Red counties = low education, low life expectancy, and lots of food stamps (minimum wage, Mexican)

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Cavaturaccioli

And as to food stamps, thanks to Barack 'The Food Stamp President' Obama there are more food stamp recipients in every county.

Well how do you "let them eat cake" without giving them the foodstamps to get that cake ?

[Cavaturaccioli]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Well how do you "let them eat cake" without giving them the foodstamps to get that cake ?

Simple: Just confiscate cake from the 'rich'!

[plwhit]

This is funny, anyone else notice that the counties with the higher education numbers are the ones that are in a financial crisis?

So I guess this means the people with less education can manage their money better than the elitists

[JazzyTallGuy]

Originally Posted by Bostonian123

Interesting maps. The areas with the least amount of education and lowest life expectancies also have a very high concentration of illegal Mexicans and African Americans. Are you trying to say that all Mexicans and blacks are dumb and on welfare. Racist much, OP?

Oh Really!

Here is a list of some of the poorest counties in the United States based on per capita income.

All Stats courtesy of U.S Census Bureau

Buffalo County, South Dakota
Per capita income: $5,213
Median household income: $19,182
Percentage High School Graduate: 63.9%
Percentage College Graduate: 5.4%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 37.7%
Native American: 79.2%
White Non-Hispanic: 17.3%

Shannon County, South Dakota
Per capita income: $6,286
Median household income: $25,867
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+:70.0%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 12.1%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 46.0%
Native American: 84.8%
White Non-Hispanic: 6.4%

Starr County, Texas
Per capita income: $7,069
Median household income: $23,929
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 34.7%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 6.9%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level:36.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: 97.2%

Ziebach County, South Dakota
Per capita income: $7,463
Median household income: $25,592
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 71.4%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 12.0%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 54.4%
Native American: 72.9%
White Non-Hispanic: 25.4%

Todd County, South Dakota
Per capita income: $7,714
Median household income: $27,236
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 74.1%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 12.1%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level:40.1%
Native American: 80.7%
White Non-Hispanic: 12.7%

Sioux County, North Dakota
Per capita income: $7,731
Median household income: $29,137
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 78.5%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 11.2%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 37.8%
Native American: 79.4%
White Non-Hispanic: 17.3%

Corson County, South Dakota
Per capita income: $8,615
Median household income: $27,591
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 76.0%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 11.3%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 34.9%
Native American: 64.9%
White Non-Hispanic: 31.0%

Wade Hampton, Alaska
Per capita income: $8,717
Median household income: $33,033
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 66.3%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 9.1%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 29.2%
Alaskan Native: 90.7%
White Non-Hispanic: 6.0%


Maverick County, Texas
Per capita income: $8,758
Median household income: $29,787
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 42.1%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 9.1%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 26.5%

Apache County, Arizona
Per capita income: $8,986
Median household income: $31,728
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 63.6%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 11.3%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 33.2%
Native American: 72.9%
White Non-Hispanic: 23.3%

Dewey County, South Dakota
Per capita income: $9,251
Median household income: $31,716
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 77.4%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 12.2%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 27.5%
Native American: 73.1%
White Non-Hispanic: 22.1%

Willacy County, Texas
Per capita income: $9,421
Median household income: $29,079
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 48.7%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 7.5%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 30.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: 86.8%
White Non-Hispanic: 10.7%

Hudspeth County, Texas
Per capita income: $9,549
Median household income: $26,625
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 46.1%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 9.7%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 30.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: 74.1%
White Non-Hispanic: 23.3%

Clay County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $9,716
Median household income: $22,365
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 49.4%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 8.0%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 38.3%
White Non-Hispanic: 92.2%

McCreary County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $9,896
Median household income: $22,253
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 52.6%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 6.7%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 35.4%
White Non-Hispanic: 94.9%

Wolfe County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $10,321
Median household income: $23,310
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 53.6%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 10.6%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 36.1%
White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%


Leslie County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $10,429
Median household income: $23,627
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 52.5%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 6.3%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 30.0%
White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%

Martin County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $10,650
Median household income: $22,841
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 54.0%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 9.0%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 35.3%
White Non-Hispanic: 93.2%

Knox County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $10,660
Median household income: $25,090
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 54.1%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 8.8%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 33.4%
White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%


Magoffin County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $10,685
Median household income: $25,890
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 50.1%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 6.3%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 34.9%
White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%

Jackson County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $10,711
Median household income: $25,084
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 52.9%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 6.8%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 27.1%
White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%

Owsley County, Kentucky
Per capita income: $10,742
Median household income: $19,829
Percentage High School Graduate age 25+: 49.2%
Percentage College Graduate age 25+: 7.7%
Percentage of County Below Poverty Level: 37.6%
White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%

The poorest regions in the United States are counties in South Dakota, the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, thoughout Kentucky, and parts of Mississippi.

Lowest Income Counties In The United States

[d4g4m]

Looks like my solidly 'red county' is an oddity to the OP's theory.
We have highly educated people, very high life expectancy [highest % of seniors in the U.S.] and a lower percentage of people on food stamps.
And we actually have 'cultural resources' and people have access to dental care.

[JazzyTallGuy]

Originally Posted by TheDirector

LMAO...of course we already knew that.


The rebuttals should be interesting though.

My guess is.

Blame black people.

Unfortunately the facts is this particular instance won't support that assertion.

[JazzyTallGuy]

Originally Posted by Cavaturaccioli

And as to food stamps, thanks to Barack 'The Food Stamp President' Obama there are more food stamp recipients in every county.

Funny you didn't fee the same way when the number of Americans receiving food stamps increased over 50% under the Bush 43 administration.

This is how the number of people on food stamps increased during George W. Bush Jr.'s two terms which started in January 2001.

Average Monthly Participation On Food Stamps

2000 - 17,194,000

2001 - 17,318,000

2002 - 19,096,000

2003 - 21,250,000

2004 - 23,811,000

2005 - 25,628,000

2006 - 26,549,000

2007 - 26,316,000

2008 - 28,223,000

[Backspace]

Originally Posted by JazzyTallGuy

Funny you didn't fee the same way when the number of Americans receiving food stamps increased over 50% under the Bush 43 administration.

I sure as hell did.

[TheDirector]

Yep didn't even HEAR about food stamp usage under Bush.

[Backspace]

Originally Posted by TheDirector

Yep didn't even HEAR about food stamp usage under Bush.

You weren't listening.