Table 29: Number and Percent of Individuals 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 Individuals Individuals Individuals Below Poverty Below Poverty Below Poverty ______________________ ____________________ ____________________ US/State 1989 1999 1989 1999 Number Percent ____________________________________________________________________________________________ United States 31,742,864 33,899,812 13.1 12.4 2,156,948 6.8 Alabama 723,614 698,097 18.3 16.1 -25,517 -3.5 Alaska 47,906 57,602 9.0 9.4 9,696 20.2 Arizona 564,362 698,669 15.7 13.9 134,307 23.8 Arkansas 437,089 411,777 19.1 15.8 -25,312 -5.8 California 3,627,585 4,706,130 12.5 14.2 1,078,545 29.7 Colorado 375,214 388,952 11.7 9.3 13,738 3.7 Connecticut 217,347 259,514 6.8 7.9 42,167 19.4 Delaware 56,223 69,901 8.7 9.2 13,678 24.3 District of Columbia 96,278 109,500 16.9 20.2 13,222 13.7 Florida 1,604,186 1,952,629 12.7 12.5 348,443 21.7 Georgia 923,085 1,033,793 14.7 13.0 110,708 12.0 Hawaii 88,408 126,154 8.3 10.7 37,746 42.7 Idaho 130,588 148,732 13.3 11.8 18,144 13.9 Illinois 1,326,731 1,291,958 11.9 10.7 -34,773 -2.6 Indiana 573,632 559,484 10.7 9.5 -14,148 -2.5 Iowa 307,420 258,008 11.5 9.1 -49,412 -16.1 Kansas 274,623 257,829 11.5 9.9 -16,794 -6.1 Kentucky 681,827 621,096 19.0 15.8 -60,731 -8.9 Louisiana 967,002 851,113 23.6 19.6 -115,889 -12.0 Maine 128,466 135,501 10.8 10.9 7,035 5.5 Maryland 385,296 438,676 8.3 8.5 53,380 13.9 Massachusetts 519,339 573,421 8.9 9.3 54,082 10.4 Michigan 1,190,698 1,021,605 13.1 10.5 -169,093 -14.2 Minnesota 435,331 380,476 10.2 7.9 -54,855 -12.6 Mississippi 631,029 548,079 25.2 19.9 -82,950 -13.1 Missouri 663,075 637,891 13.3 11.7 -25,184 -3.8 Montana 124,853 128,355 16.1 14.6 3,502 2.8 Nebraska 170,616 161,269 11.1 9.7 -9,347 -5.5 Nevada 119,660 205,685 10.2 10.5 86,025 71.9 New Hampshire 69,104 78,530 6.4 6.5 9,426 13.6 New Jersey 573,152 699,668 7.6 8.5 126,516 22.1 New Mexico 305,934 328,933 20.6 18.4 22,999 7.5 New York 2,277,296 2,692,202 13.0 14.6 414,906 18.2 North Carolina 829,858 958,667 13.0 12.3 128,809 15.5 North Dakota 88,276 73,457 14.4 11.9 -14,819 -16.8 Ohio 1,325,768 1,170,698 12.5 10.6 -155,070 -11.7 Oklahoma 509,854 491,235 16.7 14.7 -18,619 -3.7 Oregon 344,867 388,740 12.4 11.6 43,873 12.7 Pennsylvania 1,283,629 1,304,117 11.1 11.0 20,488 1.6 Rhode Island 92,670 120,548 9.6 11.9 27,878 30.1 South Carolina 517,793 547,869 15.4 14.1 30,076 5.8 South Dakota 106,305 95,900 15.9 13.2 -10,405 -9.8 Tennessee 744,941 746,789 15.7 13.5 1,848 0.2 Texas 3,000,515 3,117,609 18.1 15.4 117,094 3.9 Utah 192,415 206,328 11.4 9.4 13,913 7.2 Vermont 53,369 55,506 9.9 9.4 2,137 4.0 Virginia 611,611 656,641 10.2 9.6 45,030 7.4 Washington 517,933 612,370 10.9 10.6 94,437 18.2 West Virginia 345,093 315,794 19.7 17.9 -29,299 -8.5 Wisconsin 508,545 451,538 10.7 8.7 -57,007 -11.2 Wyoming 52,453 54,777 11.9 11.4 2,324 4.4 ____________________________________________________________________________________________