PERCENT OF RURAL POPULATION LIVING IN POVERTY
TEN STATES IN EXCESS OF 20 PER CENT POVERTY 1990
STATE 1980 1990
Louisiana 24.1 29.1
Mississippi 26.6 28.3
New Mexico 21.1 26.0
Arizona 21.2 25.1
Kentucky 21.9 23.9
Texas 19.0 23.4
West Virginia 17.3 23.0
Alabama 23.0 22.8
Arkansas 21.7 22.2
Oklahoma 17.0 20.8
14 STATES WHERE POVERTY RATE IS 14.9 TO 20.0 in 1990
South Carolina 20.5 19.8
Georgia 20.8 19.4
South Dakota 19.6 18.7
Missouri 16.7 18.4
Tennessee 18.9 18.0
Montana 13.1 17.1
Florida 19.7 17.1
North Carolina 18.3 16.5
North Dakota 14.4 16.3
Washington 12.2 15.6
Colorado 13.0 15.4
Virginia 15.4 15.3
Oregon 12.0 15.0
California 12.0 14.9
12 STATES WHERE POVERTY RATE IS
BETWEEN 11.5 TO 14.8 PER CENT IN 1990
Michigan 12.0 14.6
Idaho 13.4 14.3
Utah 12.2 14.1
Illinois 11.0 14.0
Ohio 10.9 13.5
Kansas 11.7 13.5
Minnesota 13.4 13.3
New York 13.4 12.9
Nebraska 12.4 12.6
Pennsylvania 10.9 12.5
Wyoming 8.3 12.2
Iowa 11.0 11.8
14 STATES WHERE POVERTY RATE IS
BELOW CHINA RATE OF 11.5 PER CENT
Maine 13.8 11.2
Maryland 12.9 11.1
Wisconsin 10.0 11.1
Delaware 13.6 10.7
Hawaii 11.1 10.6
Indiana 10.1 10.6
Alaska 13.4 10.4
Vermont 12.3 10.2
Nevada 9.7 9.7
Massachusetts 10.4 9.0
New Hampshire 10.1 7.7
New Jersey 9.5 7.6
Rhode Island 9.9 7.5
Connecticut 6.8 5.5
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