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 | Percent of Women and Men Aged 16 and Older Living Above Poverty, 1999, by State, Race, and [NAME] on Data from Census 2000
 | Total Population |  | Whites |  |  | African Americans |  |  | Asian Americans |  |  | Native Americans |  |  | Other/Two or Moreb |  |  | Hispanics
State | Percent of Women | Percent of Men | Percent of Women | Rank for Women   (of 51) | Percent of Men | Percent of Women | Rank for Women   (of 43) | Percent of Men | Percent of Women | Rank for Women   (of 46) | Percent of Men | Percent of Women | Rank for Women   (of 44) | Percent of Men | Percent of Women | Rank for Women   (of 47) | Percent of Men | Percent of Women | Rank for Women   (of 48) | Percent of Men
Alabama | 0.831818246 | 0.8825988739 | 0.8846513445 | 41 | 0.9177483871 | 0.6872810025 | 40 | 0.7723239291 | 0.851496743 | 33 | 0.8486383787 | 0.7508706756 | 30 | 0.8693421053 | 0.8288770053 | 19 | 0.8677366196 | 0.7557840617 | 37 | 0.7701197878
Alaska | 0.9141535793 | 0.9177784646 | 0.9409280476 | 3 | 0.9445792564 | 0.9292047854 | 1 | 0.8874751491 | 0.9026704146 | 8 | 0.873220268 | 0.8066223116 | 12 | 0.8038088023000001 | 0.8839363966 | 2 | 0.8915451256 | 0.8703127115 | 1 | 0.8882674917
Arizona | 0.8672326382 | 0.8909692562 | 0.915879358 | 15 | 0.9348310845 | 0.7932453497 | 13 | 0.8398281435 | 0.8755017201999999 | 19 | 0.8778374632 | 0.6382858648 | 40 | 0.6508166759 | 0.8012785587 | 32 | 0.8488963139 | 0.7631223182 | 32 | 0.808085763
Arkansas | 0.8380534287 | 0.8838952091 | 0.872370839 | 48 | 0.9080144071 | 0.6710418791 | 41 | 0.7658872877 | 0.8586174901 | 29 | 0.8174846626 | 0.779666898 | 23 | 0.8354949926 | 0.8499870231 | 10 | 0.8387936451 | 0.7256713212 | 44 | 0.7712219386
California | 0.8637037359999999 | 0.8874191316 | 0.9152308048 | 16 | 0.9327447477999999 | 0.7892732391 | 14 | 0.8331877142 | 0.8763307605 | 19 | 0.8871741222 | 0.7975518149 | 17 | 0.8369701799 | 0.8477163472 | 11 | 0.8634670232 | 0.7838159244 | 24 | 0.8235922816
Colorado | 0.9012075964 | 0.9242799168 | 0.9241327682 | 12 | 0.9449988877 | 0.8286865523 | 4 | 0.8927391805 | 0.8951291996 | 13 | 0.8972977826 | 0.7922581962999999 | 18 | 0.8349239346 | 0.8438536953 | 13 | 0.8743849822 | 0.8074064421 | 15 | 0.8423774656
Connecticut | 0.9170567968 | 0.9396629439999999 | 0.9451131484999999 | 1 | 0.9622153024 | 0.8193502224 | 6 | 0.8641341147 | 0.9112265715 | 3 | 0.8983648291 | 0.8437931034 | 8 | 0.897689769 | 0.8455634161 | 12 | 0.8704280547000001 | 0.7580542279 | 35 | 0.8109574777
Delaware | 0.9044206738 | 0.9313077088 | 0.9319243633000001 | 5 | 0.9541011615 | 0.8195821177 | 5 | 0.8698882255 | 0.925078983 | 2 | 0.9269216889 |  |  |  | 0.868640148 | 3 | 0.8758421559 | 0.7630936228 | 32 | 0.7961267872
