How Many Children Live in Poverty in Your State

1. Alabama
> Children in poverty: 255,186 (16th most)
> Child poverty rate: 23.8 % (6th highest)
> State poverty rate: 16.8% (7th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.1% (6th highest)

2. Alaska
> Children in poverty: 25,327 (4th least)
> Child poverty rate: 14.1 % (18th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 10.9% (13th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.9% (21st lowest)

3. Arizona
> Children in poverty: 324,622 (12th most)
> Child poverty rate: 20.1 % (14th highest)
> State poverty rate: 14.0% (15th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.9% (17th highest)

4. Arkansas
> Children in poverty: 170,769 (25th most)
> Child poverty rate: 24.7 % (4th highest)
> State poverty rate: 17.2% (5th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.4% (10th highest)

5. California
> Children in poverty: 1,541,067 (2nd most)
> Child poverty rate: 17.4 % (24th highest)
> State poverty rate: 12.8% (25th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.4% (24th highest)

6. Colorado
> Children in poverty: 149,487 (22nd least)
> Child poverty rate: 11.9 % (7th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 9.6% (6th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.6% (10th lowest)

7. Connecticut
> Children in poverty: 102,083 (17th least)
> Child poverty rate: 14.1 % (17th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 10.4% (10th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.6% (10th lowest)

8. Delaware
> Children in poverty: 37,283 (11th least)
> Child poverty rate: 18.7 % (18th highest)
> State poverty rate: 12.5% (24th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3% (22nd lowest)

9. Florida
> Children in poverty: 819,256 (3rd most)
> Child poverty rate: 19.7 % (15th highest)
> State poverty rate: 13.6% (18th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.8% (18th highest)

10. Georgia
> Children in poverty: 504,745 (5th most)
> Child poverty rate: 20.5 % (12th highest)
> State poverty rate: 14.3% (12th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.5% (8th highest)

11. Hawaii
> Children in poverty: 35,368 (8th least)
> Child poverty rate: 11.9 % (6th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 8.8% (2nd lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.7% (13th lowest)

12. Idaho
> Children in poverty: 62,855 (13th least)
> Child poverty rate: 14.3 % (19th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 11.8% (20th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

13. Illinois
> Children in poverty: 456,926 (7th most)
> Child poverty rate: 16.2 % (24th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 12.1% (22nd lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.3% (25th highest)

14. Indiana
> Children in poverty: 275,370 (14th most)
> Child poverty rate: 18.0 % (22nd highest)
> State poverty rate: 13.1% (20th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.8% (18th highest)

15. Iowa
> Children in poverty: 97,222 (16th least)
> Child poverty rate: 13.5 % (12th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 11.2% (18th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.7% (13th lowest)

16. Kansas
> Children in poverty: 103,210 (18th least)
> Child poverty rate: 14.9 % (21st lowest)
> State poverty rate: 12.0% (21st lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

17. Kentucky
> Children in poverty: 225,710 (20th most)
> Child poverty rate: 23.0 % (7th highest)
> State poverty rate: 16.9% (6th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.5% (5th highest)

18. Louisiana
> Children in poverty: 283,218 (13th most)
> Child poverty rate: 26.2 % (3rd highest)
> State poverty rate: 18.6% (3rd highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.6% (3rd highest)

19. Maine
> Children in poverty: 34,878 (7th least)
> Child poverty rate: 14.5 % (20th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 11.6% (19th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.1% (23rd lowest)

20. Maryland
> Children in poverty: 152,237 (24th least)
> Child poverty rate: 11.6 % (4th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 9.0% (3rd lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.5% (7th lowest)

21. Massachusetts
> Children in poverty: 163,788 (25th least)
> Child poverty rate: 12.2 % (9th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 10.0% (8th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.7% (13th lowest)

22. Michigan
> Children in poverty: 412,692 (10th most)
> Child poverty rate: 19.4 % (17th highest)
> State poverty rate: 14.1% (13th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4% (13th highest)

23. Minnesota
> Children in poverty: 149,502 (23rd least)
> Child poverty rate: 11.7 % (5th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 9.6% (7th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.1% (the lowest)

24. Mississippi
> Children in poverty: 192,952 (23rd most)
> Child poverty rate: 27.8 % (the highest)
> State poverty rate: 19.7% (the highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 6.5% (the highest)

25. Missouri
> Children in poverty: 247,209 (18th most)
> Child poverty rate: 18.3 % (20th highest)
> State poverty rate: 13.2% (19th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.5% (20th highest)

