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http://money.msn.com/family-money/the-poorest-counties-in-americaNo. 15: Wilcox County, Ala.
No. 14: Maverick County, Texas
No. 13: Owsley County, Ky.
No. 12: East Carroll Parish, La.
No. 11: Lake County, Tenn.
No. 10: Allendale County, S.C.
No. 9: Corson County, S.D.
No. 8: Holmes County, Miss.
No. 7: Sioux County, N.D.
No. 5 (tie): Washington County, Miss.
No. 5 (tie): Humphreys County, Miss.
No. 4: Issaquena County, Miss.
No. 3: Shannon County, S.D.
No. 2: Todd County, S.D.
No. 1: Ziebach County, S.D.
Poverty rate: 50.1%
Poverty rate of children under 18: 52.2%
Median household income: $25,669
This is one of the saddest lists I have ever seen.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)How these people keep voting against their best interests baffles me beyond anything
bornskeptic
(1,330 posts)He lost the Kentucky county by a big margin, and lost narrowly in the Tennessee county. They are, other than those two, counties which are predominantly either African American or Native American.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)yet I do not hear Newt talking about paychecks for Indians, or Frothy calling out "India-a-a-a-ahhh people".
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)There are no jobs on the Reservation - or off it.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)It was just a couple of months ago IIRC.
The locals are begging for the big box stores to open up in their area
but the big box stores don't want to invest in such a depressed area.
They are good people for the most part but no one wants to take a
chance on them. Damn shame.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)FYI
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)Ziebach - 2542
Shannon - 13,647
Todd - 10,167
Corson - 4,136
Sioux - 4232
Humphreys - 10,089
Allendale - 10,447
Owslet - 4634
MedicalAdmin
(4,143 posts)It isn't that they vote red, it's that they had red inflicted upon them ... like cholera.
onethatcares
(16,161 posts)the bureau of Inian Affairs has not been kind to the Native Americans.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)tkmorris
(11,138 posts)Vinca
(50,236 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)But I bet all those areas have a lot of good old fashioned Calvinist churches in them. Their version of Jesus tends to favor the poor getting screwed.