Table 2.
2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | |||||
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Poor | Excess | Poor | Excess | Poor | Excess | Poor | Excess | |
N (% Pop) | N (% Pop) | N (% Pop) | N (% Pop) | N (% Pop) | N (% Pop) | N (% Pop) | N (% Pop) | |
14 states | 260,947 (1.17) | 7,493,756 (33.49) | 267,116 (1.14) | 6,139,331 (26.27) | 279,637 (1.15) | 4,605,372 (18.89) | 323,895 (1.29) | 2,411,942 (9.61) |
AL | 12,584 (1.16) | 550,414 (50.78) | 10,179 (0.92) | 380,108 (34.22) | 12,455 (1.09) | 208,097 (18.23) | 14,637 (1.26) | 138,856 (11.97) |
AR | 11,162 (1.72) | 362,280 (56.60) | 8,019 (1.20) | 410,192 (61.52) | 10,517 (1.53) | 291,698 (42.47) | 15,358 (2.19) | 178,779 (25.54) |
FL | 28,848 (0.66) | 440,604 (10.09) | 30,727 (0.67) | 216,160 (4.70) | 34,381 (0.71) | 82,179 (1.70) | 34,110 (0.69) | 75,475 (1.53) |
GA | 3,237 (0.18) | 940,282 (51.09) | 4,615 (0.24) | 669,354 (34.14) | 5,216 (0.25) | 429,914 (20.55) | 5,714 (0.26) | 244,347 (11.06) |
KY | 2,497 (0.26) | 421,240 (43.33) | 3,134 (0.31) | 468,314 (46.79) | 3,558 (0.34) | 460,564 (44.55) | 4,688 (0.44) | 292,408 (27.57) |
LA | 8,927 (0.88) | 661,894 (65.22) | 9,990 (0.97) | 654,031 (63.21) | 12,443 (1.23) | 501,326 (49.70) | 10,962 (1.08) | 169,056 (16.62) |
MS | 6,048 (0.93) | 314,741 (48.26) | 6,803 (1.01) | 293,570 (43.78) | 7,631 (1.12) | 196,475 (28.73) | 12,610 (1.82) | 107,733 (15.55) |
NC | 5,952 (0.31) | 678,467 (34.79) | 6,327 (0.31) | 596,887 (29.18) | 6,636 (0.31) | 462,026 (21.49) | 5,492 (0.24) | 107,982 (4.81) |
OK | 18,721 (2.29) | 178,322 (21.80) | 19,886 (2.38) | 113,817 (13.64) | 17,979 (2.11) | 105,795 (12.43) | 27,461 (3.20) | 39,637 (4.62) |
SC | 608 (0.06) | 541,397 (55.36) | 707 (0.07) | 385,796 (37.71) | 1,888 (0.18) | 274,013 (25.60) | 4,394 (0.40) | 71,591 (6.46) |
TN | 8,978 (0.65) | 632,861 (45.53) | 7,702 (0.53) | 635,317 (44.10) | 8,300 (0.55) | 487,401 (32.45) | 9,720 (0.63) | 243,713 (15.71) |
TX | 113,610 (2.53) | 929,598 (20.72) | 118,234 (2.50) | 806,143 (17.05) | 118,453 (2.37) | 654,781 (13.12) | 144,114 (2.80) | 443,182 (8.62) |
VA | 29,263 (1.72) | 624,227 (36.72) | 30,134 (1.69) | 321,678 (18.07) | 29,680 (1.59) | 296,958 (15.95) | 24,059 (1.25) | 142,538 (7.39) |
WV | 10,512 (2.23) | 211,429 (44.74) | 10,659 (2.24) | 187,964 (39.44) | 10,500 (2.18) | 154,145 (31.97) | 10,576 (2.19) | 156,645 (32.47) |