District of Columbia | 0.815411538 | 0.842361269 | 0.9057826978 | 30 | 0.9240391 | 0.7794085845000001 | 15 | 0.7960510145999999 | 0.7898371336 | 44 | 0.790719697 |  |  |  | 0.7851076437 | 42 | 0.8237791932 | 0.7985385551999999 | 19 | 0.8573416034
Florida | 0.8731347239 | 0.9044653979 | 0.9117705657 | 20 | 0.9342965833 | 0.7509394055 | 27 | 0.819209643 | 0.8762890069 | 19 | 0.8734397104 | 0.7852299695 | 22 | 0.8603034134 | 0.793458231 | 36 | 0.832492313 | 0.8147956374 | 11 | 0.8497229637
Georgia | 0.8641780018 | 0.9048074524 | 0.9098302587 | 22 | 0.9381921011 | 0.7694415255 | 19 | 0.841369898 | 0.8978547733 | 12 | 0.8942542884 | 0.8132059079 | 11 | 0.8879943503 | 0.8257906049 | 23 | 0.8670579228999999 | 0.7839157117 | 24 | 0.8103704651
Hawaii | 0.8909767418 | 0.9087244852 | 0.8992158002 | 34 | 0.9105108181 | 0.8924435721 | 2 | 0.9506217121 | 0.9053381137000001 | 7 | 0.9185681682 |  |  |  | 0.8525673831 | 9 | 0.8895658904 | 0.821040531 | 7 | 0.8582945736
Idaho | 0.8791029938 | 0.9095639146 | 0.8892180741 | 39 | 0.9204109586 |  |  |  | 0.8566294685 | 31 | 0.861423221 | 0.7562625708999999 | 28 | 0.8177292744 | 0.8310665712 | 17 | 0.8460015232 | 0.7574581793 | 36 | 0.8068690144
Illinois | 0.8917828887 | 0.9176081638 | 0.9287689467 | 7 | 0.9488880593 | 0.7532331746 | 25 | 0.8022134059 | 0.899410451 | 11 | 0.9051576041 | 0.8555461062 | 4 | 0.8877118643999999 | 0.838252149 | 14 | 0.8682214258000001 | 0.8366529431 | 4 | 0.8606482934999999
Indiana | 0.8982063607 | 0.93039539 | 0.9136457365 | 18 | 0.9427131645 | 0.7721873517 | 17 | 0.8515489548 | 0.8660914733 | 26 | 0.8008647493000001 | 0.8445716709 | 7 | 0.8555145288 | 0.8291990436 | 19 | 0.8862864203 | 0.8157886587000001 | 10 | 0.8356124231
Iowa | 0.9058752928 | 0.9264216783 | 0.9132190779 | 19 | 0.9353215719 | 0.6974734409000001 | 39 | 0.7649373510999999 | 0.8261479691 | 41 | 0.7767191384000001 | 0.7104149026 | 34 | 0.710868653 | 0.8326455102 | 16 | 0.8040727273 | 0.8142947443999999 | 12 | 0.8361329772
Kansas | 0.8946278645 | 0.9229434732 | 0.9101767699 | 22 | 0.9372525294 | 0.7756418848 | 16 | 0.8419528341 | 0.8674558186 | 25 | 0.8548347762 | 0.8662271666 | 2 | 0.8986486486 | 0.8139534884 | 27 | 0.8511733981 | 0.7948935699 | 21 | 0.8340822568
Kentucky | 0.8376136731 | 0.879037352 | 0.8476840401 | 50 | 0.8860527517 | 0.7196563417999999 | 35 | 0.8132199388 | 0.8648913431 | 27 | 0.8939155933 | 0.7433264887 | 31 | 0.732218845 | 0.7866394993 | 40 | 0.8235294118 | 0.7831849244 | 26 | 0.7660174613999999
Louisiana | 0.7987967753 | 0.8587735097 | 0.8742989178 | 46 | 0.9102184902 | 0.6436002384 | 43 | 0.7365764553 | 0.8049968431 | 42 | 0.8141756849 | 0.7289272031 | 33 | 0.8420627596 | 0.7511805999 | 46 | 0.8372962175 | 0.802902824 | 17 | 0.8246612396999999
Maine | 0.8793518426 | 0.9168413163 | 0.8836186843 | 42 | 0.9204223826 |  |  |  | 0.7983193277 | 43 | 0.8878466558 | 0.6890003583 | 36 | 0.71015625 | 0.7208574181 | 47 | 0.8191458871 | 0.819525802 | 8 | 0.8016889924
