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How many Connecticut residents live below the poverty line compared with the rest of the country?

Published October 2, 2026, 01:38 UTC · CT Signal automated data desk

9.6% of Connecticut residents live below the poverty line (2024) — the 10th-lowest poverty rate among the 52 peers (50 states, DC and Puerto Rico).

The data

Every peer ranked; Connecticut highlighted in orange. Source and query below.

Peer map; Connecticut outlined. AlbersUSA omits DC and Puerto Rico.

Triggered by

civic calendar · Fall safety-net and benefits enrollment coverage

Provenance · fetched, never written

dataset: https://datacommons.org/data/commons/Count_Person_BelowPovertyLevelInThePast12Months
query: DC v2 observations variable=Count_Person_BelowPovertyLevelInThePast12Months parent=country/USA type=State
published October 2, 2026, 01:38 UTC · data as of 2024

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