Table 2: Poor Children in America in 2018—A Portrait
| Number Who Are Poor | Percent Who Are Poor | Percent of Poor Children Who Are: | |
| Among All Children | 11,869,000 | 16.2% | 100% |
| Extremely Poor | 5,042,000 | 6.9 | 42.5 |
| Under 6 | 4,080,000 | 17.4 | 34.4 |
| Under 6 and Extremely Poor | 1,814,000 | 7.7 | 15.3 |
| By Race/Ethnicity | |||
| White | 3,265,000 | 8.9 | 27.5 |
| Hispanic | 4,436,000 | 23.7 | 37.4 |
| Black | 3,043,000 | 30.1 | 25.6 |
| Asian | 436,000 | 11.4 | 3.7 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 194,000 | 29.1 | 1.6 |
| Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 30,000 | 12.4 | 0.3 |
| Two or more races | 466,000 | 15.0 | 3.9 |
| By Geography | |||
| In Cities > 50,000 | 4,818,000 | 20.7 | 40.6 |
| In Suburbs | 5,187,000 | 12.8 | 43.7 |
| Outside Cities and Suburbs | 1,866,000 | 20.0 | 15.7 |
| By Region | |||
| Northeast | 1,602,000 | 13.9 | 13.5 |
| Midwest | 2,177,000 | 14.1 | 18.3 |
| South | 5,358,000 | 18.9 | 45.1 |
| West | 2,734,000 | 15.3 | 23.0 |
| By Family Structure | |||
| In Single Parent Family | 7,698,000 | 34.1 | 66.8a |
| In Married Couple Family | 3,820,000 | 7.6 | 33.2a |
| By Family Working Status | |||
| Any Family Member Works | 8,075,000 | 11.8 | 70.3b |
| Works Full-Time, Year Round | 4,048,000 | 6.9 | 35.2b |
| Head of Family Works | 6,448,000 | 11.1 | 56.1b |
| Works Full-Time, Year Round | 2,775,000 | 6.3 | 24.1b |
| Adults 18-64 | 21,130,000 | 10.7 | |
| Seniors 65+ | 5,146,000 | 9.7 |
a Percentages calculated relative to the number of poor children related to the head of household (11,519,000) rather than the total number of poor children (11,869,000).
b Percentages calculated relative to the number of poor children in related families (11,491,000) rather than the total number of poor children (11,869,000).
Notes: A family of four was considered poor in 2018 with an annual income below $25,701 and extremely poor with an income below half that amount ($12,851). Poverty estimates differ based on the source of the Census data. Census data on poverty is collected through both the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS provides the most accurate national data on poverty and is therefore the official source of national poverty estimates. The ACS uses a larger sample size and is therefore preferred for state-level poverty data. All racial categories exclude children of Hispanic ethnicity. Hispanic children can be of any race.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey. 2019. “2018 Annual Social and Economic Supplement,” Tables B-1, POV01, POV03, POV07, POV13, POV21, POV40. https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/data/tables.html. Additional customized tables generated using Data Ferrett. https://dataferrett.census.gov/.