Maryland | 0.9114480017 | 0.9351131673 | 0.9378623734 | 4 | 0.9576474392 | 0.8596786293 | 3 | 0.8886440104 | 0.9056232751 | 6 | 0.9148869141 | 0.8550677857 | 5 | 0.8636952099 | 0.9011542839 | 1 | 0.9070108436 | 0.8618549433 | 2 | 0.8886474677
Massachusetts | 0.8996672764 | 0.9290748476 | 0.9247331186 | 10 | 0.9496003722 | 0.8033324158 | 11 | 0.8299438779 | 0.8318489769999999 | 38 | 0.8510733769000001 | 0.7762478485 | 24 | 0.8470404376 | 0.7945620991 | 34 | 0.8629886156 | 0.6987559562 | 46 | 0.7795271267
Michigan | 0.8914502863 | 0.9224217698 | 0.917269633 | 14 | 0.9425851934 | 0.7640051095 | 23 | 0.8180868035 | 0.8867457376 | 15 | 0.8922897978 | 0.8035739951 | 15 | 0.8633297645 | 0.812881701 | 28 | 0.8456445928 | 0.8222958495 | 5 | 0.8508774297
Minnesota | 0.914703719 | 0.9359176311 | 0.9285654485 | 7 | 0.9503101679 | 0.7217429144 | 34 | 0.7757679112 | 0.8538350839 | 32 | 0.8258913616 | 0.7369945545000001 | 32 | 0.7803639965 | 0.8146372179 | 25 | 0.8170738494 | 0.7811727084 | 27 | 0.8112187248
Mississippi | 0.7937110417 | 0.8569014299 | 0.8730266755 | 47 | 0.9109787885 | 0.6530308704000001 | 42 | 0.747735704 | 0.8404795487 | 35 | 0.7859824781 | 0.6527075812 | 39 | 0.7544807966 | 0.7936507937 | 35 | 0.8254486134 | 0.7757289052 | 29 | 0.7881963596
Missouri | 0.8793317271 | 0.9133545198999999 | 0.8972242428 | 35 | 0.9274658570000001 | 0.7652191584 | 21 | 0.8175555371000001 | 0.8582028641 | 30 | 0.8510620329 | 0.8152623558000001 | 10 | 0.8373523622 | 0.7918417704 | 37 | 0.8392289681 | 0.7998369122 | 18 | 0.8323626234
Montana | 0.8524818643000001 | 0.8778698999 | 0.8715469701 | 48 | 0.8931686974 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.587823186 | 42 | 0.6350419385 | 0.7610062893 | 44 | 0.8132435466 | 0.7771755495 | 28 | 0.8280130293
Nebraska | 0.9022718717 | 0.9277537617 | 0.9152494891 | 16 | 0.9392910489 | 0.7456759315 | 29 | 0.8191372235000001 | 0.9009361299 | 10 | 0.8869675243 | 0.7057444314 | 35 | 0.7425512104 | 0.8279827504 | 21 | 0.9028617493 | 0.8051180366 | 16 | 0.8369698832
Nevada | 0.894727043 | 0.9193237915 | 0.9205986623 | 13 | 0.9415154079 | 0.8028125889 | 11 | 0.8639948047 | 0.9100339539 | 4 | 0.9188040539 | 0.8161142857 | 9 | 0.879528756 | 0.8678786539 | 4 | 0.9006248498 | 0.8216892420999999 | 5 | 0.8569795883
New Hampshire | 0.9270484227 | 0.9528269095 | 0.9306558469 | 6 | 0.9558392943 |  |  |  | 0.8914793693 | 14 | 0.9152994258 |  |  |  | 0.8618435389 | 6 | 0.8303001654 | 0.8190518257 | 9 | 0.9169484051
New Jersey | 0.9094648175 | 0.9356080301 | 0.9432840217 | 2 | 0.9623358269 | 0.8190380504 | 6 | 0.8682543952 | 0.930093159 | 1 | 0.9334444971 | 0.8649693112 | 3 | 0.9266190076 | 0.8553521152 | 8 | 0.8903599426 | 0.8117009239 | 13 | 0.8591100174
