Table 28: Number and Percent of Families Below Poverty Level for the United States and States in the United States with Numeric and Percent Change, 1989 and 1999 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Percent of Change in Families Families Families Below Poverty Below Poverty Below Poverty ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ US/State 1989 1999 1989 1999 Number Percent ___________________________________________________________________________________________ United States 6,487,515 6,620,945 10.0 9.2 133,430 2.1 Alabama 158,369 153,113 14.3 12.5 -5,256 -3.3 Alaska 9,198 10,270 6.8 6.7 1,072 11.7 Arizona 108,662 128,318 11.4 9.9 19,656 18.1 Arkansas 97,026 88,478 14.8 12.0 -8,548 -8.8 California 670,685 845,991 9.3 10.6 175,306 26.1 Colorado 73,715 67,614 8.6 6.2 -6,101 -8.3 Connecticut 43,965 49,983 5.0 5.6 6,018 13.7 Delaware 10,851 13,306 6.1 6.5 2,455 22.6 District of Columbia 16,453 19,365 13.3 16.7 2,912 17.7 Florida 319,978 383,131 9.0 9.0 63,153 19.7 Georgia 197,681 210,138 11.5 9.9 12,457 6.3 Hawaii 16,053 22,101 6.0 7.6 6,048 37.7 Idaho 25,767 28,131 9.7 8.3 2,364 9.2 Illinois 264,413 244,303 9.0 7.8 -20,110 -7.6 Indiana 118,225 107,789 7.9 6.7 -10,436 -8.8 Iowa 62,747 46,641 8.4 6.0 -16,106 -25.7 Kansas 55,341 47,299 8.3 6.7 -8,042 -14.5 Kentucky 163,206 140,519 16.0 12.7 -22,687 -13.9 Louisiana 213,030 183,448 19.4 15.8 -29,582 -13.9 Maine 26,313 26,611 8.0 7.8 298 1.1 Maryland 75,313 83,232 6.0 6.1 7,919 10.5 Massachusetts 102,748 105,619 6.7 6.7 2,871 2.8 Michigan 251,687 192,376 10.2 7.4 -59,311 -23.6 Minnesota 82,888 64,181 7.3 5.1 -18,707 -22.6 Mississippi 137,025 120,039 20.2 16.0 -16,986 -12.4 Missouri 139,463 127,317 10.1 8.6 -12,146 -8.7 Montana 25,691 25,004 12.0 10.5 -687 -2.7 Nebraska 33,509 29,977 8.0 6.7 -3,532 -10.5 Nevada 22,599 37,877 7.3 7.5 15,278 67.6 New Hampshire 12,842 13,948 4.4 4.3 1,106 8.6 New Jersey 113,848 135,549 5.6 6.3 21,701 19.1 New Mexico 65,042 68,178 16.5 14.5 3,136 4.8 New York 454,872 535,935 10.0 11.5 81,063 17.8 North Carolina 179,906 196,423 9.9 9.0 16,517 9.2 North Dakota 18,388 13,890 10.9 8.3 -4,498 -24.5 Ohio 283,906 235,026 9.7 7.8 -48,880 -17.2 Oklahoma 112,652 103,757 13.0 11.2 -8,895 -7.9 Oregon 66,173 70,032 8.7 7.9 3,859 5.8 Pennsylvania 259,117 250,296 8.2 7.8 -8,821 -3.4 Rhode Island 17,867 23,608 6.8 8.9 5,741 32.1 South Carolina 111,173 115,899 11.9 10.7 4,726 4.3 South Dakota 21,127 18,172 11.6 9.3 -2,955 -14.0 Tennessee 168,182 160,717 12.4 10.3 -7,465 -4.4 Texas 617,981 632,676 14.1 12.0 14,695 2.4 Utah 35,443 34,969 8.6 6.5 -474 -1.3 Vermont 10,104 9,925 6.9 6.3 -179 -1.8 Virginia 126,897 129,890 7.7 7.0 2,993 2.4 Washington 100,149 110,663 7.8 7.3 10,514 10.5 West Virginia 80,485 70,448 16.0 13.9 -10,037 -12.5 Wisconsin 97,466 78,188 7.6 5.6 -19,278 -19.8 Wyoming 11,294 10,585 9.3 8.0 -709 -6.3 ___________________________________________________________________________________________