See also https://ykalaska.wordpress.com/2006/03/13/richest-cities-in-the-us-bethel/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poorest_places_in_the_United_States
100 Poorest Counties by Per Capita Income
Number of counties by state in the 100 poorest counties: Texas, 17; Kentucky, 16; Mississippi, 14; South Dakota, 10; Louisiana, 5; Alabama, 4; Georgia, 4; Montana, 4; New Mexico, 4; North Dakota, 3; Arizona, 2; Idaho, 2; Nebraska, 2; Tennessee, 2; West Virginia, 2; Alaska, 1; Arkansas, 1; Colorado, 1; Florida, 1; Missouri, 1; Oklahoma, 1; South Carolina, 1; Utah, 1; Wisconsin, 1.
Twenty-six states do not have any counties in the 100 poorest counties.
United States of America: $21,587
#8 Wade Hampton, Alaska $8,717
100 Poorest Counties by Median Household Income
Number of counties by state in the 100 poorest counties: Kentucky, 29; Mississippi, 13; Texas, 10; Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 7; South Dakota, 6; West Virginia, 6; Louisiana, 5; Georgia, 3; Missouri, 3; Oklahoma, 3; Tennessee, 2; Colorado, 1; Hawai’i, 1; North Dakota, 1; New Mexico, 1; South Carolina, 1; Virginia, 1.
Thirty-two states do not have any counties in the 100 poorest counties.
Alaska?
United States of America: $41,994
Pam said:
The Wikipedia entries are based on the US Census–
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html
The Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (Annual Estimates for State, Counties and School Districts) is especially useful in rural or remote areas such as ours because the data are more congruent with our Villages.
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/saipe.html
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Pam said:
The food survey can be found at http://www.uaf.edu/ces/fcs/index.html
Cost of living gap narrows between Alaska and the nation
By Melissa Campbell, Alaska Journal of Commerce, Web posted Sunday, August 6, 2006
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/080606/hom_20060806009.shtml
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mpb said:
There has been some new estimates made. I believe the wikipedia reference above includes that, but I am going through the newly released summaries now–
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/IncomePovertyWelfare/HighPoverty/Analysis.htm
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/population/PopList.asp?st=AK&longname=Alaska
Here are the new data
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