Table 31: Number and Percent of Children, Population Under 18 Years of Age, 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 Children Children Children Below Poverty Below Poverty Below Poverty ______________________ ____________________ ____________________ US/State 1989 1999 1989 1999 Number Percent ____________________________________________________________________________________________ United States 11,428,916 11,746,858 18.3 16.6 317,942 2.8 Alabama 253,636 237,881 24.2 21.5 -15,755 -6.2 Alaska 19,284 22,041 11.4 11.8 2,757 14.3 Arizona 212,001 257,710 22.0 19.3 45,709 21.6 Arkansas 155,399 146,321 25.3 21.8 -9,078 -5.8 California 1,380,275 1,757,100 18.2 19.5 376,825 27.3 Colorado 129,565 121,614 15.3 11.3 -7,951 -6.1 Connecticut 79,020 85,908 10.7 10.4 6,888 8.7 Delaware 19,256 23,405 12.0 12.3 4,149 21.5 District of Columbia 28,610 35,367 25.5 31.7 6,757 23.6 Florida 525,446 627,997 18.7 17.6 102,551 19.5 Georgia 343,068 365,406 20.1 17.1 22,338 6.5 Hawaii 31,944 40,542 11.6 14.1 8,598 26.9 Idaho 49,159 51,868 16.2 14.3 2,709 5.5 Illinois 495,505 456,901 17.0 14.3 -38,604 -7.8 Indiana 203,791 187,801 14.2 12.2 -15,990 -7.8 Iowa 101,661 79,247 14.3 11.0 -22,414 -22.0 Kansas 93,066 83,957 14.3 12.0 -9,109 -9.8 Kentucky 234,012 203,547 24.8 20.8 -30,465 -13.0 Louisiana 380,942 319,670 31.4 26.6 -61,272 -16.1 Maine 41,897 40,171 13.8 13.7 -1,726 -4.1 Maryland 128,523 141,877 11.3 10.7 13,354 10.4 Massachusetts 176,221 177,383 13.2 12.0 1,162 0.7 Michigan 450,426 352,935 18.6 13.9 -97,491 -21.6 Minnesota 146,386 121,691 12.7 9.6 -24,695 -16.9 Mississippi 248,705 206,450 33.6 27.0 -42,255 -17.0 Missouri 230,058 220,556 17.7 15.7 -9,502 -4.1 Montana 44,706 42,912 20.5 19.0 -1,794 -4.0 Nebraska 58,474 54,477 13.8 12.3 -3,997 -6.8 Nevada 38,232 69,777 13.3 14.0 31,545 82.5 New Hampshire 20,440 23,635 7.4 7.8 3,195 15.6 New Jersey 200,726 227,754 11.3 11.1 27,028 13.5 New Mexico 122,260 125,218 27.8 25.0 2,958 2.4 New York 799,531 915,710 19.1 20.0 116,179 14.5 North Carolina 272,923 311,053 17.2 16.1 38,130 14.0 North Dakota 29,732 22,163 17.1 14.0 -7,569 -25.5 Ohio 493,206 408,685 17.8 14.4 -84,521 -17.1 Oklahoma 179,283 171,929 21.7 19.6 -7,354 -4.1 Oregon 111,629 121,460 15.8 14.7 9,831 8.8 Pennsylvania 432,227 421,745 15.7 14.7 -10,482 -2.4 Rhode Island 30,842 41,162 13.8 16.9 10,320 33.5 South Carolina 190,873 187,275 21.0 18.8 -3,598 -1.9 South Dakota 39,896 33,965 20.4 17.2 -5,931 -14.9 Tennessee 251,529 247,397 21.0 18.0 -4,132 -1.6 Texas 1,159,710 1,189,935 24.3 20.5 30,225 2.6 Utah 78,041 71,765 12.5 10.1 -6,276 -8.0 Vermont 17,020 16,595 12.0 11.4 -425 -2.5 Virginia 197,382 209,532 13.3 12.3 12,150 6.2 Washington 179,272 202,891 14.5 13.7 23,619 13.2 West Virginia 115,073 96,096 26.2 24.3 -18,977 -16.5 Wisconsin 188,863 150,166 14.9 11.2 -38,697 -20.5 Wyoming 19,190 18,215 14.4 14.5 -975 -5.1 ____________________________________________________________________________________________