New Mexico | 0.8260271922 | 0.85712153 | 0.8966852727 | 35 | 0.9196781457000001 | 0.8057005219 | 10 | 0.8609980116 | 0.8774136179 | 18 | 0.8172778123 | 0.6589129433 | 38 | 0.6791826467 | 0.7876584638 | 39 | 0.8457390569000001 | 0.7724508408999999 | 30 | 0.813573866
New York | 0.8536557254 | 0.8893851998 | 0.9098829507 | 22 | 0.9326665259 | 0.7649165865 | 21 | 0.8149423725 | 0.8312994176999999 | 39 | 0.8381234663 | 0.7554003125 | 29 | 0.8113127902 | 0.7990867021 | 33 | 0.8197732852999999 | 0.7107267867 | 45 | 0.7899905494
North Carolina | 0.8709972125000001 | 0.9086310767 | 0.9076596228 | 27 | 0.9366456111 | 0.7691253307 | 19 | 0.8403812875 | 0.9071333036 | 5 | 0.8793285718 | 0.7897304448 | 20 | 0.8314575731 | 0.8095290132 | 29 | 0.8622397647 | 0.7411657868 | 42 | 0.7884718199
North Dakota | 0.8737658674 | 0.8982101638 | 0.8894226117 | 39 | 0.910157829 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.5563710499000001 | 43 | 0.6882967727
Ohio | 0.889319368 | 0.9252720656 | 0.9104335897 | 22 | 0.9406440963 | 0.7491378064 | 28 | 0.8179943698000001 | 0.8710611894 | 22 | 0.8631941267000001 | 0.7672328767000001 | 25 | 0.8566393815 | 0.7868657836 | 40 | 0.8421995427 | 0.8096224082 | 14 | 0.8450875017
Oklahoma | 0.8523858689 | 0.8883710518 | 0.8766451393 | 45 | 0.9082505406 | 0.7203409872 | 35 | 0.8067962606 | 0.8402360628 | 35 | 0.7936606588 | 0.7918651035 | 19 | 0.8298942701 | 0.8154979432 | 25 | 0.8658723809 | 0.736329512 | 43 | 0.7971131374
Oregon | 0.8821676665 | 0.904797086 | 0.8963474708 | 37 | 0.9204279643 | 0.754714863 | 24 | 0.8332866192 | 0.8690154852 | 24 | 0.8658451393 | 0.7901692401 | 20 | 0.7950499002 | 0.8068652723 | 30 | 0.8324646052 | 0.7485355705000001 | 41 | 0.792683802
Pennsylvania | 0.8843048861 | 0.9195141623 | 0.9080224875 | 27 | 0.9377156342 | 0.7379155277 | 31 | 0.8029972174 | 0.8277549232 | 40 | 0.8332287171 | 0.805374222 | 14 | 0.8546684263 | 0.8068041911 | 30 | 0.8401855837 | 0.6837598019 | 47 | 0.7579422029
Rhode Island | 0.8730668737 | 0.9183912231 | 0.9053602257 | 31 | 0.9408258738999999 | 0.7355151345 | 32 | 0.7976608187 | 0.7378165313 | 46 | 0.8183443344 |  |  |  | 0.7834507042 | 43 | 0.876410532 | 0.6232731499999999 | 48 | 0.7590239514
South Carolina | 0.8517026281 | 0.8977096914 | 0.9040113637 | 32 | 0.9347706525 | 0.7347918925 | 33 | 0.8133333708 | 0.8611523410999999 | 28 | 0.8500266992000001 | 0.7641259006 | 26 | 0.884987177 | 0.8167719701 | 24 | 0.8436000768 | 0.7671859973 | 31 | 0.7532027419
South Dakota | 0.8712593594 | 0.8976834332 | 0.8960707959 | 37 | 0.9239501679 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.5472559214 | 44 | 0.5762904141
Tennessee | 0.8593144513 | 0.8983143092 | 0.8822841009 | 44 | 0.9146041632999999 | 0.7521941029 | 26 | 0.8288447054 | 0.8809961485 | 17 | 0.8584768019 | 0.8055908513 | 13 | 0.8669340774000001 | 0.7924389988 | 37 | 0.8357415626 | 0.7605049934 | 34 | 0.7711103489
