Top Ten States with Highest Percentage of Children under 18 Living in Poverty

 

District of Columbia   33.9 %
Mississippi 31.0 %
Louisiana 30.0 %
New Mexico 27.7 %
Arkansas   25.9 %
Kentucky   25.0 %
West Virginia 24.4 %
Alabama 23.3 %
Texas 22.9 %
South Carolina 22.8 %
 


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 American Community Survey

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The Face of Poverty in America
Poverty and the Working Poor
Poverty: 2004 Snapshot
 
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