Income and Poverty - Income below 200% poverty level (2021) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name 2011-2015 Rank 2011-2015 Mississippi 1 41 New Mexico 2 39 Arkansas 3 38 Louisiana 4 38 West Virginia 5 37 Oklahoma 6 36 Kentucky 7 35 Alabama 8 35 South Carolina 9 34 Tennessee 10 33 Texas 11 33 North Carolina 12 32 Florida 13 32 Georgia 14 32 Arizona 15 32 Idaho 16 31 Nevada 17 31 Montana 18 31 Missouri 19 30 Michigan 20 30 Ohio 21 30 Indiana 22 30 South Dakota 23 29 Oregon 24 29 California 25 29 Kansas 26 28 New York 27 28 Iowa 28 27 Maine 29 27 Pennsylvania 30 27 Nebraska 31 27 Illinois 32 27 Wyoming 33 26 Wisconsin 34 26 Delaware 35 26 Vermont 36 26 North Dakota 37 25 Rhode Island 38 25 Alaska 39 25 Utah 40 25 Colorado 41 24 Virginia 42 24 Washington 43 24 Minnesota 44 23 Connecticut 45 23 New Jersey 46 22 Hawaii 47 22 Massachusetts 48 21 Maryland 49 21 New Hampshire 50 19 Source: 1989, 1999, and 2014-2020: U.S. Bureau of the Census, (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/); DATE LAST UPDATED: December 9, 2022.