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POV46: Poverty Status by State: 2004
       Below 100% and 125% of Poverty -- Related Children 5 to 17 Years of Age /14

[Numbers in thousands.  Use caution when interpreting state-level estimates, because they have high variability.  Please observe
the size of the standard errors when interpreting the data -- the larger the standard error, the less reliable the estimate]

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                                            Below 100% of Poverty /5                   Below 125% of Poverty /5
                                            _________________________________________  _________________________________________
                                   All
                                   income            Standard               Standard            Standard               Standard
                                   levels   Number   error /19  Percent /6  error /19  Number   error /19  Percent /6  error /19  State     A          B
                                   _____________________________________________________________________________________________  Factors   Parameter  Parameter
Related Children 5 to 17
 Years of Age /14

WEIGHTED PERSON COUNT

United States....................   52,688    8,665        178        16.4        0.3   11,321        199        21.5        0.4      1.00   -.000050      4,072
Alabama..........................      771      170         26        22.0        3.1      223         30        28.9        3.4      1.05   -.000948      4,072
Alaska...........................      134       16          3        11.6        2.4       23          4        16.9        2.8      0.18   -.001131      4,072
Arizona..........................    1,090      191         30        17.6        2.6      245         34        22.5        2.8      1.23   -.000837      4,072
Arkansas.........................      502       99         16        19.7        3.0      143         19        28.4        3.3      0.68   -.001004      4,072
California.......................    6,828    1,227         78        18.0        1.0    1,620         89        23.7        1.2      1.25   -.000142      4,072
Colorado.........................      821       86         20        10.5        2.4      130         25        15.9        2.8      1.20   -.001057      4,072
Connecticut......................      621       68         15        11.0        2.4       88         18        14.2        2.7      0.88   -.001037      4,072
Delaware.........................      134       14          4        10.7        2.5       23          5        17.4        3.1      0.22   -.001069      4,072
District of Columbia.............       77       21          4        27.1        4.3       31          5        40.8        4.8      0.18   -.001369      4,072
Florida..........................    2,937      448         45        15.3        1.4      629         53        21.4        1.6      1.12   -.000257      4,072
Georgia..........................    1,640      313         36        19.1        2.0      397         41        24.2        2.2      1.08   -.000489      4,072
Hawaii...........................      203       17          5         8.6        2.1       25          5        12.4        2.5      0.29   -.000942      4,072
Idaho............................      275       31          7        11.2        2.3       48          8        17.6        2.8      0.36   -.001027      4,072
Illinois.........................    2,266      425         43        18.8        1.8      491         47        21.7        1.9      1.13   -.000365      4,072
Indiana..........................    1,118      182         28        16.3        2.3      234         31        20.9        2.6      1.08   -.000708      4,072
Iowa.............................      479       53         13        11.1        2.5       82         16        17.2        3.1      0.77   -.001072      4,072
Kansas...........................      483       66         14        13.6        2.7       85         16        17.6        3.0      0.73   -.001104      4,072
Kentucky.........................      719      155         25        21.6        3.2      191         28        26.6        3.4      1.05   -.001040      4,072
Louisiana........................      796      139         24        17.5        2.8      182         27        22.8        3.1      1.05   -.001044      4,072
Maine............................      211       25          6        12.1        2.8       32          7        15.2        3.1      0.39   -.001215      4,072
Maryland.........................      957      116         23        12.1        2.3      144         25        15.1        2.5      1.13   -.000832      4,072
Massachusetts....................    1,124       93         20         8.3        1.7      132         24        11.8        2.0      1.06   -.000685      4,072
Michigan.........................    1,876      301         36        16.1        1.8      381         40        20.3        2.0      1.09   -.000444      4,072
Minnesota........................      896       73         18         8.2        1.9      101         21        11.3        2.2      1.07   -.000856      4,072
Mississippi......................      553      148         20        26.8        3.2      183         22        33.1        3.4      0.71   -.001026      4,072
Missouri.........................    1,057      180         28        17.0        2.5      236         32        22.3        2.7      1.11   -.000790      4,072
Montana..........................      149       20          4        13.7        2.8       32          5        21.2        3.3      0.24   -.001055      4,072
Nebraska.........................      309       26          7         8.5        2.2       49          9        15.7        2.8      0.46   -.001081      4,072
Nevada...........................      441       61         13        13.7        2.7       83         15        18.9        3.1      0.67   -.001117      4,072
New Hampshire....................      216       15          5         7.1        2.1       22          5        10.2        2.4      0.34   -.001065      4,072
New Jersey.......................    1,609      125         24         7.8        1.4      170         28        10.6        1.6      1.12   -.000529      4,072
New Mexico.......................      357       78         13        21.9        3.4      100         15        28.0        3.7      0.58   -.001230      4,072
New York.........................    3,358      690         56        20.5        1.5      823         61        24.5        1.6      1.17   -.000251      4,072
North Carolina...................    1,541      286         35        18.6        2.1      365         40        23.7        2.3      1.11   -.000528      4,072
North Dakota.....................       99        9          2         9.1        2.3       13          3        13.4        2.8      0.16   -.001049      4,072
Ohio.............................    2,020      288         35        14.3        1.6      372         40        18.4        1.8      1.09   -.000393      4,072
Oklahoma.........................      580       85         18        14.6        2.8      124         21        21.5        3.3      0.91   -.001062      4,072
Oregon...........................      619       81         18        13.1        2.7      118         22        19.1        3.2      1.01   -.001133      4,072
Pennsylvania.....................    2,026      314         37        15.5        1.7      420         42        20.8        1.9      1.09   -.000363      4,072
Rhode Island.....................      186       33          6        17.7        3.1       42          7        22.7        3.4      0.30   -.001158      4,072
South Carolina...................      716      141         24        19.7        3.1      178         27        24.9        3.4      1.06   -.001029      4,072
South Dakota.....................      130       22          4        16.7        2.7       28          4        21.6        3.0      0.17   -.000908      4,072
Tennessee........................      999      180         28        18.0        2.6      243         32        24.4        2.8      1.08   -.000743      4,072
Texas............................    4,399      956         69        21.7        1.4    1,234         78        28.1        1.5      1.28   -.000229      4,072
Utah.............................      542       58         11        10.7        2.0       81         13        14.9        2.3      0.54   -.000889      4,072
Vermont..........................      100        8          2         8.2        2.3       12          3        11.9        2.8      0.18   -.001186      4,072
Virginia.........................    1,287      140         25        10.9        1.8      203         29        15.7        2.1      1.08   -.000595      4,072
Washington.......................    1,130      164         27        14.5        2.3      217         31        19.2        2.5      1.15   -.000751      4,072
West Virginia....................      289       48          9        16.5        2.8       80         11        27.8        3.3      0.39   -.000886      4,072
Wisconsin........................      935      168         27        17.9        2.7      196         29        21.0        2.8      1.10   -.000818      4,072
Wyoming..........................       84        9          2        10.6        2.6       13          3        15.5        3.1      0.15   -.001214      4,072
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.


Poverty Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: November 02, 2006
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