Map showing percent below poverty level (most recent) by state

[geckosfeet]

Percent below poverty level (most recent) by state

Surprising to me that District of Columbia is #4(18.9%),then New York tied at 16(14.2%) and California at 20(13.3%)

I would expect that living at the federal poverty level is a LOT harder in DC and NY and CA than say Mississippi or Tennessee.

In any case, this is a national shame.

# 1 Mississippi: 21.6%
# 2 Louisiana: 19.4%
# 3 New Mexico: 19.3%
# 4 District of Columbia: 18.9%
= 5 Arkansas: 17.9%
= 5 West Virginia: 17.9%
# 7 Kentucky: 17.4%
# 8 Texas: 16.6%
# 9 Alabama: 16.1%
# 10 South Carolina: 15.7%
# 11 Oklahoma: 15.3%
# 12 North Carolina: 15.2%
# 13 Georgia: 14.8%
= 14 Tennessee: 14.5%
= 14 Idaho: 14.5%
= 16 Montana: 14.2%
= 16 Arizona: 14.2%
= 16 New York: 14.2%
# 19 Oregon: 14.1%
# 20 California: 13.3%

More bar graph data at the link.

[msongs]

1. 14 red states in the top 20 if I counted right. nt

[geckosfeet]

3. Yes and if you look at the map the highest poverty density is in the south.

But, this goes by federal poverty levels. You can make that go a lot farther down south than in DC, NY or CA.

[rurallib]

2. Haley #1, Piyush #2

[Newest Reality]

4. Ah, if I read it correctly,

it states that this data is from 2004.

A lot has happened in the last six years, so up-to-date information would probably be more useful and relative. We know that poverty rates have been increasing dramatically and I would bet that the positions and percentages have changed and shuffled since then.

[LWolf]

5. We're number 19!

The new chant for those in unemployment lines.

:(