Most Impoverished States in America (AFTER cost of living) (better, rates, comparison)
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Below you will find poverty levels for each state after cost of living adjustments. This is also know as the Supplemental Povery Measure or SPM. I also threw in poverty levels before cost of living adjustments for comparison. This is also known as the Official Poverty Measure or OPM.
All data comes from the US Census.
Sources with more data, breakdowns, criteria, calculations among other stuff...
Below you will find poverty levels for each state after cost of living adjustments. This is also know as the Supplemental Povery Measure or SPM. I also threw in poverty levels before cost of living adjustments for comparison. This is also known as the Official Poverty Measure or OPM.
All data comes from the US Census.
Sources with more data, breakdowns, criteria, calculations among other stuff...
Below you will find poverty levels for each state after cost of living adjustments. This is also know as the Supplemental Povery Measure or SPM. I also threw in poverty levels before cost of living adjustments for comparison.
Thanks for this! I've calculated the changes over those 10 years.
Change in poverty rate, 2009-2019 -47.86% Rhode Island
-41.06% Montana
-39.25% Minnesota
-37.01% Utah
-36.60% Michigan
-36.36% Idaho
-36.21% Kansas
-34.31% Iowa
-33.04% Wisconsin
-32.52% Tennessee
-32.20% Arizona
-30.83% Missouri
-30.77% Washington
-30.00% Kentucky
-29.94% Oregon
-27.86% Ohio
-25.69% Oklahoma
-24.86% Georgia
-24.82% Indiana
-23.89% California
-23.86% Hawaii
-23.78% Arkansas
-23.13% Colorado
-22.97% Illinois
-22.61% Florida
-22.49% South Carolina
-22.45% Mississippi
-22.43% New Hampshire
-22.36% UNITED STATES
-21.26% Texas
-21.08% Alabama
-20.24% Nevada
-18.13% North Carolina
-17.86% Nebraska
-17.24% Maine
-17.12% South Dakota
-16.15% Pennsylvania
-15.15% Massachusetts
-14.47% New Mexico
-14.18% Virginia
-13.93% Delaware
-12.96% Vermont
-11.11% New York
-10.71% New Jersey
-8.28% West Virgina
-5.08% Connecticut
-4.02% Washington DC
-4.00% Maryland
0.62% Louisiana
4.49% North Dakota
9.20% Wyoming
20.59% Alaska
Only 4 states saw an increase. And way to go, Rhode Island!
Thanks for this! I've calculated the changes over those 10 years.
Change in poverty rate, 2009-2019 -47.86% Rhode Island
-41.06% Montana
-39.25% Minnesota
-37.01% Utah
-36.60% Michigan
-36.36% Idaho
-36.21% Kansas
-34.31% Iowa
-33.04% Wisconsin
-32.52% Tennessee
-32.20% Arizona
-30.83% Missouri
-30.77% Washington
-30.00% Kentucky
-29.94% Oregon
-27.86% Ohio
-25.69% Oklahoma
-24.86% Georgia
-24.82% Indiana
-23.89% California
-23.86% Hawaii
-23.78% Arkansas
-23.13% Colorado
-22.97% Illinois
-22.61% Florida
-22.49% South Carolina
-22.45% Mississippi
-22.43% New Hampshire
-22.36% UNITED STATES
-21.26% Texas
-21.08% Alabama
-20.24% Nevada
-18.13% North Carolina
-17.86% Nebraska
-17.24% Maine
-17.12% South Dakota
-16.15% Pennsylvania
-15.15% Massachusetts
-14.47% New Mexico
-14.18% Virginia
-13.93% Delaware
-12.96% Vermont
-11.11% New York
-10.71% New Jersey
-8.28% West Virgina
-5.08% Connecticut
-4.02% Washington DC
-4.00% Maryland
0.62% Louisiana
4.49% North Dakota
9.20% Wyoming
20.59% Alaska
Only 4 states saw an increase. And way to go, Rhode Island!
California is skewed downward by the massive tech windfall which has inflated the entire state's income numbers. I bring that up because statistically poverty might be improving, but the time period of this study is when homelessness soared in CA--it's really a travesty. Everyone complains but when asked to support building more housing, NIMBYs fight tooth and nail to stop it.
Below you will find poverty levels for each state after cost of living adjustments. This is also know as the Supplemental Povery Measure or SPM. I also threw in poverty levels before cost of living adjustments for comparison. This is also known as the Official Poverty Measure or OPM.
All data comes from the US Census.
Sources with more data, breakdowns, criteria, calculations among other stuff...
California is skewed downward by the massive tech windfall which has inflated the entire state's income numbers. I bring that up because statistically poverty might be improving, but the time period of this study is when homelessness soared in CA--it's really a travesty. Everyone complains but when asked to support building more housing, NIMBYs fight tooth and nail to stop it.
Usually I think your posts are pretty good, but IMO you missed the mark on this one. Poverty rates aren't affected by mean income, except as it drives up COL for the supplemental poverty rate. The poverty rate is a measure of how many people make below a certain income; it doesn't matter how much above that income other workers are. Most of this change is just the recovery from the low point of the Great Recession. Most people were way better off last year than they were at the bottom of the recession, including many poor. This year, with the incompetent federal coronavirus response, the working poor took the brunt of the hit, so 2020's numbers will look very different. As for California's approach to homelessness, there are separate threads for that.
Usually I think your posts are pretty good, but IMO you missed the mark on this one. Poverty rates aren't affected by mean income, except as it drives up COL for the supplemental poverty rate. The poverty rate is a measure of how many people make below a certain income; it doesn't matter how much above that income other workers are. Most of this change is just the recovery from the low point of the Great Recession. Most people were way better off last year than they were at the bottom of the recession, including many poor. This year, with the incompetent federal coronavirus response, the working poor took the brunt of the hit, so 2020's numbers will look very different. As for California's approach to homelessness, there are separate threads for that.
Thank you for the insight, I appreciate it.
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