Poverty:
Families in Poverty

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Download as:	Percent of Families in Poverty, 2005 (%)	90% Margin of Error (+/-), Percent of Families in Poverty, 2007 (%)	Total Families	90 % Margin of Error (+/-), Total Families	Families with Income in the past 12 months below poverty level	90% Margin of Error (+/-), Families with Income in the past 12 months below poverty level
Alabama	13.1	0.6	1245126	10267	162943	6985
Alaska	6.5	0.9	162345	3643	10479	1522
Arizona	10.2	0.4	1491772	13954	151973	6630
Arkansas	13.7	0.8	756113	10348	103529	5709
California	9.3	0.2	8330684	27121	774183	13795
Colorado	8.4	0.5	1202485	10691	100762	5794
Connecticut	5.7	0.4	885471	7409	50353	3653
Delaware	7.5	0.9	224451	4325	16916	2128
Florida	8.6	0.2	4626215	26538	397771	11413
Georgia	10.7	0.3	2328569	18597	249293	7851
Hawaii	5.4	0.7	306623	4387	16446	2044
Idaho	8.9	0.6	397576	5484	35240	2470
Illinois	8.8	0.3	3180087	18931	279523	9798
Indiana	8.7	0.3	1662403	13308	145114	5167
Iowa	7.4	0.4	794320	8485	58433	3338
Kansas	7.7	0.5	728136	8195	55909	3459
Kentucky	13.2	0.6	1114146	13621	147361	6252
Louisiana	14.6	0.5	1080025	10940	157982	5488
Maine	7.9	0.7	355547	6511	27922	2480
Maryland	5.4	0.3	1392247	11564	75748	4819
Massachusetts	7.3	0.4	1561198	13396	113300	6201
Michigan	10.1	0.3	2560681	14089	257488	7689
Minnesota	6.5	0.3	1353390	9195	87456	3998
Mississippi	16.3	0.8	753797	9564	122687	5688
Missouri	9.5	0.4	1534274	13026	145777	5606
Montana	9.7	1.0	240727	4609	23434	2306
Nebraska	8.2	0.6	459503	6026	37578	2632
Nevada	7.5	0.7	631720	7910	47307	4364
New Hampshire	4.6	0.6	341922	5518	15562	2012
New Jersey	6.3	0.3	2185324	16317	138357	6889
New Mexico	14.2	0.9	482543	6995	68677	4194
New York	10.3	0.2	4594823	21017	473910	10787
North Carolina	10.6	0.4	2366894	16505	251674	8359
North Dakota	7.5	0.9	168128	3882	12566	1453
Ohio	9.7	0.3	2962303	17567	287115	7874
Oklahoma	11.9	0.5	936378	8406	111086	4953
Oregon	8.9	0.5	940771	9074	83438	4839
Pennsylvania	8.1	0.3	3198199	17145	258806	8346
Rhode Island	8.3	1.0	253941	4954	21109	2539
South Carolina	11.2	0.5	1152062	12427	128562	5690
South Dakota	8.9	1.0	205206	4366	18168	2044
Tennessee	12.0	0.4	1606220	14373	192337	6650
Texas	12.8	0.2	5790823	26730	738340	11904
Utah	6.9	0.5	629901	7327	43157	3140
Vermont	6.4	0.8	163979	3747	10569	1330
Virginia	7.1	0.3	1964204	15049	139767	6679
Washington	7.8	0.3	1619537	11679	126980	5334
West Virginia	13.0	0.7	491383	7377	63645	3445
Wisconsin	7.1	0.3	1461841	11443	104480	4158
Wyoming	5.2	1.1	135066	3714	7015	1484
Nation	9.5	0.0	75119260	150790	7162325	35011

Source: 2007 American Community Survey

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