26. Montana
> Children in poverty: 35,999 (9th least)
> Child poverty rate: 16.0 % (23rd lowest)
> State poverty rate: 13.0% (22nd highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.9% (21st lowest)

27. Nebraska
> Children in poverty: 60,110 (12th least)
> Child poverty rate: 12.9 % (11th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 11.0% (15th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.5% (7th lowest)

28. Nevada
> Children in poverty: 120,091 (19th least)
> Child poverty rate: 17.7 % (23rd highest)
> State poverty rate: 12.9% (23rd highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.5% (20th highest)

29. New Hampshire
> Children in poverty: 26,830 (5th least)
> Child poverty rate: 10.6 % (3rd lowest)
> State poverty rate: 7.6% (the lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.2% (2nd lowest)

30. New Jersey
> Children in poverty: 264,253 (15th most)
> Child poverty rate: 13.7 % (13th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 9.5% (5th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

31. New Mexico
> Children in poverty: 124,024 (20th least)
> Child poverty rate: 26.3 % (2nd highest)
> State poverty rate: 19.5% (2nd highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 6.4% (2nd highest)

32. New York
> Children in poverty: 743,024 (4th most)
> Child poverty rate: 18.6 % (19th highest)
> State poverty rate: 13.6% (17th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4% (13th highest)

33. North Carolina
> Children in poverty: 455,971 (8th most)
> Child poverty rate: 20.2 % (13th highest)
> State poverty rate: 14.0% (14th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4% (13th highest)

34. North Dakota
> Children in poverty: 17,145 (2nd least)
> Child poverty rate: 9.9 % (2nd lowest)
> State poverty rate: 10.7% (11th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.4% (4th lowest)

35. Ohio
> Children in poverty: 495,616 (6th most)
> Child poverty rate: 19.5 % (16th highest)
> State poverty rate: 13.9% (16th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4% (13th highest)

36. Oklahoma
> Children in poverty: 202,779 (22nd most)
> Child poverty rate: 21.7 % (10th highest)
> State poverty rate: 15.6% (8th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.6% (7th highest)

37. Oregon
> Children in poverty: 134,383 (21st least)
> Child poverty rate: 15.7 % (22nd lowest)
> State poverty rate: 12.6% (25th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.2% (24th lowest)

38. Pennsylvania
> Children in poverty: 434,736 (9th most)
> Child poverty rate: 16.8 % (25th highest)
> State poverty rate: 12.2% (23rd lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.5% (20th highest)

39. Rhode Island
> Children in poverty: 36,135 (10th least)
> Child poverty rate: 18.0 % (21st highest)
> State poverty rate: 12.9% (24th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.5% (20th highest)

40. South Carolina
> Children in poverty: 245,821 (19th most)
> Child poverty rate: 22.6 % (8th highest)
> State poverty rate: 15.3% (10th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.3% (11th highest)

41. South Dakota
> Children in poverty: 34,201 (6th least)
> Child poverty rate: 16.4 % (25th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 13.1% (21st highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.3% (25th highest)

42. Tennessee
> Children in poverty: 330,998 (11th most)
> Child poverty rate: 22.3 % (9th highest)
> State poverty rate: 15.3% (9th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.5% (8th highest)

43. Texas
> Children in poverty: 1,545,362 (the most)
> Child poverty rate: 21.1 % (11th highest)
> State poverty rate: 14.9% (11th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.2% (12th highest)

44. Utah
> Children in poverty: 87,445 (15th least)
> Child poverty rate: 9.5 % (the lowest)
> State poverty rate: 9.0% (4th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.3% (3rd lowest)

45. Vermont
> Children in poverty: 13,712 (the least)
> Child poverty rate: 12.1 % (8th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 11.0% (14th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.9% (21st lowest)

46. Virginia
> Children in poverty: 252,475 (17th most)
> Child poverty rate: 13.7 % (14th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 10.7% (12th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

47. Washington
> Children in poverty: 204,470 (21st most)
> Child poverty rate: 12.5 % (10th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 10.3% (9th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.5% (7th lowest)

48. West Virginia
> Children in poverty: 86,713 (14th least)
> Child poverty rate: 24.5 % (5th highest)
> State poverty rate: 17.8% (4th highest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.6% (3rd highest)

49. Wisconsin
> Children in poverty: 175,243 (24th most)
> Child poverty rate: 14.0 % (16th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 11.0% (16th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.6% (10th lowest)

50. Wyoming
> Children in poverty: 17,986 (3rd least)
> Child poverty rate: 13.8 % (15th lowest)
> State poverty rate: 11.1% (17th lowest)
> Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)