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Appendix B
Children in the States
TABLE B1
Child Population and Children In Poverty
All children, 1996 Poor children, 1993
Percentage
Percentage
of state of children State County with highest Rate in
State Number population Number in the state rank- child poverty rate county
Alabama 1,076,436 25.2% 288,512 26.2% 41 Perry County 51.5%
Alaska 184,387 30.4 30,628 15.9 11 Wade Hampton Census Area 48.2
Arizona 1,150,186 26.0 321,595 28.0 44 Apache County 47.5
Arkansas 659,448 26.3 170,943 26.0 39 Lee County 58.3
California 8,866,413 27.8 2,331,091 26.4 42 Fresno County 41.1
Colorado 997,938 26.1 162,858 16.5 14 Costilla County 43.6
Connecticut 797,950 24.4 131,786 16.5 14 Hartford County 20.7
Delaware 176,015 24.3 29,897 16.7 16 Sussex County 20.9
District ofColumbia 109,559 20.2 38,697 33.3 49 District ofColumbia 33.3
Florida 3,423,067 23.8 827,435 24.7 36 Dade County 38.4
Georgia 1,952,456 26.6 480,129 25.2 37 Clay County 49.2
HawaU 306,523 25.9 45,984 14.9 5 Hawaii County 22.9
Idaho 348,509 29.3 54,066 15.5 9 Shoshone County 27.8
Illinois 3,155,905 26.6 643,528 20.4 30 Alexander County 42.9
Indiana 1,498,524 25.7 260,217 17.3 20 Lake County 25.5
Iowa 719,339 25.2 112,170 15.1 7 Appanoose County 26.9
Kansas 687,314 26.7 117,134 16.7 16 Wyandotte County 32.1
Kentucky 968,660 24.9 277,678 28.1 45 Owsley County 65.0
Louisiana 1,233,455 28.4 419,234 33.3 49 East Carroll Parish 62.3
Maine 299,519 24.1 60,358 19.4 26 Washington County 30.7
Maryland 1,286,190 25.4 194,218 15.1 7 Baltimore city 40.9
Massachusetts 1,421,929 23.3 269,681 18.7 24 Suffolk County 35.7
Michigan 2,537,014 26.4 607,192 23.6 34 Wayne County 41.5
Minnesota 1,247,008 26.8 185,224 14.7 4 Beltrami County 29.3
Mississippi 756,134 27.8 261,597 33.9 51 Holmes County 62.2
Missouri 1,394,199 26.0 303,044 21.6 33 St. Louis city 51.8
Montana 232,751 26.5 47,745 19.8 29 Glacier County 37.6
Nebraska 442,186 26.8 62,619 13.9 3 Thurston County 29.9
Nevada 416,750 26.0 64,454 16.7 16 Clark County 18.6
New Hampshire 295,866 25.5 34,116 11.5 I Carroll County 17.1
New Jersey 1,986,972 24.9 311,444 15.7 10 Essex County 31.5
New Mexico 501,233 29.3 154,078 30.6 47 McKinley County 45.9
New York 4,540,534 25.0 1,226,505 26.7 43 Bronx County 53.4
North Carolina 1,833,617 25.0 354,012 19.7 27 Hyde County 38.7
North Dakota 168,643 26.2 28,056 16.2 13 Sioux County 43.5
Ohio 2,847,841 25.5 626,433 21.5 32 Scioto County 37.2
Oklahoma 880,796 26.7 226,841 25.4 38 Harmon County 45.9
Oregon 808,406 25.2 146,719 18.3 23 Josephine County 28.9
Pennsylvania 2,894,676 24.0 582,194 19.7 27 Philadelphia County 43.3
Rhode Island 235,283 23.8 49,456 20.6 31 Providence County 27.5
South Carolina 937,765 25.4 227,943 23.7 35 Allendale County 43.1
South Dakota 204,156 27.9 40,072 19.2 25 Shannon County 58.7
Tennessee 1,322,161 24.9 342,542 26.0 39 Hancock County 47.4
Texas 5,452,277 28.5 1,539,249 28.6 46 Starr County 59.3
Utah 678,803 33.9 93,257 13.6 2 San Juan County 34.6
Vermont 146,648 24.9 25,470 17.0 19 Orleans County 26.8
Virginia 1,631,836 24.4 289,223 17.8 22 Richmond city 44.1
Washington 1,436,804 26.0 248,624 17.3 20 Yakima County 33.3
West Virginia 421,933 23.1 142,138 32.6 48 McDowell County 60.4
Wisconsin 1,343,034 26.0 218,733 15.9 II Menominee County 40.3
Wyoming 133,275 27.7 20,673 14.9 5 Goshen County 24.8
United States 69,048,323 26.0 15,727,492 22.7 Owsley County, KY 65.0
a. States are ranked by percentage ofchildren in poverty, from lowest to highest.
Source: U.S. Department ofCommerce, Bureau ofthe Census. Calculations by Children's Defense Fund.
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