Table 15. Child Poverty in the State's Poorest County
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	State Ranking		% in Poverty and County	% Higher Poverty Rate in Poorest County Compared to the Poorest County in the Best State
	1	New Hampshire	11.9% (Coos)	--
	2	Connecticut	13.3% (New Haven)	11.8%
	3	Delaware	15.3% (Sussex)	28.6%
	4	Vermont	19% (Orleans)	59.7%
	5	Hawaii	21.7% (Hawaii)	82.4%
	6	Nevada	21.9% (Mineral)	84.0%
	7	Iowa	22.3% (Page)	87.4%
	8	Minnesota	22.4% (Beltrami)	88.2%
	8	New Jersey	22.4% (Hudson)	88.2%
	10	Rhode Island	22.7% (Providence)	90.8%
	11	Maine	23% (Washington)	93.3%
	12	Wyoming	24.4% (Fremont)	105.0%
	13	Massachusetts	25.2% (Suffolk)	111.8%
	14	Indiana	25.7% (Crawford)	116.0%
	15	Oregon	26% (Malheur)	118.5%
	16	Kansas	27.9% (Sheridan)	134.5%
	17	Ohio	28.3% (Vinton)	137.8%
	18	Idaho	28.5% (Butte)	139.5%
	19	Washington	29% (Okanogan)	143.7%
	20	Michigan	29.2% (Lake)	145.4%
	21	Alaska	29.6% (Wade-Hampton)	148.7%
	22	Maryland	31% (Baltimore City)	160.5%
	23	Pennsylvania	31.6% (Philadelphia)	165.5%
	24	Colorado	32.4% (Costilla)	172.3%
	25	California	33% (Tulare)	177.3%
	26	North Carolina	33.3% (Halifax)	179.8%
	27	Utah	34.9% (San Juan)	193.3%
	28	Florida	36% (Hamilton)	202.5%
	29	Nebraska	36.6% (Rock)	207.6%
	30	Tennessee	37.7% (Hancock)	216.8%
	31	Oklahoma	38.2% (Harmon)	221.0%
	32	Illinois	39.1% (Alexander)	228.6%
	33	Virginia	39.8% (Clifton Forge City)	234.5%
	34	Wisconsin	39.9% (Menominee)	235.3%
	35	New York	41.7% (Bronx)	250.4%
	36	Montana	41.8% (Roosevelt)	251.3%
	37	Arizona	43% (Apache)	261.3%
	38	Missouri	43.6% (Pemiscot)	266.4%
	39	North Dakota	45.2% (Sioux)	279.8%
	40	Georgia	45.4% (Hancock)	281.5%
	41	Arkansas	45.6% (Phillips)	283.2%
	42	New Mexico	47.1% (Luna)	295.8%
	43	South Carolina	48.1% (Allendale)	304.2%
	44	Alabama	49.2% (Perry)	313.4%
	45	Mississippi	52.4% (Homes)	340.3%
	46	West Virginia	53% (McDowell)	345.4%
	47	Kentucky	56.4% (Owsley)	373.9%
	48	Louisiana	56.8% (East Carroll)	377.3%
	49	Texas	59.5% (Starr)	400.0%
	50	South Dakota	61.8% (Buffalo)	419.3%

Source - Children's Defense Fund, "State of America's Children 2005". Click here for more information and go to page 173.