Poverty Rate
Gender & Age
Overall
14.0%
Percentage of people who had incomes below the poverty line ($25,465 for a family of four) in 2018
Children
19.8%
Percentage of children under 18 in related families who had incomes below the poverty line in 2018
Working-Age Women
14.6%
Percentage of working-age women (ages 18-64) who had incomes below the poverty line in 2018
Race & Ethnicity
African American
19.5%
Asian American
12.2%
Latino
19.6%
Native American
33.3%
White
12.2%
Creating Good Jobs
Income Inequality Ratio
14.2
The ratio of the share of income going to the top 20 percent of households and the share of income going to the bottom 20 percent of households in 2018.
High School Graduation
78.0%
Percentage of public high school students who graduated on time in 2016-17 school year
Disconnected Youth
14.0%
Percentage of youth ages 18 to 24 without high school degrees who were not in school or working in 2017
Higher Education Attainment
38.4%
Percentage of young adults ages 25 to 34 who had an associate’s degree or higher from 2018
Gender Wage Gap
84.2¢
Women’s median earnings for every dollar of men’s median earnings among full-time, year-round workers in 2018
Strengthening Families and Communities
Children Living Apart from Parents
10.0 kids
Children that lived in foster care for every 1,000 children under age 18 in 2016
Teen Birth Rate
22.0 births
Births that took place for every 1,000 women ages 15 to 19 in 2017
Promoting Family Economic Security
Hunger and Food Insecurity
12.4%
Percentage of households who were food insecure on average from 2016 to 2018, meaning that at some point during the year, they experienced difficulty providing enough food due to a lack of money or resources.
Affordable Housing
48.0 units
Number of apartments or other units that were affordable and available for every 100 renter households with very low incomes in 2017. Very low-income households are those with incomes at or below half of median income in the metropolitan or other area where they live.
Assets and Savings
6.8%
Percentage of households that used high-cost, high-risk forms of credit to make ends meet during 2017. This includes payday loans, automobile title loans, refund anticipation loans, rent-to-own, and pawning.
Unemployment Insurance
15.1%
Percentage of unemployed workers who received unemployment insurance in 2018
Health Insurance Coverage
18.3%
Percentage of people under age 65 and below 138 percent of the poverty line who did not have health insurance at any time in 2018