Table 3. Children in Poverty, 1995

  Children in Families with
Incomes Below 50%
of Poverty Level (%)

Children Under Age 13
in Working-Poor
Familiesa (%)

California

8

17

Colorado

5

17

Connecticut

7

14

Delaware

5

21

District of Columbia

23

24

Florida

12

24

Hawaii

2

17

Illinois

10

17

Iowa

5

25

Maine

6

22

Maryland

7

17

Massachusetts

6

11

Michigan

9

18

Minnesota

5

19

Mississippi

17

35

Missouri

8

25

New Jersey

7

11

New York

12

15

Ohio

10

18

Oklahoma

12

29

Oregon

7

24

Pennsylvania

8

14

Rhode Island

6

17

Utah

3

17

Wisconsin

4

21

Source: KIDS COUNT Online Data Service, Annie E. Casey Foundation (1998)

Notea: families where at least one parent is working 50 or more hours a week and the annual income is below the poverty level