Table 3: Federal Poverty Thresholds and Guidelines, 2018
| Federal Poverty Thresholdsa | |||||||
| Poverty (100 Percent) | Extreme Poverty (50 Percent) | ||||||
| Family Size | Per Year | Per Month | Per Week | Per Year | Per Month | Per Week | |
| 1 | $12,784 | $1,065 | $246 | $6,392 | $533 | $123 | |
| 2 | 16,247 | 1,354 | 312 | 8,124 | 677 | 156 | |
| 3 | 19,985 | 1,665 | 384 | 9,993 | 833 | 192 | |
| 4 | 25,701 | 2,142 | 494 | 12,851 | 1,071 | 247 | |
| 5 | 30,459 | 2,538 | 586 | 15,230 | 1,269 | 293 | |
| 6 | 34,533 | 2,878 | 664 | 17,267 | 1,439 | 332 | |
| 7 | 39,194 | 3,266 | 754 | 19,597 | 1,633 | 377 | |
| 8 | 43,602 | 3,634 | 839 | 21,801 | 1,817 | 419 | |
| 9 or More | 51,393 | 4,283 | 988 | 25,697 | 2,141 | 494 | |
| Federal Poverty Guidelinesb | |||||||
| Family Size | Poverty | ||||||
| 1 | $12,140 | ||||||
| 2 | 16,460 | ||||||
| 3 | 20,780 | ||||||
| 4 | 25,100 | ||||||
| 5 | 29,420 | ||||||
| 6 | 33,740 | ||||||
| 7 | 38,060 | ||||||
| 8 | 42,380 | ||||||
| Each Additional Person beyond 8 | 4,320 | ||||||
a The federal poverty thresholds are used to calculate those who are considered poor and extremely poor. The poverty threshold numbers in the table are weighted averages of the actual thresholds. The actual poverty thresholds vary slightly based on the number of children and, for households of size one and two, whether the houshold includes someone over 64. Except for Alaska and Hawaii, which have slightly higher thresholds, no adjustments are made for differences in living costs from state to state. Extreme poverty is defined as half of the poverty thresholds.
b The federal poverty guidelines (also called the Federal Poverty Level) are a simplification of the poverty thresholds used to determine eligibility for public benefits and are adjusted annually to account for inflation.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. “Poverty Thresholds for 2018 by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years.” https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-thresholds.html; U.S Department of Health and Human Services. 2018. “Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines.” Federal Register 83 (12). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-01-18/pdf/2018-00814.pdf.
Table 4: Poor and Extremely Poor Children by Age, 2018
| Poor Children | Extremely Poor Children | |||||||||||
| Under 18 | Under 6 | Under 18 | Under 6 | |||||||||
| State | Number | Percent | Rank* | Number | Percent | Rank* | Number | Percent | Rank* | Number | Percent | Rank* |
| Alabama | 255,186 | 23.8% | 45 | 86,566 | 25.7% | 44 | 120,818 | 11.3% | 47 | 42,208 | 12.6% | 45 |
| Alaska | 25,327 | 14.1 | 17 | 9,969 | 16.1 | 18 | 10,730 | 6.0 | 18 | 4,259 | 6.9 | 15 |
| Arizona | 324,622 | 20.1 | 37 | 112,703 | 22.0 | 38 | 130,355 | 8.1 | 32 | 43,371 | 8.5 | 27 |
