![]() However, this has improved from 2012, when the state's poverty rate was nearly 25%. The highest poverty rate in the country is in Mississippi, where 18.8% of the population lives in poverty. Census Bureau, which uses data from the American Community Survey. Numbers in this article are provided by the U.S. The national poverty rate in 2017 was 13.4% after falling for the fifth year in a row and was 12.3% in 2019. ![]() poverty rate is declining however, poverty is still a significant problem across the country. ![]()
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