Child Poverty Rate by State 2025

2023

	State	Child Poverty Rate 2023↓	Child Poverty 2023	Children 2023
	Mississippi	26.39%	179,522	680,330
	Louisiana	25.71%	276,149	1,073,940
	New Mexico	24.55%	112,705	459,098
	Alabama	21.51%	239,040	1,111,460
	West Virginia	21.41%	75,132	350,880
	Arkansas	21.37%	148,147	693,404
	Kentucky	20.86%	209,028	1,002,010
	District of Columbia	20.43%	25,284	123,781
	Oklahoma	20.14%	190,499	945,840
	South Carolina	19.73%	218,849	1,108,970
	Texas	18.92%	1,398,540	7,393,290
	Tennessee	18.73%	286,069	1,527,660
	Georgia	18.66%	467,864	2,507,130
	New York	18.16%	731,672	4,028,700
	North Carolina	18.11%	413,840	2,284,910
	Ohio	17.98%	461,410	2,566,270
	Michigan	17.47%	370,766	2,122,010
	Arizona	17.02%	266,857	1,567,780
	Florida	16.87%	714,768	4,236,580
	Nevada	16.76%	114,206	681,532
	Missouri	15.99%	216,943	1,356,460
	Pennsylvania	15.98%	420,291	2,630,870
	Delaware	15.78%	32,620	206,701
	Indiana	15.71%	245,585	1,563,360
	Illinois	15.36%	425,068	2,767,090
	California	15.15%	1,301,440	8,590,410
	South Dakota	14.97%	32,269	215,563
	Montana	13.84%	31,816	229,927
	Kansas	13.7%	95,012	693,627
	Oregon	13.34%	111,896	839,115
	New Jersey	13.27%	266,599	2,008,340
	Rhode Island	13.26%	27,224	205,307
	Connecticut	13.13%	95,177	724,622
	Maine	13.12%	32,284	246,040
	Wisconsin	13.02%	163,268	1,253,920
	Iowa	12.71%	92,217	725,407
	Virginia	12.67%	236,443	1,866,090
	Wyoming	12.65%	16,442	130,017
	Idaho	12.52%	57,171	456,757
	Hawaii	12.51%	36,815	294,275
	Alaska	12.49%	21,897	175,338
	Washington	11.86%	195,225	1,646,340
	Massachusetts	11.84%	159,492	1,347,350
	Nebraska	11.6%	55,299	476,755
	Maryland	11.53%	156,046	1,353,840
	Colorado	10.9%	133,579	1,225,530
	Vermont	10.77%	12,421	115,296
	North Dakota	10.62%	19,303	181,811
	Minnesota	10.59%	137,223	1,295,780
	Utah	8.88%	82,898	933,047
	New Hampshire	7.76%	19,566	252,075
	United States		11,829,876	72,472,635