| Arkansas | 170,769 | 24.7 | 47 | 62,148 | 28.1 | 47 | 67,076 | 9.7 | 42 | 25,008 | 11.3 | 42 |
| California | 1,541,067 | 17.4 | 27 | 499,726 | 17.5 | 22 | 660,745 | 7.5 | 26 | 218,690 | 7.7 | 19 |
| Colorado | 149,487 | 11.9 | 6 | 47,864 | 12.0 | 4 | 65,141 | 5.2 | 5 | 22,650 | 5.7 | 4 |
| Connecticut | 102,083 | 14.1 | 17 | 33,200 | 15.6 | 15 | 43,578 | 6.0 | 18 | 16,657 | 7.8 | 21 |
| Delaware | 37,283 | 18.7 | 33 | 11,975 | 19.7 | 31 | 15,089 | 7.6 | 27 | 4,963 | 8.2 | 23 |
| District of Columbia | 29,048 | 23.1 | — | 10,602 | 20.4 | — | 19,460 | 15.5 | — | 7,822 | 15.1 | — |
| Florida | 819,256 | 19.7 | 36 | 285,014 | 21.4 | 34 | 339,849 | 8.2 | 33 | 126,656 | 9.5 | 33 |
| Georgia | 504,745 | 20.5 | 39 | 162,624 | 21.5 | 36 | 217,351 | 8.8 | 36 | 74,586 | 9.9 | 35 |
| Hawaii | 35,368 | 11.9 | 6 | 14,764 | 14.8 | 10 | 17,501 | 5.9 | 13 | 7,146 | 7.2 | 17 |
| Idaho | 62,855 | 14.3 | 19 | 22,113 | 16.2 | 19 | 24,461 | 5.6 | 10 | 7,833 | 5.7 | 4 |
| Illinois | 456,925 | 16.2 | 24 | 157,431 | 17.7 | 24 | 195,672 | 6.9 | 23 | 68,033 | 7.7 | 19 |
| Indiana | 275,370 | 18.0 | 29 | 94,018 | 19.3 | 30 | 121,658 | 7.9 | 31 | 44,461 | 9.1 | 32 |
| Iowa | 97,222 | 13.5 | 12 | 34,687 | 14.8 | 10 | 38,550 | 5.4 | 6 | 15,184 | 6.5 | 12 |
| Kansas | 103,210 | 14.9 | 21 | 36,471 | 16.7 | 20 | 40,871 | 5.9 | 13 | 15,348 | 7.0 | 16 |
| Kentucky | 225,710 | 23.0 | 44 | 78,105 | 24.6 | 42 | 107,874 | 11.0 | 46 | 39,875 | 12.6 | 45 |
| Louisiana | 283,218 | 26.2 | 48 | 105,057 | 29.4 | 49 | 125,971 | 11.6 | 48 | 53,279 | 14.9 | 48 |
| Maine | 34,878 | 14.5 | 20 | 12,088 | 15.8 | 16 | 14,824 | 6.2 | 20 | 4,541 | 5.9 | 8 |
| Maryland | 152,237 | 11.6 | 4 | 50,853 | 12.0 | 4 | 78,102 | 5.9 | 13 | 25,540 | 6.0 | 9 |
| Massachusetts | 163,788 | 12.2 | 9 | 55,054 | 13.1 | 9 | 74,234 | 5.5 | 8 | 26,377 | 6.3 | 11 |
| Michigan | 412,692 | 19.4 | 34 | 146,625 | 21.7 | 37 | 196,555 | 9.3 | 40 | 74,766 | 11.1 | 41 |
| Minnesota | 149,502 | 11.7 | 5 | 50,687 | 12.1 | 6 | 59,931 | 4.7 | 2 | 21,277 | 5.1 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 192,952 | 27.8 | 50 | 63,291 | 29.9 | 50 | 99,248 | 14.3 | 50 | 35,976 | 17.0 | 50 |
| Missouri | 247,209 | 18.3 | 31 | 86,502 | 20.0 | 33 | 104,072 | 7.7 | 28 | 36,949 | 8.5 | 27 |
| Montana | 35,999 | 16.0 | 23 | 12,705 | 17.5 | 22 | 15,653 | 7.0 | 24 | 6,007 | 8.3 | 24 |
| Nebraska | 60,110 | 12.9 | 11 | 23,333 | 15.0 | 12 | 22,326 | 4.8 | 4 | 9,064 | 5.8 | 7 |
| Nevada | 120,091 | 17.7 | 28 | 40,675 | 18.7 | 29 | 47,871 | 7.1 | 25 | 17,933 | 8.3 | 24 |
| New Hampshire | 26,830 | 10.6 | 3 | 9,133 | 12.3 | 7 | 13,953 | 5.5 | 8 | 4,519 | 6.1 | 10 |
| New Jersey | 264,253 | 13.7 | 13 | 93,795 | 15.3 | 14 | 113,607 | 5.9 | 13 | 39,514 | 6.5 | 12 |
| New Mexico | 124,024 | 26.3 | 49 | 39,551 | 28.5 | 48 | 61,940 | 13.2 | 49 | 21,882 | 15.8 | 49 |
