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Originally Posted by hcap
Not quite.
US States By Poverty Rate
Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the US at 21.9% while New Hampshire has the lowest at 9.2%.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...erty-rate.html
US State Poverty Rate (by Household Income)
1 Mississippi 21.90%
2 New Mexico 20.60%
3 Louisiana 19.90%
4 Alabama 19.20%
5 Kentucky 19.00%
6 Arkansas 18.70%
7 Georgia 18.40%
8 District of Columbia 18.40%
9 West Virginia 18.30%
10 Tennessee 18.20%
11 Arizona 18.20%
12 South Carolina 17.90%
13 Texas 17.20%
14 North Carolina 17.20%
15 Oklahoma 16.60%
16 Florida 16.60%
17 Oregon 16.40%
18 California 16.40%
19 Michigan 16.20%
20 New York 15.90%
21 Ohio 15.80%
22 Missouri 15.50%
23 Nevada 15.40%
24 Montana 15.20%
25 Indiana 15.20%
26 United States (country as a whole) 14.80%
27 Rhode Island 14.80%
28 Idaho 14.80%
29 Illinois 14.30%
30 South Dakota 14.10%
31 Maine 14.00%
32 Pennsylvania 13.60%
33 Kansas 13.50%
34 Wisconsin 13.20%
35 Washington 13.20%
36 Delaware 13.00%
37 Nebraska 12.30%
38 Iowa 12.30%
39 Vermont 12.20%
40 Colorado 12.10%
41 Virginia 11.80%
42 Utah 11.80%
43 Massachusetts 11.70%
44 Hawaii 11.50%
45 Minnesota 11.40%
46 Alaska 11.40%
47 North Dakota 11.10%
48 New Jersey 11.10%
49 Connecticut 10.80%
50 Wyoming 10.60%
51 Maryland 10.40%
52 New Hampshire 9.20% |
The top sixteen states on your list are red states. As I am sure you are aware.
Not only is AA cherry picking by citing poverty rate, he is citing a particular aspect of poverty rate.
Median income tells us much more about how a state is doing as a whole. In median income, California ranks ninth. The only red.state which ranks higher is Alaska. The bottom TWENTY ONE states in median income are RED STATES .
