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. STATE STATS
   

NJ Ranks 47th in Percent of Population that is Below the Poverty Line, 2005
Source: 2005 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             

1

Mississippi

21.3


26

Rhode Island

12.3

2

Louisiana

19.8

 

27

Indiana

12.2

3

New Mexico

18.5

 

28

Illinois

12.0

4

West Virginia

18.0

 

29

Pennsylvania

11.9

5

Texas

17.6

 

29

Washington

11.9

5

Arkansas

17.2

 

31

Kansas

11.7

7

Alabama

17.0

 

32

Vermont

11.5

8

Kentucky

16.8

 

33

Alaska

11.2

9

Oklahoma

16.5

 

33

North Dakota

11.2

10

South Carolina

15.6

 

35

Colorado

11.1

11

Tennessee

15.5

 

35

Nevada

11.1

11

North Carolina

15.1

 

37

Iowa

10.9

13

Georgia

14.4

 

37

Nebraska

10.9

14

Montana

14.4

 

39

Delaware

10.4

15

Arizona

14.2

 

40

Massachusetts

10.3

16

Oregon

14.1

 

41

Utah

10.2

17

Idaho

13.9

 

41

Wisconsin

10.2

17

New York

13.8

 

43

Virginia

10.0

19

South Dakota

13.6

 

44

Hawaii

9.8

20

California

13.3

 

45

Wyoming

9.5

21

Missouri

13.3

 

46

Minnesota

9.2

22

Michigan

13.2

 

47

NEW JERSEY

8.7

23

Ohio

13.0

 

48

Connecticut

8.3

24

Florida

12.8

 

49

Maryland

8.2

24

Maine

12.6

 

50

New Hampshire

7.5

             
          50 State Average
12.95%
          N.J. % Below Average 32.82%

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