Poverty 1997

Percent of People in Poverty, by State: 1995, 1996, and 1997
	Three-year Average		Average		Average		Difference in two-year moving averages
	1995-1997		1996-1997		1995-1996
		Standard		Standard		Standard	Poverty		Standard
State	Percent	error	Percent	error	Percent	error	rate		error
U.S.	13.6	0.16	13.5	0.18	13.8	0.18	-0.3		0.15
Arizona	17.9	1.31	18.8	1.54	18.3	1.54	0.5		1.25
Colorado	9.2	1.06	9.4	1.24	9.7	1.27	-0.3		0.99
Idaho	13.7	1.21	13.3	1.38	13.2	1.41	0.1		1.21
Montana	16.0	1.29	16.3	1.51	16.1	1.51	0.2		1.24
Nevada	10.1	1.15	9.6	1.30	9.6	1.34	-		1.17
New Mexico	24.0	1.49	23.4	1.71	25.4	1.77	-2.0		1.43
Utah	8.3	0.94	8.3	1.09	8.0	1.09	0.2		0.93
Wyoming	12.5	1.22	12.7	1.43	12.0	1.41	0.7		1.20

Source: Census Bureau. Poverty 1997. from Poverty in the United States, 1997