| New York | 743,024 | 18.6 | 32 | 260,122 | 19.7 | 31 | 342,077 | 8.6 | 35 | 119,078 | 9.0 | 30 |
| North Carolina | 455,971 | 20.2 | 38 | 151,033 | 21.4 | 34 | 199,530 | 8.8 | 36 | 71,526 | 10.1 | 36 |
| North Dakota | 17,145 | 9.9 | 2 | 7,026 | 11.4 | 3 | 8,057 | 4.7 | 2 | 4,046 | 6.6 | 14 |
| Ohio | 495,616 | 19.5 | 35 | 180,837 | 22.3 | 39 | 224,393 | 8.8 | 36 | 88,189 | 10.9 | 40 |
| Oklahoma | 202,779 | 21.7 | 41 | 74,578 | 24.6 | 42 | 93,310 | 10.0 | 44 | 37,027 | 12.2 | 44 |
| Oregon | 134,383 | 15.7 | 22 | 45,303 | 16.8 | 21 | 58,552 | 6.8 | 22 | 22,702 | 8.4 | 26 |
| Pennsylvania | 434,736 | 16.8 | 26 | 145,986 | 17.8 | 25 | 201,962 | 7.8 | 29 | 70,171 | 8.5 | 27 |
| Rhode Island | 36,135 | 18.0 | 29 | 12,188 | 18.5 | 28 | 16,505 | 8.2 | 33 | 6,475 | 9.8 | 34 |
| South Carolina | 245,821 | 22.6 | 43 | 81,557 | 24.0 | 41 | 104,556 | 9.6 | 41 | 35,834 | 10.5 | 39 |
| South Dakota | 34,201 | 16.4 | 25 | 12,872 | 18.3 | 27 | 16,347 | 7.8 | 29 | 7,091 | 10.1 | 36 |
| Tennessee | 330,998 | 22.3 | 42 | 124,371 | 26.2 | 45 | 147,449 | 9.9 | 43 | 61,233 | 12.9 | 47 |
| Texas | 1,545,362 | 21.1 | 40 | 532,053 | 22.5 | 40 | 664,605 | 9.1 | 39 | 240,007 | 10.1 | 36 |
| Utah | 87,445 | 9.5 | 1 | 29,870 | 10.1 | 1 | 36,239 | 3.9 | 1 | 13,416 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Vermont | 13,712 | 12.1 | 8 | 3,957 | 11.3 | 2 | 6,545 | 5.8 | 11 | 1,842 | 5.3 | 3 |
| Virginia | 252,475 | 13.7 | 13 | 89,468 | 15.1 | 13 | 122,826 | 6.7 | 21 | 46,354 | 7.8 | 21 |
| Washington | 204,470 | 12.5 | 10 | 70,078 | 12.9 | 8 | 87,912 | 5.4 | 6 | 31,048 | 5.7 | 4 |
| West Virginia | 86,713 | 24.5 | 46 | 29,548 | 27.0 | 46 | 38,116 | 10.8 | 45 | 12,919 | 11.8 | 43 |
| Wisconsin | 175,243 | 14.0 | 16 | 62,370 | 15.9 | 17 | 74,025 | 5.9 | 13 | 28,140 | 7.2 | 17 |
| Wyoming | 17,986 | 13.8 | 15 | 7,308 | 17.8 | 25 | 7,500 | 5.8 | 11 | 3,699 | 9.0 | 30 |
| United States | 11,869,173 | 16.2% | 4,079,701 | 17.4% | 5,041,848 | 6.9% | 1,813,924 | 7.7% | ||||
* States are ranked 1 to 50 with 1 meaning the lowest child poverty rate and 50 meaning the highest child poverty rate.
Notes: Poverty estimates differ based on the sources of Census data. Census data on poverty is collected through both the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS provides the most accurate national data on poverty and is therefore the official source of national poverty estimates. The ACS uses a larger sample size and is preferred for state-level poverty data.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. “2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates,” Tables B17020 and B17024. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/; U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey. 2019. “2018 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.” Accessed using Data Ferrett. https://dataferrett.census.gov/.
