Nationally, 13.8 percent of Americans live in poverty, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census. But the geographic pattern varies significantly across states and regions. The map ...

Coos and Sullivan counties, rural parts of New Hampshire, experienced the highest poverty rates from 2019 to 2023 in the state: 12.9% and 10.8%, respectively, per the study.

AUGUSTA, Maine — New Census data show that Maine had one of the highest rates of households accepting public assistance in 2010 despite the fact that the state’s poverty rate was not among the ...

New Hampshire now ranks 11th in child poverty; North Dakota has the lowest rate at 13.15 while Mississippi's rate of 34.69 is the highest. Nationally, the rate was at 22.6 percent, or 16.4 million ...

CONCORD, N.H. -- There were about 17,000 fewer people living in poverty in New Hampshire in 2013 compared to the year before, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 1.3 percent ...