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Poverty rate for adults 18 to 64: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Poverty rate for adults 18 to 64 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Poverty rate by age by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 10.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 13.1 %
RI 8.5 %
DE 9 %
CT 8.5 %
NJ 7.7 %
MD 8.5 %
MA 9.2 %
VT 9.3 %
NH 5.5 %

Lowest: 5.5 to 9 %
Group 2: 9 to 10 %
Group 3: 10 to 11 %
Group 4: 11 to 12.4 %
Highest: 12.4 to 16.9 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Mississippi	16.9
2	Louisiana	16.1
2	West Virginia	16.1
4	Kentucky	15.4
5	New Mexico	15
6	Arkansas	13.8
7	Alabama	13.7
7	Oklahoma	13.7
9	District of Columbia	13.1
10	New York	12.4
10	South Carolina	12.4
12	Michigan	12
13	Oregon	11.8
14	Tennessee	11.6
15	Ohio	11.5
16	Arizona	11.4
16	Indiana	11.4
18	Texas	11.2
19	North Carolina	11.1
20	Iowa	11
20	Montana	11
22	Missouri	10.9
22	Wyoming	10.9
24	Illinois	10.8
25	Georgia	10.7
25	South Dakota	10.7
27	California	10.4
27	Pennsylvania	10.4
29	Alaska	10.3
29	Nevada	10.3
31	Kansas	10
32	Florida	9.9
33	Nebraska	9.8
34	Maine	9.7
35	Washington	9.6
36	Wisconsin	9.5
37	Idaho	9.4
37	North Dakota	9.4
39	Vermont	9.3
40	Massachusetts	9.2
41	Delaware	9
41	Minnesota	9
41	Virginia	9
44	Hawaii	8.8
45	Colorado	8.7
46	Connecticut	8.5
46	Maryland	8.5
46	Rhode Island	8.5
49	Utah	8.3
50	New Jersey	7.7
51	New Hampshire	5.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1701: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by poverty rate for adults 18 to 64 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1701; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-poverty-rate-for-adults-18-to-64/

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