2001 State-by-State Poverty Breakdown

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2001 State-by-State Poverty Breakdown

	Total in poverty (in thousands)
United States	32,907
Alabama	696
Alaska	54
Arizona	778
Arkansas	472
California	4,321
Colorado	383
Connecticut	249
Delaware	53
DC	101
Florida	2,077
Georgia	1,069
Hawaii	138
Idaho	151
Illinois	1,249
Indiana	511
Iowa	212
Kansas	267
Kentucky	503
Louisiana	709
Maine	132
Maryland	385
Massachusetts	561
Michigan	927
Minnesota	361
Mississippi	539
Missouri	537
Montana	119
Nebraska	158
Nevada	152
New Hampshire	81
New Jersey	683
New Mexico	323
New York	2,664
North Carolina	1,013
North Dakota	86
Ohio	1,174
Oklahoma	508
Oregon	408
Pennsylvania	1,158
Rhode Island	100
South Carolina	603
South Dakota	62
Tennessee	802
Texas	3,129
Utah	238
Vermont	59
Virginia	564
Washington	634
West Virginia	291
Wisconsin	423
Wyoming	42

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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