S. states can be determined by looking at poverty rates and median household incomes. In 2019, the U.S. poverty rate was 12.3%.
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Poorest U.S. States
- Arkansas ($66,557)
- New Mexico ($69,077)
- Alabama ($69,842)
- Kentucky ($70,144)
- Louisiana ($71,001)
- Oklahoma ($72,695)
- South Carolina ($73,520)
- Idaho ($73,810)
What is the poorest state in the US 2020?
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%), and Minnesota (9.33%).
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