TABLE II.1 Percentages of state residents living in poverty, 2012–2013 two-year average
| State |
Percent |
State |
Percent |
State |
Percent |
| Alabama |
16.4 |
Connecticut |
10.8 |
Delaware |
13.7 |
| Florida |
15.1 |
Georgia |
17.2 |
Illinois |
12.9 |
| Indiana |
13.4 |
Kentucky |
18.9 |
Maine |
12.5 |
| Maryland |
10.1 |
Massachusetts |
11.6 |
Michigan |
14.1 |
| Mississippi |
22.2 |
New Hampshire |
8.6 |
New Jersey |
10.2 |
| New York |
15.9 |
North Carolina |
17.9 |
Ohio |
14.5 |
| Pennsylvania |
13.1 |
Rhode Island |
13.6 |
South Carolina |
16.3 |
| Tennessee |
18.4 |
Vermont |
10.0 |
Virginia |
10.5 |
| West Virginia |
17.0 |
Wisconsin |
11.2 |
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Source: www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/index.html
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