What makes a state poor
Among the factors that are common to the poorest states in the United States are high employment rates, low minimum wages, a social services safety net that are deficient and low minimum wages. Furthermore, even when there are jobs in these states, they tend to be different kinds of jobs and in different industries than those that are prevalent in states with the lowest poverty rates. Specifically, low-paying manufacturing jobs and jobs in the customer service sector tend to be more common in states with the highest poverty rates. Higher paying jobs such as those in information technology, professional services, and finance are far more common in states with the lowest poverty rates.
In 2014, Louisiana was the state with the highest rate of poverty in the United States, with 23.1% of its citizens living below the poverty threshold. By contrast, the state with the lowest poverty rate in the country was New Hampshire, with 7.2 % living below the poverty threshold.
PERCENTAGE of POPULATION under the poverty line..
1 Louisiana 23.10 %
2 Mississippi 22.10 %
3 Arizona 21.20 %
4 West Virginia 20.60 %
5 Kentucky 20.00 %
6 New Mexico 20.00 %
7 DC 19.00 %
8 Arkansas 18.40 %
9 Alabama 17.80 %
10 Tennessee 17.30 %
11 Oklahoma 17.30 %
12 North Carolina 17.10 %
13 Nevada 17.00 %
14 Georgia 16.80 %
15 Florida 16.70 %
16 South Carolina 16.50 %
17 Texas 16.40 %
18 California 15.80 %
19 Ohio 15.60 %
20 Michigan 14.80 %
21 Maine 14.60 %
22 Indiana 14.60 %
23 Oregon 14.40 %
24 New York 14.00 %
25 Illinois 13.70 %
26 Massachusetts 13.60 %
27 South Dakota 12.80 %
28 Pennsylvania 12.50 %
29 Idaho 12.40 %
30 Colorado 12.30 %
31 Kansas 12.10 %
32 Montana 12.00 %
33 Washington 12.00 %
34 Alaska 11.90 %
35 Nebraska 11.80 %
36 Rhode Island 11.30 %
37 New Jersey 11.30 %
38 Delaware 11.00 %
39 Wisconsin 10.90 %
40 Hawaii 10.80 %
10.80 %
41 Missouri 10.40 %
42 Iowa 10.30 %
43 Virginia 10.20 %
44 Utah 10.20 %
45 Maryland 9.90 %
46 Wyoming 9.70 %
47 North Dakota 9.70 %
48 Vermont 9.30 %
49 Connecticut 8.60 %
50 Minnesota 8.30 %
51 New Hampshire 7.2
Now the EU as 27 countries acting like the USA with each country being a state..
You better hope your state don't become the poor state.
Because all states cannot be rich only so many can produce a certain type of product to sell to all of
your states..
Everyone cannot build cars who will buy them if we all made cars..
So enjoy the UNITED STATES OF EUROPE..Where are you going to the STATE OF FRANCE
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AKA islamic state france
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