Ranking of US States By the Poverty Rate of the Two Or More Races Racial Group in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for the Two Or More Races racial group in the United States was 14.89%. Among all US states and DC, the Two Or More Races racial group had the highest poverty rate in West Virginia (25.6%), followed by Kentucky (22.77%), and Louisiana (21.72%). On the other hand, the Two Or More Races racial group had the lowest poverty rate in the following 3 states: Wyoming (9.31%), Utah (9.62%), and New Hampshire (10.07%).
The chart below shows the top 10 states where the Two Or More Races racial group had high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 US states and DC.
You can see similar ranking for other racial and ethnicity groups in the US.
You can also see, for each state, the ranking of counties and cities and places.
Rank | State | Poverty Rate (%) |
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1 | West Virginia | 25.60 |
2 | Kentucky | 22.77 |
3 | Louisiana | 21.72 |
4 | Ohio | 21.44 |
5 | Mississippi | 20.41 |
6 | Alabama | 19.76 |
7 | Tennessee | 19.35 |
8 | Iowa | 19.26 |
9 | Oklahoma | 18.86 |
10 | South Dakota | 18.79 |
11 | New Mexico | 18.78 |
12 | North Carolina | 18.55 |
13 | Arkansas | 18.29 |
14 | Indiana | 18.06 |
15 | Michigan | 17.80 |
16 | Delaware | 17.51 |
17 | South Carolina | 17.42 |
18 | Pennsylvania | 17.40 |
19 | Missouri | 17.36 |
20 | Kansas | 17.33 |
21 | Rhode Island | 16.76 |
22 | Wisconsin | 16.66 |
23 | Texas | 16.61 |
24 | Georgia | 16.54 |
25 | Massachusetts | 16.28 |
26 | New York | 16.18 |
27 | North Dakota | 15.89 |
28 | Maine | 15.67 |
29 | Montana | 15.51 |
29 | Vermont | 15.51 |
30 | Nebraska | 15.32 |
31 | Arizona | 15.09 |
32 | Oregon | 14.16 |
33 | Florida | 13.64 |
34 | Connecticut | 13.48 |
35 | Minnesota | 13.37 |
36 | Nevada | 13.12 |
36 | New Jersey | 13.12 |
37 | Idaho | 13.09 |
38 | Illinois | 13.00 |
39 | Colorado | 12.98 |
40 | Washington | 12.28 |
41 | District of Columbia | 12.14 |
42 | California | 11.97 |
43 | Maryland | 10.79 |
44 | Alaska | 10.69 |
45 | Virginia | 10.32 |
46 | Hawaii | 10.11 |
47 | New Hampshire | 10.07 |
48 | Utah | 9.62 |
49 | Wyoming | 9.31 |