Texas | 0.8489953133 | 0.8827906064 | 0.912019455 | 20 | 0.9370598847 | 0.7695003513 | 18 | 0.8305649205 | 0.8851695181 | 16 | 0.8725325987 | 0.8469337755999999 | 6 | 0.8796444378 | 0.8335692729999999 | 15 | 0.8659494039 | 0.7531600429 | 39 | 0.8001966175
Utah | 0.8943449562 | 0.922753904 | 0.9088445562 | 26 | 0.9380529513 | 0.7452808203 | 30 | 0.8192793121999999 | 0.8477888063 | 34 | 0.8475406967 | 0.6630755273 | 37 | 0.7446885563000001 | 0.8301576555 | 18 | 0.8761458749 | 0.7958218839 | 20 | 0.8312646571
Vermont | 0.8952699587 | 0.9298267086 | 0.8995509274 | 33 | 0.9322080706
Virginia | 0.8986884291 | 0.9275798274 | 0.9249788395 | 10 | 0.9444158109 | 0.8088127561 | 9 | 0.8727912426 | 0.9026303168 | 8 | 0.9129359045000001 | 0.8869693978 | 1 | 0.9060326473 | 0.8650846129 | 5 | 0.8902830989 | 0.8615660676 | 2 | 0.8843114025
Washington | 0.8895571874 | 0.9149997841 | 0.9067034656 | 29 | 0.9320009965 | 0.8186178185 | 6 | 0.8548658625 | 0.8708878422999999 | 22 | 0.8822227123 | 0.7608660211 | 27 | 0.8000509332 | 0.8276277482000001 | 21 | 0.8695525158 | 0.7564935316 | 37 | 0.8033604978
West Virginia | 0.8219395844999999 | 0.8550840472 | 0.8266527323 | 51 | 0.8600675619 | 0.705912128 | 37 | 0.7345996189999999 | 0.7700772653 | 45 | 0.7424487594 |  |  |  | 0.7607843137 | 44 | 0.7859984089000001 | 0.7497070540999999 | 40 | 0.7972679965
Wisconsin | 0.9098813278 | 0.9351574802 | 0.9275580361 | 9 | 0.9496871847 | 0.6984099129 | 38 | 0.7862226741 | 0.8392689959999999 | 37 | 0.7855718615 | 0.8012511171 | 16 | 0.8454926322 | 0.859862543 | 7 | 0.862622541 | 0.7905501094 | 22 | 0.8198207556
Wyoming | 0.8724411969 | 0.9162663982 | 0.8843484373 | 42 | 0.9235566686 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.6218576343 | 41 | 0.7722271781 |  |  |  | 0.7891891892 | 23 | 0.8695330657
United States | 0.8741567831 | 0.9059097485000001 | 0.91 |  | 0.9351690223 | 0.7589263757 |  | 0.8221716096 | 0.8757782287 |  | 0.8799317713 | 0.75 |  | 0.7916332052 | 0.8250678827 |  | 0.857049141 | 0.775 |  | 0.8199063013
Notes: Hispanics may be of any race or two or more races. Racial categories (whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, other/two or more) do not include Hispanics. See [NAME] for methodology.
Blank cells indicate insufficient sample sizes to reliably estimate these figures.
a The numbers and rankings presented here are based on 2000 Census data for the year 1999. They differ from those based on the 2003 Current Population Survey data (for the year 2002) presented in Table 6.
b This category includes men and women who report "other" or "two or more" races.
Source: Urban Institute 2004b.
Compiled by the Institute for Women's Policy Research.