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Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement
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POV46: Poverty Status by State: 2006
       Below 100% and 125% of Poverty -- All Ages /1
[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
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                         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
All Ages /1

WEIGHTED PERSON COUNT
United States..........  296,450   36,460        411        12.3        0.1   49,688        467        16.8        0.2      1.00   -.000018      5,282
Alabama................    4,532      650         56        14.3        1.2      914         64        20.2        1.4      1.05   -.001218      5,282
Alaska.................      658       58          7         8.9        1.1       82          8        12.5        1.3      0.18   -.001465      5,282
Arizona................    6,256      902         71        14.4        1.1    1,231         80        19.7        1.3      1.23   -.001048      5,282
Arkansas...............    2,748      487         38        17.7        1.4      669         43        24.3        1.6      0.68   -.001292      5,282
California.............   36,160    4,427        160        12.2        0.4    6,279        185        17.4        0.5      1.25   -.000183      5,282
Colorado...............    4,797      466         52         9.7        1.1      667         60        13.9        1.3      1.20   -.001341      5,282
Connecticut............    3,457      275         34         8.0        1.0      376         39        10.9        1.1      0.88   -.001349      5,282
Delaware...............      858       80          9         9.3        1.1       98         10        11.5        1.2      0.22   -.001374      5,282
District of Columbia...      569      104          9        18.3        1.6      121         10        21.2        1.7      0.18   -.001675      5,282
Florida................   18,029    2,068        104        11.5        0.6    2,883        120        16.0        0.7      1.12   -.000329      5,282
Georgia................    9,334    1,172         76        12.6        0.8    1,585         87        17.0        0.9      1.08   -.000615      5,282
Hawaii.................    1,254      116         13         9.2        1.0      159         15        12.7        1.2      0.29   -.001230      5,282
Idaho..................    1,472      141         16         9.5        1.1      233         19        15.8        1.3      0.36   -.001298      5,282
Illinois...............   12,633    1,338         85        10.6        0.7    1,838         97        14.5        0.8      1.13   -.000470      5,282
Indiana................    6,334      674         59        10.6        0.9      845         65        13.3        1.0      1.08   -.000912      5,282
Iowa...................    2,913      301         33        10.3        1.1      420         38        14.4        1.3      0.77   -.001382      5,282
Kansas.................    2,719      349         34        12.8        1.3      457         38        16.8        1.4      0.73   -.001421      5,282
Kentucky...............    4,106      690         56        16.8        1.4      911         63        22.2        1.5      1.05   -.001339      5,282
Louisiana..............    4,206      713         57        17.0        1.4      942         64        22.4        1.5      1.05   -.001318      5,282
Maine..................    1,313      134         16        10.2        1.2      188         18        14.3        1.4      0.39   -.001578      5,282
Maryland...............    5,607      469         51         8.4        0.9      631         58        11.3        1.0      1.13   -.001079      5,282
Massachusetts..........    6,324      758         61        12.0        1.0      953         67        15.1        1.1      1.06   -.000881      5,282
Michigan...............    9,953    1,323         81        13.3        0.8    1,749         91        17.6        0.9      1.09   -.000578      5,282
Minnesota..............    5,145      422         47         8.2        0.9      588         54        11.4        1.1      1.07   -.001102      5,282
Mississippi............    2,887      596         42        20.6        1.5      755         46        26.1        1.6      0.71   -.001311      5,282
Missouri...............    5,797      659         58        11.4        1.0      907         67        15.6        1.2      1.11   -.001017      5,282
Montana................      930      125         12        13.5        1.3      174         13        18.7        1.4      0.24   -.001356      5,282
Nebraska...............    1,765      180         20        10.2        1.1      253         23        14.3        1.3      0.46   -.001394      5,282
Nevada.................    2,530      241         28         9.5        1.1      341         32        13.5        1.3      0.67   -.001407      5,282
New Hampshire..........    1,308       71         11         5.4        0.8      114         14         8.7        1.0      0.34   -.001376      5,282
New Jersey.............    8,650      762         64         8.8        0.7    1,006         73        11.6        0.8      1.12   -.000686      5,282
New Mexico.............    1,939      328         29        16.9        1.5      414         32        21.4        1.6      0.58   -.001576      5,282
New York...............   19,021    2,668        119        14.0        0.6    3,487        133        18.3        0.7      1.17   -.000325      5,282
North Carolina.........    8,847    1,225         79        13.8        0.9    1,639         88        18.5        1.0      1.11   -.000670      5,282
North Dakota...........      615       70          7        11.4        1.2       91          8        14.8        1.3      0.16   -.001362      5,282
Ohio...................   11,297    1,371         83        12.1        0.7    1,881         95        16.7        0.8      1.09   -.000509      5,282
Oklahoma...............    3,489      531         47        15.2        1.3      770         54        22.1        1.5      0.91   -.001369      5,282
Oregon.................    3,705      439         45        11.8        1.2      619         52        16.7        1.4      1.01   -.001445      5,282
Pennsylvania...........   12,326    1,397         84        11.3        0.7    1,777         94        14.4        0.8      1.09   -.000470      5,282
Rhode Island...........    1,054      110         13        10.5        1.2      145         14        13.8        1.3      0.30   -.001515      5,282
South Carolina.........    4,224      474         49        11.2        1.1      742         59        17.6        1.4      1.06   -.001312      5,282
South Dakota...........      770       82          8        10.7        1.1      121         10        15.7        1.2      0.17   -.001169      5,282
Tennessee..............    5,916      879         65        14.9        1.1    1,207         74        20.4        1.3      1.08   -.000952      5,282
Texas..................   23,208    3,816        147        16.4        0.6    5,140        165        22.1        0.7      1.28   -.000290      5,282
Utah...................    2,536      235         25         9.3        1.0      357         30        14.1        1.2      0.54   -.001112      5,282
Vermont................      618       48          6         7.8        1.0       72          8        11.6        1.3      0.18   -.001536      5,282
Virginia...............    7,532      651         58         8.6        0.8      878         66        11.7        0.9      1.08   -.000765      5,282
Washington.............    6,310      502         53         8.0        0.8      779         64        12.3        1.0      1.15   -.000957      5,282
West Virginia..........    1,810      277         22        15.3        1.2      373         25        20.6        1.4      0.39   -.001148      5,282
Wisconsin..............    5,471      555         54        10.1        1.0      760         62        13.9        1.1      1.10   -.001058      5,282
Wyoming................      516       51          6        10.0        1.2       66          7        12.7        1.3      0.15   -.001552      5,282
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


Poverty Footnotes

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