Table 25. Poverty Status by State and Ten Large Metropolitan Areas in 2001
Below poverty level Below 125 Percent of Poverty
Number in poverty Percent in poverty Number below 125% Percent below 125%
Standard Standard Standard Standard
Total Value Error Value Error Value Error Value Error
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT
PEOPLE UNDER 18
United States......... 66,804 10,065 0 15.1 0.00 13,628 0 20.4 0.00
Alabama............... 1,032 226 0 21.9 0.00 299 0 29.0 0.00
Alaska................ 1,226 153 0 12.5 0.00 204 0 16.6 0.00
Arizona............... 977 209 0 21.4 0.00 272 0 27.8 0.00
Arkansas.............. 762 203 0 26.6 0.00 255 0 33.5 0.00
California............ 5,246 904 0 17.2 0.00 1,280 0 24.4 0.00
Colorado.............. 1,290 139 0 10.8 0.00 207 0 16.0 0.00
Connecticut........... 1,134 110 0 9.7 0.00 151 0 13.3 0.00
Delaware.............. 884 88 0 10.0 0.00 116 0 13.1 0.00
District of Columbia.. 447 140 0 31.3 0.00 171 0 38.3 0.00
Florida............... 2,570 464 0 18.1 0.00 627 0 24.4 0.00
Georgia............... 863 153 0 17.7 0.00 182 0 21.1 0.00
Hawaii................ 819 132 0 16.1 0.00 169 0 20.6 0.00
Idaho................. 1,054 177 0 16.8 0.00 240 0 22.8 0.00
Illinois.............. 2,469 382 0 15.5 0.00 500 0 20.3 0.00
Indiana............... 1,205 130 0 10.8 0.00 204 0 16.9 0.00
Iowa.................. 1,150 85 0 7.4 0.00 147 0 12.8 0.00
Kansas................ 1,108 151 0 13.6 0.00 211 0 19.0 0.00
Kentucky.............. 886 151 0 17.0 0.00 203 0 22.9 0.00
Louisiana............. 739 170 0 23.0 0.00 218 0 29.5 0.00
Maine................. 954 109 0 11.4 0.00 172 0 18.0 0.00
Maryland.............. 943 76 0 8.1 0.00 121 0 12.8 0.00
Massachusetts......... 1,245 145 0 11.6 0.00 198 0 15.9 0.00
Michigan.............. 1,893 235 0 12.4 0.00 326 0 17.2 0.00
Minnesota............. 1,337 105 0 7.9 0.00 150 0 11.2 0.00
Mississippi........... 742 170 0 22.9 0.00 246 0 33.2 0.00
Missouri.............. 1,010 123 0 12.2 0.00 171 0 16.9 0.00
Montana............... 733 119 0 16.2 0.00 188 0 25.6 0.00
Nebraska.............. 1,133 145 0 12.8 0.00 201 0 17.7 0.00
Nevada................ 1,305 127 0 9.7 0.00 195 0 14.9 0.00
New Hampshire......... 950 76 0 8.0 0.00 101 0 10.6 0.00
New Jersey............ 1,649 158 0 9.6 0.00 208 0 12.6 0.00
New Mexico............ 854 210 0 24.6 0.00 258 0 30.2 0.00
New York.............. 3,304 640 0 19.4 0.00 828 0 25.1 0.00
North Carolina........ 1,256 206 0 16.4 0.00 275 0 21.9 0.00
North Dakota.......... 991 197 0 19.9 0.00 243 0 24.5 0.00
Ohio.................. 2,082 326 0 15.7 0.00 386 0 18.5 0.00
Oklahoma.............. 859 165 0 19.2 0.00 218 0 25.4 0.00
Oregon................ 1,046 160 0 15.3 0.00 225 0 21.5 0.00
Pennsylvania.......... 2,185 283 0 13.0 0.00 379 0 17.3 0.00
Rhode Island.......... 1,036 115 0 11.1 0.00 151 0 14.6 0.00
South Carolina........ 633 130 0 20.5 0.00 150 0 23.7 0.00
South Dakota.......... 1,143 106 0 9.3 0.00 161 0 14.1 0.00
Tennessee............. 823 147 0 17.9 0.00 202 0 24.5 0.00
Texas................. 3,316 688 0 20.7 0.00 935 0 28.2 0.00
Utah.................. 1,291 164 0 12.7 0.00 217 0 16.8 0.00
Vermont............... 978 122 0 12.5 0.00 172 0 17.6 0.00
Virginia.............. 1,032 84 0 8.1 0.00 120 0 11.6 0.00
Washington............ 1,138 147 0 12.9 0.00 219 0 19.2 0.00
West Virginia......... 781 167 0 21.4 0.00 206 0 26.4 0.00
Wisconsin............. 1,397 157 0 11.2 0.00 203 0 14.5 0.00
Wyoming............... 904 96 0 10.6 0.00 147 0 16.3 0.00
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 25. Poverty Status by State and Ten Large Metropolitan Areas in 2001
Below poverty level Below 125 Percent of Poverty
Number in poverty Percent in poverty Number below 125% Percent below 125%
Standard Standard Standard Standard
Total Value Error Value Error Value Error Value Error
AREA
New York-Northern
New Jersey-Long
Island CMSA......... 4,094 608 0 14.9 0.00 797 0 19.5 0.00
Central Cities...... 1,629 436 0 26.8 0.00 577 0 35.4 0.00
Los Angeles-
Anaheim-Riverside
CMSA................ 3,101 566 0 18.3 0.00 805 0 26.0 0.00
Central Cities...... 1,090 271 0 24.9 0.00 377 0 34.6 0.00
Chicago-Gary-Lake
County CMSA.......... 1,942 274 0 14.1 0.00 354 0 18.2 0.00
Central Cities...... 709 200 0 28.2 0.00 245 0 34.6 0.00
San Francisco-
Oakland-San Jose
CMSA................ 1,744 228 0 13.1 0.00 309 0 17.7 0.00
Central Cities...... 557 159 0 28.5 0.00 198 0 35.5 0.00
Philadelphia-
Wilmington-Trenton
CMSA............... 736 55 0 7.5 0.00 89 0 12.1 0.00
Central Cities...... 353 33 0 9.3 0.00 53 0 15.0 0.00
Detroit-Ann
Arbor CMSA........... 1,701 195 0 11.5 0.00 261 0 15.3 0.00
Central Cities...... 377 110 0 29.2 0.00 153 0 40.6 0.00
Boston-Lawerence-
Salem CMSA.......... 1,620 128 0 7.9 0.00 177 0 10.9 0.00
Central Cities...... 445 80 0 18.0 0.00 101 0 22.7 0.00
Houston-Galveston-
Brazoria CMSA........ 1,134 171 0 15.1 0.00 228 0 20.1 0.00
Central Cities...... 322 129 0 40.1 0.00 178 0 55.3 0.00
Dallas-Fort Worth
CMSA................ 866 130 0 15.0 0.00 194 0 22.4 0.00
Central Cities...... 394 97 0 24.6 0.00 130 0 33.0 0.00
Washington DC-MD-
VA MSA............... 764 142 0 18.6 0.00 189 0 24.7 0.00
Central Cities...... 314 67 0 21.3 0.00 98 0 31.2 0.00
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002