Red counties = low education, low life expectancy, and lots of food stamps (Congress, legal)

[j_cat]

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.

haha way to deflect

[Itz]

I can tell you that when you look at income in some of these counties vs other counties the cost of living is extremely different. Take counties in Montana, North/South Dakota, Wyoming, etc... a person can LIVE on minimum wage.. vs somewhere in New York or California.

These are also counties where highly "educated" people seem to think they can demand the same wages that they would make in New York city.. sorry.. not going to happen. So therefore they can get someone with less education to do the SAME job at the same QUALITY if not better for less money. many of these states and counties are also financially in the black compared to the "overly educated" counties..

A map means squate without relevant information to compare it.. Comparing South Dakota to New York city is like comparing apples to kumquats..

[Frankie117]

Where is the food stamp map?

Never mind, found one on Google:

Food Stamp Usage Across the Country - Interactive Map - NYTimes.com

Same pattern. The Mississippi Delta region, Eastern Kentucky, Indian reservations (the Dakotas, New Mexico, Oklahoma), Texas border counties, and the Black Belt region of Alabama and Georgia are all the highest users. All, except Kentucky, are dark blue in the OP map.

Yet, extremely red areas in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, etc. are just as low as (if not lower than) the Northeast.

[pghquest]

The stupidity of the left will never cease to amaze me..

No coincidence that Florida, has a higher percentage of people with more than 9 years of education, being they have the highest median age population in the nation, and that areas like Texas, and Arizona, which borders Mexico, would have a low percentage of the population with more than 9 years of education.

It would be obvious to some, that those states with the higher number of children, would have the least number of individuals who have completed 9 years of education, but to others, obviously not smart enough to figure it out.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by JazzyTallGuy

Oh Really!

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

Useless data without cost of living adjustments to go with it..

[workingclasshero]

Red counties = low education, low life expectancy, and lots of food stamps

and your first pic is amost completely red...so your point???

are you saying we are a dumb country???

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

and your first pic is amost completely red...so your point???

are you saying we are a dumb country???

Judging by a lot of the postings here, do you really want an answer to that.

Hell, how many of them cant tell the difference between an income and an expense, or even a subsidy vs a write off..

[EricGold]

Originally Posted by pghquest

The stupidity of the left will never cease to amaze me..

No coincidence that Florida, has a higher percentage of people with more than 9 years of education, being they have the highest median age population in the nation, and that areas like Texas, and Arizona, which borders Mexico, would have a low percentage of the population with more than 9 years of education.

It would be obvious to some, that those states with the higher number of children, would have the least number of individuals who have completed 9 years of education, but to others, obviously not smart enough to figure it out.

anybody can look at a bunch of "facts" and come up with all kinds of "conclusions".....take the typical left wing "when taxes were 90% the economy was great" talking point.....to actually see if that tax rate caused the economy to be great at that time would mean you have to go the the core, underlining causes of things....liberals rarely do that...they take a superficial, limited, surface look at things and run with it....I mean why go deeper?....they're too smart for that...

[Savoir Faire]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

and your first pic is amost completely red...so your point???

are you saying we are a dumb country???

Obama had more votes. There goes your theory. The pic is majority red area wise, not population wise. Never mentioned anything about intelligence.

Red areas also score low on human development scores

[momonkey]

Originally Posted by TheDirector

LMAO...of course we already knew that.


The rebuttals should be interesting though.

My guess is.

Blame black people.

Originally Posted by JazzyTallGuy

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

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?

Originally Posted by JazzyTallGuy

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

So you think by leaving out all the majority black counties on the list you're proving a point?

How many of those poor black counties are also red counties?