10 states (+ DC) where at least half of seniors have incomes below 200% of poverty

1. Washington DC (59%)
2. California (56%)
3. Hawaii (55%)
4. Georgia (54%)
5. Louisiana (52%)
6. New York (52%)
7. Rhode Island (52%)
8. Tennessee (52%)
9. Florida (51%)
10. Mississippi (51%)
11. Arizona (50%)

Notes: The Census poverty measure is used to provide official statistics of the share of Americans living in poverty.5 Under this measure, poverty thresholds are set at three times the subsistence food budget from 1963 (adjusted for inflation) and vary based on the size of a family and the age of its members
Source: The Kaiser Family Foundation
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