More than 1 in 6 people in each state lived below the poverty line in 2025, about 1.5 times the national rate.
Colors show whether each state’s poverty rate differed from Louisiana’s, Mississippi’s and the national rate by more than the survey’s margin of error. Poverty rate ranges are the 90% confidence interval for each estimate.
Map: Justin O'Connor - The Times-Picayune | The Advocate. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2025 1-year estimates.