Poverty rose throughout the West and Midwest last year, as slowdowns in housing and manufacturing sent more struggling families below the poverty line, according to a report released Tuesday. Click the column headers to sort.



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Alabama 16.6 16.9 15.7 Alaska 10.9 8.9 8.4 Arizona 14.2 14.2 14.7 Arkansas 17.3 17.9 17.3 California 13.1 12.4 13.3 Colorado 12.0 12.0 11.4 Connecticut 8.3 7.9 9.3 Delaware 11.1 10.5 10.0 District of Columbia 19.6 16.4 17.2 Florida 12.6 12.1 13.2 Georgia 14.7 14.3 14.7 Hawaii 9.3 8.0 9.1 Idaho 12.6 12.1 12.6 Illinois 12.3 11.9 12.2 Indiana 12.7 12.3 13.1 Iowa 11.0 11.0 11.5 Kansas 12.4 11.2 11.3 Kentucky 17.0 17.3 17.3 Louisiana 19.0 18.6 17.3 Maine 12.9 12.0 12.3 Maryland 7.8 8.3 8.1 Massachusetts 9.9 9.9 10.0 Michigan 13.5 14.0 14.4 Minnesota 9.8 9.5 9.6 Mississippi 21.1 20.6 21.2 Missouri 13.6 13.0 13.4 Montana 13.6 14.1 14.8 Nebraska 11.5 11.2 10.8 Nevada 10.3 10.7 11.3 New Hampshire 8.0 7.1 7.6 New Jersey 8.7 8.6 8.7 New Mexico 18.5 18.1 17.1 New York 14.2 13.7 13.6 North Carolina 14.7 14.3 14.6 North Dakota 11.4 12.1 12.0 Ohio 13.3 13.1 13.4 Oklahoma 17.0 15.9 15.9 Oregon 13.3 12.9 13.6 Pennsylvania 12.1 11.6 12.1 Rhode Island 11.1 12.0 11.7 South Carolina 15.7 15.0 15.7 South Dakota 13.6 13.1 12.5 Tennessee 16.2 15.9 15.5 Texas 16.9 16.3 15.8 United States 13.3 13.0 13.2 Utah 10.6 9.7 9.6 Vermont 10.3 10.1 10.6 Virginia 9.6 9.9 10.2 Washington 11.8 11.4 11.3 West Virginia 17.3 16.9 17.0 Wisconsin 11.0 10.8 10.4 Wyoming 9.4 8.7 9.4

Source: William H. Frey, based on U.S. Census's American Community Survey data



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