Poverty and prison rates by state

	A	B	C
1	STATE	% POP IN JAIL*	POVERTY RATE**
2	Federal	0.56%	15.4%
3	Alabama	0.77%	18.6
4	Alaska	0.92%	9.9
5	Arizona	0.80%	17.9
6	Arkansas	0.76%	19.2
7	California	0.42%	15.9
8	Colorado	0.50%	13.2
9	Connecticut	0.61%	10.2
10	Delaware	0.93%	11.7
11	Florida	0.72%	16.3
12	Georgia	0.87%	18.2
13	Hawaii	0.47%	11.2
14	Idaho	0.88%	15.5
15	Illinois	0.49%	14.1
16	Indiana	0.69%	15.4
17	Iowa	0.34%	12.4
18	Kansas	0.44%	13.7
19	Kentucky	0.60%	18.8
20	Louisiana	1.20%	19.1
21	Maine	0.20%	13.6
22	Maryland	0.47%	9.8
23	Massachusetts	0.21%	11.4
24	Michigan	0.57%	16.8
25	Minnesota	0.25%	11.5
26	Mississippi	1.17%	22.7
27	Missouri	0.67%	15.5
28	Montana	0.45%	15.2
29	Nebraska	0.36%	12.8
30	Nevada	not available	15
31	New Hampshire	0.27%	8.7
32	New Jersey	0.32%	10.4
33	New Mexico	0.43%	20.4
34	New York	0.34%	15.3
35	North Carolina	0.49%	17.5
36	North Dakota	0.28%	11.9
37	Ohio	0.58%	15.8
38	Oklahoma	0.95%	16.9
39	Oregon	0.47%	16.2
40	Pennsylvania	0.51%	13.3
41	Rhode Island	0.38%	13.6
42	South Carolina	0.59%	18.1
43	South Dakota	0.57%	14.1
44	Tennessee	0.57%	17.6
45	Texas	0.85%	17.6
46	Utah	0.34%	12.7
47	Vermont	0.41%	11.8
48	Virginia	0.57%	11.3
49	Washington	0.33%	13.4
50	West Virginia	0.46%	17.9
51	Wisconsin	0.50%	13
52	Wyoming	0.52%	11.5
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54	*Percent population in jail data source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics Program, 2013 (http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=131)
55	**Poverty rate data source: American Fact Finder, 2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml)
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