Table: Child Poverty by Region & State, 2019
| Percent Poor |
+/- | Change Since 2018 |
Change Since 2007 |
|
| United States | 16.8 | 0.2 | -1.2 | -1.2 |
| Northeast | 15.3 | 0.4 | -0.7 | -0.4 |
| Midwest | 15.6 | 0.4 | -1.1 | -1.1 |
| South | 19.1 | 0.4 | -1.5 | -1.5 |
| West | 15.0 | 0.4 | -1.3 | -1.9 |
| Alabama | 21.4 | 1.3 | -2.4 | -2.9 |
| Alaska | 13.0 | 2.6 | -1.1 | 1.5 |
| Arizona | 19.1 | 1.3 | -1.0 | -1.1 |
| Arkansas | 22.1 | 1.5 | -2.6 | -3.7 |
| California | 15.6 | 0.5 | -1.8 | -1.7 |
| Colorado | 10.9 | 1.1 | -1.0 | -5.4 |
| Connecticut | 14.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Delaware | 16.4 | 3.5 | -2.3 | 1.7 |
| District of Colombia | 18.9 | 4.4 | -4.2 | -3.8 |
| Florida | 17.7 | 0.8 | -2.0 | 0.6 |
| Georgia | 18.7 | 1.1 | -1.8 | -1.0 |
| Hawaii | 12.4 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| Idaho | 13.2 | 1.9 | -1.1 | -2.7 |
| Illinois | 15.7 | 0.8 | -0.5 | -0.9 |
| Indiana | 15.2 | 1.1 | -2.8 | -2.1 |
| Iowa | 13.0 | 1.2 | -0.5 | -0.6 |
| Kansas | 14.7 | 1.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 21.7 | 1.4 | -1.3 | -2.2 |
| Louisiana | 27.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Maine | 13.8 | 2.0 | -0.7 | -1.6 |
| Maryland | 12.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Massachusetts | 11.6 | 1.0 | -0.6 | -1.3 |
| Michigan | 17.6 | 0.8 | -1.8 | -1.8 |
| Minnesota | 11.2 | 1.0 | -0.5 | -0.8 |
| Mississippi | 28.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | -1.2 |
| Missouri | 17.1 | 1.1 | -1.2 | -0.6 |
| Montana | 14.9 | 2.3 | -1.1 | -3.4 |
| Nebraska | 11.0 | 1.3 | -1.9 | -3.9 |
| Nevada | 16.9 | 1.5 | -0.8 | 1.6 |
| New Hampshire | 7.1 | 1.4 | -3.5 | -1.7 |
| New Jersey | 12.3 | 0.8 | -1.4 | 0.7 |
| New Mexico | 24.9 | 2.1 | -1.4 | -0.6 |
| New York | 18.1 | 0.7 | -0.5 | -1.3 |
| North Carolina | 19.5 | 1.0 | -0.7 | 0.0 |
| North Dakota | 10.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | -3.2 |
| Ohio | 18.4 | 0.8 | -1.1 | -0.1 |
| Oklahoma | 19.9 | 1.1 | -1.8 | -2.6 |
| Oregon | 13.1 | 1.4 | -2.6 | -3.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 16.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Rhode Island | 14.0 | 2.9 | -4.0 | -3.5 |
| South Carolina | 19.7 | 1.4 | -2.9 | -1.2 |
| South Dakota | 15.0 | 2.5 | -1.4 | -1.8 |
| Tennessee | 19.7 | 1.2 | -2.6 | -3.3 |
| Texas | 19.2 | 0.6 | -1.9 | -4.0 |
| Utah | 9.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | -1.1 |
| Vermont | 10.2 | 2.1 | -1.9 | -2.2 |
| Virginia | 13.4 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 0.4 |
| Washington | 12.0 | 1.0 | -0.5 | -3.0 |
| West Virginia | 20.1 | 2.3 | -4.4 | -2.7 |
| Wisconsin | 13.5 | 1.0 | -0.5 | -0.9 |
| Wyoming | 11.6 | 2.5 | -2.2 | 0.0 |
Note: Change is displayed in percentage points and based on unrounded percentages. Results may differ slightly from those that would be obtained using rounded figures. Bold font indicates a statistically significant change (p<0.05). Margins of error (“+/-”) refer to the 95 percent confidence interval around the 2019 estimated percent poor.
Source: American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates, 2007, 2018, and 2019.
