# US states by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Louisiana | 18.9 |
| 2 | Mississippi | 18.9 |
| 3 | New Mexico | 17.8 |
| 4 | West Virginia | 16.7 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 16.1 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 16 |
| 7 | Alabama | 15.6 |
| 8 | District of Columbia | 15.4 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 15.3 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 14.1 |
| 11 | New York | 14 |
| 12 | Texas | 13.8 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 13.8 |
| 14 | Georgia | 13.4 |
| 15 | Ohio | 13.3 |
| 16 | Michigan | 13.2 |
| 17 | North Carolina | 13 |
| 18 | Missouri | 12.6 |
| 19 | Florida | 12.6 |
| 20 | Arizona | 12.5 |
| 21 | Nevada | 12.4 |
| 22 | Indiana | 12.3 |
| 23 | California | 12 |
| 24 | Oregon | 11.9 |
| 25 | South Dakota | 11.9 |
| 26 | Illinois | 11.8 |
| 27 | Pennsylvania | 11.7 |
| 28 | Montana | 11.5 |
| 29 | Kansas | 11.3 |
| 30 | Rhode Island | 11.2 |
| 31 | Iowa | 11.1 |
| 32 | North Dakota | 10.8 |
| 33 | Maine | 10.8 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 10.6 |
| 35 | Idaho | 10.6 |
| 36 | Wisconsin | 10.6 |
| 37 | Wyoming | 10.5 |
| 38 | Delaware | 10.4 |
| 39 | Alaska | 10.1 |
| 40 | Vermont | 10.1 |
| 41 | Hawaii | 10 |
| 41 | Massachusetts | 10 |
| 43 | Connecticut | 10 |
| 44 | Washington | 9.9 |
| 45 | Virginia | 9.9 |
| 46 | New Jersey | 9.7 |
| 47 | Maryland | 9.5 |
| 48 | Colorado | 9.4 |
| 49 | Minnesota | 9.3 |
| 50 | Utah | 8.5 |
| 51 | New Hampshire | 7.3 |