Table 5: Number of Poor Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2018
| White | Hispanic | Black | Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | American Indian/Alaska Native | Two or More Races | |
| Alabama | 80,588 | 31,091 | 129,984 | 973 | 966 | 13,036 |
| Alaska | 6,470 | 1,822 | 1,035 | 3,243 | 9,672 | 3,711 |
| Arizona | 60,754 | 190,993 | 22,913 | 3,186 | 42,590 | 23,781 |
| Arkansas | 74,039 | 28,199 | 53,493 | 3,856 | 1,396 | 14,312 |
| California | 206,819 | 1,054,493 | 135,493 | 101,304 | 12,937 | 103,452 |
| Colorado | 51,608 | 72,932 | 14,634 | 3,300 | 2,709 | 12,378 |
| Connecticut | 22,460 | 54,406 | 23,215 | 2,020 | n/a | 9,536 |
| Delaware | 7,473 | 10,060 | 17,294 | 793 | n/a | 2,888 |
| District of Columbia | 978 | 2,894 | 24,684 | 138 | n/a | 570 |
| Florida | 200,509 | 320,015 | 267,000 | 10,592 | 2,609 | 44,777 |
| Georgia | 121,486 | 108,682 | 241,473 | 7,898 | 2,708 | 31,426 |
| Hawaii | 4,119 | 7,587 | 167 | 11,539 | n/a | 18,079 |
| Idaho | 35,273 | 23,200 | n/a | 364 | 1,609 | 4,554 |
| Illinois | 131,003 | 143,300 | 150,579 | 12,648 | 1,077 | 28,360 |
| Indiana | 135,906 | 46,804 | 66,009 | 6,600 | 503 | 25,750 |
| Iowa | 52,388 | 18,485 | 15,432 | 1,143 | 414 | 10,813 |
| Kansas | 46,418 | 31,145 | 14,224 | 1,702 | 1,977 | 11,835 |
| Kentucky | 156,060 | 19,184 | 33,704 | 1,997 | n/a | 14,408 |
| Louisiana | 77,256 | 21,794 | 170,486 | 1,292 | 1,020 | 13,390 |
| Maine | 29,503 | 1,484 | 1,035 | n/a | 843 | 1,928 |
| Maryland | 31,409 | 29,040 | 76,906 | 4,942 | n/a | 8,970 |
| Massachusetts | 46,446 | 77,029 | 29,269 | 8,534 | n/a | 15,391 |
| Michigan | 195,930 | 46,855 | 129,791 | 9,376 | 3,028 | 35,512 |
| Minnesota | 54,191 | 26,508 | 41,375 | 11,845 | 7,267 | 12,454 |
| Mississippi | 46,471 | 10,421 | 127,068 | 1,242 | 2,184 | 6,567 |
| Missouri | 135,555 | 24,155 | 68,654 | 837 | 809 | 18,439 |
| Montana | 22,731 | 1,680 | n/a | n/a | 9,234 | 2,402 |
| Nebraska | 26,309 | 19,720 | 7,650 | 841 | 1,956 | 5,060 |
| Nevada | 20,327 | 63,812 | 20,430 | 3,422 | 3,980 | 12,722 |
| New Hampshire | 18,771 | 4,932 | 2,070 | 745 | n/a | 1,291 |
| New Jersey | 61,077 | 123,273 | 63,397 | 12,940 | 381 | 11,855 |
| New Mexico | 16,075 | 85,490 | 1,695 | 1,050 | 22,612 | 5,933 |
| New York | 227,107 | 279,488 | 176,774 | 49,509 | 4,280 | 50,157 |
| North Carolina | 133,366 | 126,207 | 157,745 | 10,544 | 6,326 | 30,182 |
| North Dakota | 8,028 | 1,308 | 2,857 | n/a | 4,504 | 702 |
| Ohio | 246,259 | 46,879 | 153,136 | 6,289 | 979 | 50,937 |
| Oklahoma | 74,942 | 50,482 | 31,215 | 2,725 | 21,278 | 28,903 |
| Oregon | 67,055 | 45,828 | 5,463 | 3,007 | 3,082 | 11,112 |
| Pennsylvania | 173,235 | 109,795 | 122,209 | 12,631 | 661 | 35,580 |
| Rhode Island | 9,985 | 18,901 | 3,965 | 1,366 | n/a | 2,697 |
| South Carolina | 67,175 | 37,684 | 124,892 | 1,211 | 1,342 | 16,568 |
| South Dakota | 11,444 | 3,031 | n/a | n/a | 17,523 | 2,989 |
| Tennessee | 147,692 | 44,461 | 115,403 | 3,523 | 1,315 | 20,017 |
