PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — About 5,500 more people were living in poverty in Rhode Island in 2013 compared to the previous year, new U.S. Census Bureau figures show.

The number of Rhode Islanders living in poverty increased 0.6 percent to nearly 144,500 people, or 14.3 percent of the state’s population, according to the Census Bureau’s annual review of poverty in the United States. Rhode Island also had the largest segment of poor residents among the New England states, whose rates remained unchanged or dropped.