Interactive Map: 2009 Poverty Data by State

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, “American FactFinder,” 2009 American Community Survey (accessed September 2010). Data came from the following detailed tables:

• Women and statewide poverty numbers, B17001
• Statewide poverty percentages, GCT1701
• African-Americans, B17001B
• American Indians, B17001C
• Asian-Americans, B17001D
• Latinos, B17001I
• Children, B17006

National data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 Current Population Survey (accessed September 2010), POV01.