| Texas | 205,226 | 1,045,675 | 245,428 | 33,260 | 7,128 | 54,070 |
| Utah | 44,004 | 30,241 | 3,347 | 2,450 | 3,560 | 4,725 |
| Vermont | 11,570 | 797 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 806 |
| Virginia | 87,795 | 41,652 | 96,880 | 8,725 | 520 | 19,373 |
| Washington | 76,880 | 72,371 | 19,136 | 12,758 | 5,490 | 26,322 |
| West Virginia | 73,590 | 1,503 | 4,852 | n/a | n/a | 5,933 |
| Wisconsin | 76,863 | 31,125 | 46,404 | 6,652 | 3,961 | 13,898 |
| Wyoming | 11,553 | 5,457 | n/a | n/a | 1,754 | n/a |
| United States | 3,264,566 | 4,436,361 | 3,042,507 | 465,808 | 194,367 | 465,565 |
Notes: Poverty estimates differ based on the source of Census data. Census data on poverty is collected through both the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS provides the most accurate national data on poverty and is therefore the official source of national poverty estimates. The ACS uses a larger sample size and is preferred for state-level poverty data. For national estimates, all racial categories exclude children of Hispanic ethnicity. For state estimates, only the “White” racial category excludes children of Hispanic ethnicity. Hispanic children can be of any race. “N/A” means data were not available.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. “2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates,” Tables B17020B-I. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/; U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey. 2019. “2018 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.” Accessed using Data Ferrett. https://dataferrett.census.gov/.
Table 6: Percent of Poor Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2018
| White | Hispanic | Black | Asian/ Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | American Indian/Alaska Native | Two or More Races | |
| Alabama | 13.1 | 37.7 | 41.1 | 6.9 | 22.3 | 30.7 |
| Alaska | 7.4 | 10.4 | 16.3 | 26.9 | 27.8 | 13.2 |
| Arizona | 9.7 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 7.5 | 43.9 | 19.5 |
| Arkansas | 17.1 | 32.6 | 44.9 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 34.0 |
| California | 9.2 | 22.8 | 28.4 | 9.7 | 20.3 | 12.2 |
| Colorado | 7.4 | 18.6 | 26.2 | 9.1 | 24.1 | 12.3 |
| Connecticut | 5.7 | 30.5 | 24.9 | 5.9 | n/a | 16.5 |
| Delaware | 7.7 | 31.9 | 32.3 | 9.5 | n/a | 24.5 |
| District of Columbia | 3.5 | 13.5 | 35.7 | 8.8 | n/a | 6.9 |
| Florida | 11.7 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 10.1 | 22.7 | 17.0 |
| Georgia | 11.4 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 8.3 | 27.6 | 23.4 |
| Hawaii | 9.8 | 14.1 | 3.6 | 10.6 | n/a | 14.1 |
| Idaho | 10.7 | 28.6 | n/a | 7.4 | 24.2 | 20.5 |
| Illinois | 9.1 | 20.4 | 35.4 | 9.1 | 13.8 | 17.6 |
| Indiana | 12.6 | 27.2 | 37.8 | 20.3 | 19.1 | 28.6 |
| Iowa | 9.4 | 25.3 | 40.8 | 6.7 | 14.8 | 28.9 |
| Kansas | 10.1 | 24.7 | 32.4 | 10.3 | 31.9 | 22.7 |
| Kentucky | 20.2 | 33.1 | 41.8 | 13.1 | n/a | 26.3 |
| Louisiana | 14.1 | 29.5 | 43.2 | 8.9 | 16.5 | 25.0 |
