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The problem with these kinds of things is that they are skewed. New york may have the Hamptons, Manhatten and Westchester, but they also have the South Bronx, some of Brooklyn northeast Rochester and East Buffalo bringing it down, hense 14.5% live in poverty overall. California is the some way, you have very rich (Beverly Hills, La Jolla, Palo Alto etc. ) but you have the very poor (central valley, imperial valley) also. Here in Texas, the Rio Grande valley really raises the poor% here. The richest states would be the ones with the lowest % in poverty.
The OP is defining richest as "lowest poverty rate", which isn't necessarily how I would define richest, but using his definition, I'd say northern rural states would best fit the bill, such as Iowa, Idaho, Vermont, New Hampshire. I'd say Maine, too, but I understand there is a lot of poverty there, not as much agriculture and declining fishing and lumbering industries. I would not include states with large urban centers in them (e.g., MN, WI, PA, NJ, MA, OH) because that's where poverty is more concentrated, and I wouldn't include any Southern states, as they have large areas of rural poverty (MS, AR). I also wouldn't include northern and western states with large Indian reservations (more poverty) such as SD, MT, AK, NM.
Edit: after reading the stats in posts below the one I responded to, I see I was wrong about my own state, MN. I'm surprised, since we've had an influx of poor folk from Chicago, Gary, Detroit into the Twin Cities over the past decade or so, plus lots of new immigrants from 3rd world countries. If they've put a dent in our state's "richness", it hasn't been a very big one, based on this census data.
Last edited by Ben Around; 04-30-2008 at 09:28 PM..
a trailer in California probably costs about $200,000, which would cost $30,000 in most other states... you have to be wealthy to even live in any sort of shelter there. illinois has a high average income aswell of over $50,000. But I know I wont be buying a trailer worth $200,000 if i had that kind of money, i would buy a 2 story house in another state with that money.
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