Number of Seniors

By percent population

Senior Poverty Rate

Year

2006

2006

2006

U.S.A.

36,035,040

12%

13%

Alabama

584,400

13%

16%

Alaska

45,290

7%

8%

Arizona

721,440

12%

13%

Arkansas

342,980

12%

15%

California

3,828,770

11%

13%

Colorado

452,520

10%

12%

Connecticut

451,870

13%

10%

Delaware

114,420

13%

11%

District of Columbia

62,780

11%

24%

Florida

2,868,460

16%

14%

Georgia

798,380

9%

15%

Hawaii

174,720

14%

15%

Idaho

166,380

11%

9%

Illinois

1,462,790

12%

12%

Indiana

655,990

11%

12%

Iowa

382,880

13%

8%

Kansas

359,710

13%

10%

Kentucky

478,770

12%

20%

Louisiana

567,200

14%

14%

Maine

178,530

14%

12%

Maryland

649,480

12%

13%

Massachusetts

792,190

13%

11%

Michigan

1,197,480

12%

10%

Minnesota

643,930

13%

6%

Mississippi

338,850

12%

23%

Missouri

744,910

13%

9%

Montana

123,760

13%

10%

Nebraska

216,270

12%

9%

Nevada

310,730

13%

10%

New Hampshire

167,850

13%

9%

New Jersey

1,089,720

13%

14%

New Mexico

252,390

13%

16%

New York

2,484,540

13%

18%

North Carolina

1,044,220

12%

14%

North Dakota

79,480

13%

10%

Ohio

1,412,250

12%

8%

Oklahoma

469,700

14%

15%

Oregon

466,730

13%

9%

Pennsylvania

1,769,000

14%

10%

Rhode Island

126,900

12%

14%

South Carolina

519,620

12%

15%

South Dakota

106,610

14%

12%

Tennessee

801,350

14%

15%

Texas

2,510,050

11%

18%

Utah

202,710

8%

9%

Vermont

74,470

12%

9%

Virginia

794,010

11%

14%

Washington

704,390

11%

9%

West Virginia

246,000

14%

14%

Wisconsin

664,830

12%

12%

Wyoming

67,250

13%

10%