| Maine | 13.8 | 25.6 | 17.6 | n/a | 34.6 | 17.5 |
| Maryland | 5.8 | 13.9 | 19.1 | 6.6 | n/a | 8.9 |
| Massachusetts | 5.8 | 30.1 | 22.4 | 9.4 | n/a | 15.8 |
| Michigan | 13.8 | 26.4 | 38.2 | 14.0 | 25.4 | 26.6 |
| Minnesota | 6.2 | 23.4 | 33.4 | 16.5 | 39.4 | 14.3 |
| Mississippi | 13.7 | 34.4 | 43.2 | 25.4 | 60.1 | 27.3 |
| Missouri | 13.9 | 26.8 | 39.1 | 3.5 | 17.0 | 21.5 |
| Montana | 12.9 | 11.2 | n/a | n/a | 41.7 | 18.9 |
| Nebraska | 8.2 | 24.3 | 30.0 | 8.3 | 30.4 | 16.8 |
| Nevada | 8.7 | 22.9 | 29.6 | 8.2 | 37.2 | 17.8 |
| New Hampshire | 8.8 | 30.7 | 37.4 | 9.4 | n/a | 10.3 |
| New Jersey | 6.9 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 11.1 |
| New Mexico | 14.3 | 30.0 | 21.3 | 17.0 | 41.1 | 21.2 |
| New York | 11.9 | 28.1 | 26.7 | 16.5 | 23.3 | 19.5 |
| North Carolina | 11.4 | 33.5 | 31.2 | 14.9 | 22.9 | 21.5 |
| North Dakota | 6.0 | 14.6 | 40.2 | n/a | 31.7 | 9.2 |
| Ohio | 13.6 | 29.7 | 42.4 | 10.9 | 21.1 | 28.1 |
| Oklahoma | 15.2 | 30.9 | 42.2 | 15.0 | 24.7 | 23.3 |
| Oregon | 12.5 | 23.9 | 26.4 | 8.8 | 31.2 | 14.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 10.1 | 33.8 | 35.0 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 22.8 |
| Rhode Island | 8.7 | 36.4 | 21.5 | 21.9 | n/a | 22.2 |
| South Carolina | 11.4 | 36.6 | 38.8 | 7.5 | 23.2 | 27.7 |
| South Dakota | 7.6 | 27.0 | n/a | n/a | 60.1 | 26.6 |
| Tennessee | 15.4 | 30.8 | 40.4 | 13.8 | 40.7 | 26.2 |
| Texas | 9.0 | 28.8 | 27.3 | 10.3 | 18.2 | 16.0 |
| Utah | 6.5 | 18.7 | 25.3 | 19.9 | 35.3 | 9.2 |
| Vermont | 11.5 | 27.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 17.0 |
| Virginia | 9.0 | 16.2 | 27.1 | 7.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 |
| Washington | 8.4 | 20.7 | 26.5 | 10.0 | 23.0 | 13.4 |
| West Virginia | 23.3 | 21.6 | 39.1 | n/a | n/a | 38.2 |
| Wisconsin | 8.7 | 21.0 | 42.4 | 15.7 | 31.2 | 19.3 |
| Wyoming | 11.3 | 28.8 | n/a | n/a | 32.0 | n/a |
| United States | 8.9% | 23.7% | 30.1% | 11.4% | 29.1% | 15.0% |
Notes: Poverty estimates differ based on the source of Census data. Census data on poverty is collected through both the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS provides the most accurate national data on poverty and is therefore the official source of national poverty estimates. The ACS uses a larger sample size and is preferred for state-level poverty data. For national estimates, all racial categories exclude children of Hispanic ethnicity. For state estimates, only the “White” racial category excludes children of Hispanic ethnicity. Hispanic children can be of any race. “N/A” means data were not available.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. “2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates,” Tables B17020B-I. https://data.census.gov/cedsci/; U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey. 2019. “2018 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.” Accessed using Data Ferrett. ttps://dataferrett.census.gov/.