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Children in Poverty
Children in Poverty
measures the percentage of related persons under age 18 living in a
household that is below the poverty threshold. The poverty threshold
established by the U.S. Census Bureau for a household of four people is
approximately $19,970 in household income.
Table 27 displays the 2006 ranks, based on 2005 data (March
2006 Current Population Survey, Washington, D.C., U.S. Census Bureau).
The percentage of children in poverty ranged from less than 10 percent
of persons under age 18 in New
Hampshire, Vermont and
New Jersey to a
high of more than 30 percent in Mississippi. The national average is
17.6 percent, down 0.2 percent from the 2005 Edition and up 1.8 percent
from the 2002 Edition. It is 3.0 percent below the 1990 Edition. In
the past year, the percentage of children in poverty increased in 28 of
50 states. It increased by more than 4 percent in
Mississippi,
Oklahoma
and Louisiana. Children in poverty decreased by more than 4 percent in
Wisconsin. Since 1990, the percentage of children in poverty has
increased in 13 of 50 states. It increased by 5 percent or more in
Oregon,
Delaware and
Rhode Island. It decreased by 10 percent or more
in Louisiana,
Minnesota,
Hawaii and
Tennessee since 1990.
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Table 27 - Children in Poverty
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ALPHABETICAL BY
STATE |
RANK ORDER |
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2006 RANK
(1-50) |
STATE |
PERCENT OF PERSONS
UNDER AGE 18 |
SCORE |
2006 RANK
(1-50) |
STATE |
PERCENT OF PERSONS
UNDER AGE 18 |
SCORE |
|
47 |
Alabama |
24.7 |
40 |
1 |
New Hampshire |
5.5 |
-55 |
|
8 |
Alaska |
12.1 |
-31 |
1 |
Vermont |
7.4 |
-55 |
|
45 |
Arizona |
21.6 |
23 |
3 |
New Jersey |
8.8 |
-50 |
|
35 |
Arkansas |
18.6 |
6 |
4 |
Hawaii |
10.0 |
-43 |
|
34 |
California |
18.5 |
5 |
4 |
Minnesota |
10.0 |
-43 |
|
20 |
Colorado |
14.7 |
-16 |
6 |
Massachusetts |
11.6 |
-34 |
|
9 |
Connecticut |
12.4 |
-30 |
7 |
Utah |
11.8 |
-33 |
|
18 |
Delaware |
14.2 |
-19 |
8 |
Alaska |
12.1 |
-31 |
|
23 |
Florida |
15.8 |
-10 |
9 |
Nebraska |
12.3 |
-30 |
|
42 |
Georgia |
21.2 |
20 |
9 |
Connecticut |
12.4 |
-30 |
|
4 |
Hawaii |
10.0 |
-43 |
9 |
Idaho |
12.4 |
-30 |
|
9 |
Idaho |
12.4 |
-30 |
12 |
Virginia |
12.5 |
-29 |
|
22 |
Illinois |
15.6 |
-11 |
13 |
Maryland |
13.3 |
-24 |
|
35 |
Indiana |
18.6 |
6 |
13 |
North Dakota |
13.3 |
-24 |
|
19 |
Iowa |
14.5 |
-18 |
13 |
Nevada |
13.4 |
-24 |
|
29 |
Kansas |
17.8 |
1 |
16 |
Wisconsin |
13.6 |
-23 |
|
42 |
Kentucky |
21.2 |
20 |
17 |
Wyoming |
13.7 |
-22 |
|
47 |
Louisiana |
24.7 |
40 |
18 |
Delaware |
14.2 |
-19 |
|
23 |
Maine |
15.8 |
-10 |
19 |
Iowa |
14.5 |
-18 |
|
13 |
Maryland |
13.3 |
-24 |
20 |
Colorado |
14.7 |
-16 |
|
6 |
Massachusetts |
11.6 |
-34 |
21 |
Washington |
14.9 |
-15 |
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26 |
Michigan |
16.3 |
-7 |
22 |
Illinois |
15.6 |
-11 |
|
4 |
Minnesota |
10.0 |
-43 |
23 |
Florida |
15.8 |
-10 |
|
50 |
Mississippi |
30.7 |
55 |
23 |
Maine |
15.8 |
-10 |
|
29 |
Missouri |
17.7 |
1 |
25 |
South Dakota |
16.0 |
-9 |
|
39 |
Montana |
19.8 |
13 |
26 |
Michigan |
16.3 |
-7 |
|
9 |
Nebraska |
12.3 |
-30 |
27 |
Pennsylvania |
16.9 |
-4 |
|
13 |
Nevada |
13.4 |
-24 |
28 |
Ohio |
17.4 |
-1 |
|
1 |
New Hampshire |
5.5 |
-55 |
29 |
Missouri |
17.7 |
1 |
|
3 |
New Jersey |
8.8 |
-50 |
29 |
Oregon |
17.7 |
1 |
|
47 |
New Mexico |
24.7 |
40 |
29 |
Kansas |
17.8 |
1 |
|
40 |
New York |
20.5 |
16 |
32 |
Rhode Island |
18.1 |
3 |
|
33 |
North Carolina |
18.3 |
4 |
33 |
North Carolina |
18.3 |
4 |
|
13 |
North Dakota |
13.3 |
-24 |
34 |
California |
18.5 |
5 |
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28 |
Ohio |
17.4 |
-1 |
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