Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates - 1996 Persons of all Ages Persons Age 0-17 Related Children Age 5-17 Persons under Age 5 Median State in Poverty in Poverty in Families in Poverty in Poverty Household Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Income State United States 36,529,141 13.7 14,463,480 20.5 9,311,376 18.6 4,582,979 23.4 $35492 United States Kentucky 680,599 17.5 252,368 25.5 167,385 23.4 77,285 28.7 $30418 Kentucky Alabama 733,113 17.1 276,459 25.3 179,030 22.9 88,276 29.6 $29518 Alabama Alaska 67,632 11.1 29,785 15.4 19,289 13.9 9,000 17.6 $44280 Alaska Arizona 719,413 15.8 296,088 23.5 184,730 22.0 101,624 27.5 $32842 Arizona Arkansas 442,131 17.6 173,406 25.8 111,181 23.2 56,485 31.2 $27392 Arkansas California 5,317,324 16.6 2,285,048 25.2 1,476,380 23.7 746,177 27.6 $38664 California Colorado 405,522 10.5 150,542 14.6 91,974 12.6 49,463 17.4 $38722 Colorado Connecticut 284,093 8.7 111,479 14.0 74,889 13.2 30,715 14.0 $45187 Connecticut Delaware 73,068 10.0 27,614 15.3 17,180 13.5 8,801 17.7 $39723 Delaware District of Columbia 107,656 21.1 38,366 35.6 26,130 35.9 11,746 35.0 $34697 District of Columbia Florida 2,074,714 14.2 782,830 22.3 495,727 19.9 257,070 26.4 $31064 Florida Georgia 1,147,348 15.4 469,275 23.1 304,619 21.7 149,067 25.7 $33919 Georgia Hawaii 135,042 11.5 54,215 17.8 34,403 16.1 17,269 19.5 $43815 Hawaii Idaho 144,718 12.0 55,976 15.6 32,151 12.4 20,230 21.4 $33114 Idaho Illinois 1,428,170 12.0 587,586 18.2 379,291 16.9 182,863 20.0 $39483 Illinois Indiana 564,083 9.6 212,639 13.7 126,969 11.5 71,624 16.9 $35542 Indiana Iowa 267,151 9.4 93,868 12.7 56,954 10.5 30,078 16.1 $33783 Iowa Kansas 271,762 10.6 101,885 14.4 63,452 12.4 32,324 17.5 $33728 Kansas Louisiana 891,468 20.7 365,914 29.7 245,734 27.8 110,575 33.8 $28742 Louisiana Maine 149,294 12.0 51,373 17.1 33,866 15.5 14,537 20.8 $32809 Maine Maryland 490,636 9.6 184,357 14.1 118,399 12.9 54,834 15.3 $44206 Maryland Massachusetts 590,344 9.7 214,928 14.6 142,821 13.8 61,937 15.1 $40831 Massachusetts Michigan 1,240,848 12.7 500,364 19.3 334,394 18.2 146,167 21.4 $38127 Michigan Minnesota 401,523 8.6 144,654 11.4 90,740 9.8 42,488 13.0 $39690 Minnesota Mississippi 565,134 20.8 231,558 29.8 151,712 27.3 72,919 34.7 $26925 Mississippi Missouri 696,705 13.0 270,822 19.1 173,647 16.8 84,332 22.7 $32791 Missouri Montana 130,754 15.0 48,234 21.0 30,959 18.1 15,152 28.0 $28707 Montana Nebraska 150,433 9.2 54,601 12.2 30,262 9.3 19,657 17.1 $33510 Nebraska Nevada 167,691 10.0 63,272 14.0 36,806 12.1 22,540 16.8 $38186 Nevada New Hampshire 73,053 6.2 22,720 7.5 12,261 5.6 7,456 9.8 $40196 New Hampshire New Jersey 720,984 8.9 278,908 13.7 181,381 12.6 81,841 14.3 $46803 New Jersey New Mexico 344,582 19.9 150,032 29.2 97,663 26.4 48,178 34.7 $27303 New Mexico New York 2,926,792 16.2 1,164,818 25.4 795,378 24.5 343,557 26.3 $35737 New York North Carolina 941,350 12.8 354,943 18.7 221,184 16.5 117,201 21.8 $34326 North Carolina North Dakota 72,404 11.4 25,580 15.3 16,058 13.3 8,039 19.4 $30713 North Dakota Ohio 1,267,702 11.4 479,761 16.5 303,535 14.5 150,791 19.7 $34213 Ohio Oklahoma 564,664 17.2 222,488 24.9 144,332 22.3 70,647 30.5 $27662 Oklahoma Oregon 404,844 12.5 143,821 17.3 87,997 14.7 47,836 21.9 $35111 Oregon Pennsylvania 1,359,937 11.4 490,695 16.7 323,307 15.2 142,502 18.8 $35140 Pennsylvania Rhode Island 115,251 11.8 43,374 17.8 28,648 16.5 12,856 19.6 $36326 Rhode Island South Carolina 576,636 15.4 225,898 23.4 148,834 21.3 69,456 26.8 $32523 South Carolina South Dakota 94,696 13.1 37,452 18.7 23,687 16.4 12,018 23.8 $29846 South Dakota Tennessee 779,474 14.6 287,827 21.4 180,070 18.8 95,034 25.5 $31128 Tennessee Texas 3,424,248 17.8 1,470,804 26.2 921,426 23.6 501,111 30.3 $32719 Texas Utah 202,146 9.8 82,107 11.6 43,639 8.9 31,804 15.5 $36287 Utah Vermont 62,991 10.8 21,356 14.6 13,578 12.5 6,263 18.1 $33437 Vermont Virginia 754,321 11.3 273,536 16.5 176,443 14.8 83,378 18.1 $38426 Virginia Washington 642,757 11.5 245,806 16.7 158,766 14.9 74,505 19.1 $37975 Washington West Virginia 362,984 20.0 126,064 29.9 86,681 29.1 36,170 34.0 $25822 West Virginia Wisconsin 446,568 8.6 166,937 12.2 104,343 10.4 50,551 14.7 $38472 Wisconsin Wyoming 52,387 11.0 19,044 14.4 11,091 11.2 6,548 20.7 $31180 Wyoming