This chartbook presents the first estimates of state-level trends in poverty using a historical version of the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). The SPM provides a more accurate measure of poverty than the Official Poverty Measure (OPM), which has been in use since the 1960s. 

The chartbook includes a two-page fact sheet for each state that documents historical trends in poverty overall, as well as for children, working-aged adults, and the elderly. Each fact sheet also displays the effect of taxes and transfers on the poverty rate for these groups.

The state-level poverty estimates were calculated using the CPSP's historical SPM data set. This data set is publicly available and can be accessed here. 

 
 


Individual State Fact Sheets and Data:

 

Alabama:
Fact Sheet | Data
Alaska: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Arizona: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Arkansas: 
Fact Sheet | Data
California: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Colorado: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Connecticut: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Delaware: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Florida: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Georgia: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Hawaii: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Idaho: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Illinois: 
Fact Sheet | Data



 

Indiana: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Iowa: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Kansas: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Kentucky: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Louisiana: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Maine: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Maryland: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Massachusetts: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Michigan: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Minnesota: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Mississippi: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Missouri: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Montana: 
Fact Sheet | Data

Nebraska: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Nevada: 
Fact Sheet | Data
New Hampshire: 
Fact Sheet | Data
New Jersey: 
Fact Sheet | Data
New Mexico: 
Fact Sheet | Data
New York: 
Fact Sheet | Data
North Carolina: 
Fact Sheet | Data
North Dakota: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Ohio: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Oklahoma: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Oregon: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Pennsylvania: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Rhode Island: 
Fact Sheet | Data

South Carolina: 
Fact Sheet | Data
South Dakota: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Tennessee: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Texas
Fact Sheet | Data
Utah: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Vermont: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Virginia: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Washington:
Fact Sheet | Data
West Virginia: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Wisconsin: 
Fact Sheet | Data
Wyoming: 
Fact Sheet | Data