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The reported poverty rate for New Mexico was 18.1% in the 2019–2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The profile keeps each measure separate and does not turn them into an overall assessment of the state.
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Poverty rate
18.1%ACS percentages are estimates; this report does not include margins of error or statistical significance testing.
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$62,125This input does not include each estimate's margin of error, so rank order does not establish statistically significant differences between states.
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ACS percentages are estimates; this report does not include margins of error or statistical significance testing.
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Position 4 of 52 · New Mexico: 18.1%
2019–2023 ACS 5-year estimates · Unit: percent of population · Source: Census ACS. These point estimates do not establish statistically significant differences between states, and this view does not show a trend or cause.