Rank

State

Poverty Rate

Rank

State

Poverty Rate

1

Maryland

7.2

26

Nevada

10.9

2

Utah

7.3

27

Wyoming

11.1

3

Indiana

8

28

Nebraska

11.6

4

New Jersey

8.2

29

Ohio

11.6

5

Connecticut

8.3

30

South Carolina

12.7

6

Iowa

8.3

31

Tennessee

12.7

7

Virginia

8.4

32

Florida

12.8

8

Alaska

8.5

33

Kentucky

12.8

9

Colorado

8.7

34

Georgia

13.2

10

Wisconsin

8.7

35

Oklahoma

13.4

11

Minnesota

8.8

36

Idaho

13.5

12

New Hampshire

8.8

37

North Carolina

13.8

13

Washington

9.2

38

Oregon

13.8

14

Soth Dakota

9.3

39

North Dakota

14.1

15

Vermont

9.8

40

Arizona

14.3

16

Illinois

10

41

California

14.6

17

Massachusetts

10.2

42

Arkansas

14.7

18

Delaware

10.3

43

Alabama

14.8

19

Michigan

10.3

44

Texas

15

20

Pennsylvania

10.3

45

New York

15.4

21

Maine

10.5

46

Montana

16.1

22

Missouri

10.7

47

West Virginia

16.8

23

Rhode Island

10.7

48

Mississippi

16.9

24

Hawaii

10.9

49

Louisiana

19.1

25

Kansas

10.9

50

New Mexico

20.5