| New
Jersey Ranks Sixth in the Nation in Fewest Percent of People 65+
years Below Poverty Level in the Past Year, 2003
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2003 American Community Survey
| Rank |
State |
Percentage |
|
Rank |
State |
Percentage |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Alaska |
4.8 |
|
26 |
Virginia |
9.0 |
| 2 |
Connecticut |
5.4 |
|
27 |
Nebraska |
9.1 |
| 3 |
Delaware |
6.2 |
|
28 |
Maine |
9.4 |
| 3 |
Wyoming |
6.2 |
|
28 |
Massachusetts |
9.4 |
| 5 |
Washington |
6.8 |
|
28 |
Illinois |
9.4 |
| 6 |
NEW
JERSEY |
7.2 |
|
31 |
Colorado |
9.5 |
| 7 |
Wisconsin |
7.3 |
|
32 |
Florida |
9.6 |
| 8 |
Hawaii |
7.5 |
|
33 |
Missouri |
10.4 |
| 8 |
Indiana |
7.5 |
|
34 |
Rhode
Island |
10.6 |
| 10 |
California |
7.6 |
|
35 |
South
Dakota |
10.8 |
| 10 |
Iowa |
7.6 |
|
36 |
Oklahoma |
11.3 |
| 10 |
Utah |
7.6 |
|
37 |
New
York |
12.0 |
| 13 |
Arizona |
7.9 |
|
38 |
South
Carolina |
12.1 |
| 13 |
Kansas |
7.9 |
|
39 |
Tennessee |
12.4 |
| 15 |
Idaho |
8.0 |
|
40 |
North
Dakota |
12.6 |
| 15 |
Nevada |
8.0 |
|
41 |
West
Virginia |
12.7 |
| 17 |
Ohio |
8.1 |
|
42 |
Arkansas |
12.9 |
| 18 |
Oregon |
8.3 |
|
42 |
North
Carolina |
12.9 |
| 19 |
Michigan |
8.4 |
|
44 |
Texas |
13.0 |
| 19 |
Minnesota |
8.4 |
|
45 |
New
Mexico |
13.1 |
| 19 |
Montana |
8.4 |
|
46 |
Georgia |
13.3 |
| 22 |
Maryland |
8.7 |
|
47 |
Alabama |
13.7 |
| 22 |
Pennsylvania |
8.7 |
|
48 |
Kentucky |
14.2 |
24
|
New Hampshire |
8.9 |
|
49 |
Louisiana |
14.8 |
| 24 |
Vermont |
8.9 |
|
50 |
Mississippi |
16.4 |
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|
50
State Average
|
9.7% |
| |
|
|
|
|
N.J.
% Below Average |
26% |
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