Income, poverty, health insurance: how your state ranks


State Median income % of people living in poverty % of people without health insurance
Alabama $40,554 16.9% 12.0%
Alaska $64,333 8.9% 18.2%
Arizona $49,889 14.2% 18.3%
Arkansas $38,134 17.9% 16.1%
California $59,948 12.4% 18.2%
Colorado $55,212 12.0% 16.4%
Connecticut $65,967 7.9% 9.4%
Delaware $54,610 10.5% 11.2%
District of Columbia $54,317 16.4% 9.5%
Florida $47,804 12.1% 20.2%
Georgia $49,136 14.3% 17.5%
Hawaii $63,746 8.0% 7.5%
Idaho $46,253 12.1% 13.9%
Illinois $54,124 11.9% 13.4%
Indiana $47,448 12.3% 11.4%
Iowa $47,292 11.0% 9.3%
Kansas $47,451 11.2% 12.7%
Kentucky $40,267 17.3% 13.6%
Louisiana $40,926 18.6% 18.5%
Maine $45,888 12.0% 8.8%
Maryland $68,080 8.3% 13.7%
Massachusetts $62,365 9.9% 5.4%
Michigan $47,950 14.0% 11.6%
Minnesota $55,802 9.5% 8.3%
Mississippi $36,338 20.6% 18.8%
Missouri $45,114 13.0% 12.6%
Montana $43,531 14.1% 15.6%
Nebraska $47,085 11.2% 13.2%
Nevada $55,062 10.7% 17.2%
New Hampshire $62,369 7.1% 10.5%
New Jersey $67,035 8.6% 15.8%
New Mexico $41,452 18.1% 22.5%
New York $53,514 13.7% 13.2%
North Carolina $44,670 14.3% 16.4%
North Dakota $43,753 12.1% 10.0%
Ohio $46,597 13.1% 11.7%
Oklahoma $41,567 15.9% 17.8%
Oregon $48,730 12.9% 16.8%
Pennsylvania $48,576 11.6% 9.5%
Puerto Rico $17,741 45.5% N.A.
Rhode Island $53,568 12.0% 10.8%
South Carolina $43,329 15.0% 16.4%
South Dakota $43,424 13.1% 10.1%
Tennessee $42,367 15.9% 14.4%
Texas $47,548 16.3% 25.2%
Utah $55,109 9.7% 15.3%
Vermont $49,907 10.1% 11.2%
Virginia $59,562 9.9% 14.8%
Washington $55,591 11.4% 11.3%
West Virginia $37,060 16.9% 14.1%
Wisconsin $50,578 10.8% 8.2%
Wyoming $51,731 8.7% 13.6%
U.S. average $50,740 13.0% 12.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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