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DescriptionPoverty rates by state. US map.svg	English: Map of poverty rates by US state. Year is in map title. United States Census Bureau.
Date	8 June 2023 - date of first upload to the Commons. See file history for latest upload date.
Source	Data source: Poverty in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2024. See PDF: Poverty in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2024. American Community Survey Briefs. By Craig Benson. September 2025. U.S. Census Bureau. Appendix Table 1 on page 11 of the PDF.
Author	User:Timeshifter from template: File:Template map of US states and District of Columbia.svg

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Data table for map

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50 states plus Washington D.C. (District of Columbia).

Area	Percent
Alabama	15.2
Alaska	10.2
Arizona	11.7
Arkansas	15.5
California	11.8
Colorado	9.6
Connecticut	10.2
Delaware	9.6
District of Columbia	17.3
Florida	12.0
Georgia	12.6
Hawaii	10.0
Idaho	10.5
Illinois	11.6
Indiana	12.2
Iowa	11.3
Kansas	10.9
Kentucky	15.6
Louisiana	18.7
Maine	10.6
Maryland	9.1
Massachusetts	9.7
Michigan	13.4
Minnesota	9.3
Mississippi	17.8
Missouri	12.3
Montana	10.2
Nebraska	10.9
Nevada	11.6
New Hampshire	7.2
New Jersey	9.2
New Mexico	16.4
New York.	14.0
North Carolina	12.5
North Dakota	11.1
Ohio	12.7
Oklahoma	14.9
Oregon	11.8
Pennsylvania	11.6
Rhode Island	12.2
South Carolina	13.3
South Dakota	10.4
Tennessee	13.5
Texas	13.4
Utah	8.3
Vermont	9.0
Virginia	9.7
Washington	9.9
West Virginia	16.7
Wisconsin	10.3
Wyoming	10.1

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:46, 3 May 2026	512 × 341 (60 KB)	Timeshifter	2024 data
	21:59, 22 May 2025	512 × 341 (53 KB)	Timeshifter	2023
	06:59, 24 July 2023	512 × 341 (46 KB)	Timeshifter	Per talk: Removed DOCTYPE line. Added: <svg version="1.1"... Changed class="name" to class="state". font-family="Liberation Sans,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif". Text sizes: 38-30-17-17px
	09:04, 23 June 2023	512 × 341 (46 KB)	Timeshifter	Forgot to change from 2 decimal places to 1. It has been corrected now.
	08:53, 23 June 2023	512 × 341 (46 KB)	Timeshifter	2021 map
	08:28, 17 June 2023	512 × 341 (46 KB)	Timeshifter	Fixed error. Forgot to remove "National" average.
	07:02, 17 June 2023	512 × 341 (46 KB)	Timeshifter	Changed from 2 decimal places to 1. Increased legend text size. Other minor changes.
	20:36, 8 June 2023	512 × 341 (46 KB)	Timeshifter	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard