State by State Poverty Levels for Census 2000


truthteller

truthteller

The Critic
What do you all think of this?

1. Maryland 7.6%
2. Utah 7.9%
3. Indiana 8.3%
4. Connecticut 8.4%
5. New Jersey 8.5%
6. Wisconsin 8.5%
7. Alaska 8.6%
8. Colorado 8.6%
9. Iowa 8.7%
10. New Hampshire 8.9%
11. Minnesota 9.1%
12. Washington 9.2%
13. Vermont 9.6%
14. Virginia 9.8%
15. Delaware 10.1%
16. Michigan 10.3%
17. Illinois 10.4%
18. Maine 10.4%
19. Kansas 10.5%
20. Pennsylvania 10.6%
21. Massachusetts 10.9%
22. Nebraska 11.0%
23. Nevada 11.0%
24. Missouri 11.1%
25. Ohio 11.4%
26. Rhode Island 11.4%
27. South Dakota 11.7%
28. Hawaii 11.9%
29. Wyoming 11.9%

30. South Carolina 12.8%
31. North Carolina 13.0%
32. Oregon 13.1%
33. Tennessee 13.2%
34. Florida 13.3%
35. Oklahoma 13.5%
36. Georgia 13.7%
37. Kentucky 13.8%
38. Idaho 13.9%
39. North Dakota 13.9%

40. Alabama 15.1%
41. Arizona 15.2%
42. California 15.3%
43. Texas 15.6%
44. New York 15.7%
45. Montana 15.9%
46. Arkansas 16.4%
47. West Virginia 16.7%
48. Mississippi 16.8%

49. Louisiana 18.2 %
50. District of Columbia 19.7%
51. New Mexico 20.8%
52. Puerto Rico N/A - but said to be 3 X poorer than New Mexico
 
Stunned, some predictions.

First of all, I am totally shocked to find California, Texas and New York ranked worse than Alabama.

Lastly, I predict Mississippi will gradually move up the rankings to pass Alabama as they capitalize on the gaming/tourism industry in their state to springboard to better opportunities and jobs for the state. Nissan to Jackson is only the beginning. Next will come the increased sports exposure with more high profile sporting events being held in Mississippi just as they have been held in Nevada in during the 20th century. Some smart MS official will parlay these recreational assets into a business opportunity to attract more and more business and jobs to the state. Eventually, a city in Mississippi will come out of the pack and establish itself as the premier Mississippi city and start to be able to subsist on its own with less dependence on the gaming/tourism industry while at the same time using the gaming/tourism industry as an asset in attracting yet more business and commerce.
 

Nah...but I had an Econmics class in undergraduate school at ASU. I'm the complete opposite of an Economist. I'll be a "Pharmacist" in 5/02.

Bartram...ya know---you are right. Mississippi has really come up in recent times. And yes, I agree. That state probably will surpass Alabama in years to come. The Nissan corporation is really gonna make a positive impact on the central part of the state as far as jobs are concerened. Of course, Biloxi and neighboring cities have gaming and tourism sewed up. I do know that Mississippi was the 5th richest state back in the Civil War Days when slavery and cotton were in style. Hmmm...I'm surprised it wasnt't the richest. I think the problem with California, New York, and Texas are that they attract a huge number of immigrants. Most immigrants start out here with nothing. So, that phenomenom kinda brings those states down.
 
Yes, True.

Trent Lott really brought home the bacon with his "economic development coupe" to land Nissan. Plus you have to realize that Jackson was just fresh off of the landing of WorldCom. Very impressive plumbs for central MS. I'm hearing rumblings of Meridian really going after development also.

Yes, MS pulled off a huge, HUGE, tourism coupe with the casinos. We here in Alabama had our little dog tracks that were racking up on bus loads of folk from the Georgias and the Mississippis and we thought it was all good. All of a sudden, Georgia created a lotto and MS brought in casino gaming,, and now Alabama is sitting here looking at tumble weed roll across the entrance and parking lots of beleagured dog tracks in Shorter(Tuskegee)/Birmingham/Greene Co scratchin' & scroundgin' trying to legalize video gaming for more revenue.

This is the life story of Alabama though. We are professionals at missing the boat and not siezing an opportunity,,, except when it comes to golf. We did at least get in on the golf craze well ahead of time with our fabulous Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. It's good clean fun and it's really a big hit here and getting the state much positive pub across the country thanks to the brain child, David Bronner, the outstanding head of the Retirement System of Alabama (RSA). THANK GOD for this gentleman/shadow governor. He has single-handedly kept Alabama afloat at least in golf tourism.

It was a very close call that Biloxi/MS didn't land the Saints and get pro sports before Alabama. FEWH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my GOODNESS!:eek:
 
lol lol I know!

Biloxi has all of a sudden become a HOT SPOT in Mississippi. Shew.....I'm even thinking on moving there.

But yeah.....that Trent Lott has really been helpful to Mississippi. I mean...there was a time when Mississippi didn't even get heard in the Senate. It was just two other seats for a poor state to sit in. But now, things have changed....largely due to the reputation of prosperous gaming (in my opinion). Now, if Meridian, MS gets some major business, I can certainly say that Mississippi is bout to shoot up. Meridian is an aight city, but ya know....its just nothing really there. If Mississippi would hit up Natchez, Greenville, Tupelo (already growing), and Jackson with more corporations, that state would get back on it's feet.

Now, I don't know what the problem is in Louisiana. It could be due to these crooked government officials down here. They won't even pave a road in this state. Just poor..

I didn't know that Alabama utilized golfing as a tourist attraction. Hmmm.....I've learned something new. What part of the state is that in......near Gadsen/Huntsville?
 
Pull up a chair chief.

dude,,, just go to this sight:

http://www.rtjtrail.com/

What part of the state? It is a chain of golf resorts with coarses and convention complexes in Huntsville, Birmingham, Anniston-Gadsden, Auburn-Opelika, Prattville-Montgomery, Greenville, Dothan and Mobile. The west side of the state, namely the Shoals area, Tuscaloosa/Demopolis/Selma cooridor, has not managed a sight yet, but a Black Belt coarse would round out the trail in Alabama nicely. Every other region of the state is represented.

Yeah,, Louisiana is has never recovered from the glory days of oil and petro-chemicals and I do believe government corruption there is intrinsic more so than in any other southern state.

Yes, Alabama has gotten more visibility and funding for projects in the last 10-15 years with senior politicians like Shelby than in any other time in our history. Many long dormant projects like Corridor X that will be an interstate link between Memphis and Birmingham are now fully funded with heavy equipment and hundreds of workers working on the last 70 or so miles of Alabama's portion; Mississippi finished their portion from outside Memphis to the Alabama line in the late 80s. Huntsville is our cash cow when it comes to federal spending also. Birmingham is not the "Atlanta" that it could be for this state, but it has carved out its own nice niche in banking and medicine and could really breakout, FINALLY, in the next 10-15 years.
 
Aight!

Now that's tight. Go BAMA! I see that golfing is a big thing there with all those sites throughout the state. Oh yeah, that Selma/Tuscoloosa area could definitely use a site. That area is kinda just there---not too far in distance from Meridian city. I once visited a nice resort club in Alabama with a nice golf course. I don't know how popular it is now, but it was real nice back then. It's called Alpine Bay Resort or something like outside of Birmingham near Talladega. When we were going...I was like "What is Alabama doing with something like this?" All I knew very well was that Mobile/Prichard area. It's good to know that people haven't forgotten about Alabama, because it can't go down the tubes while everyone surrounding is steadily rising.

I've noticed further development of that interstate highway running from Memphis to Alabama. It used to be a regular US Hwy I think. More access to the Birmingham area would be just what the doctor ordered. It's gonna definitely be a "crossroads city" once that road is completed. Tupelo, MS is already benefiting from it.
 
Tupelo, Meridian, Corridor X.

Yeap, I'm hearing more and more positive things about tupelo and Corridor X was extremely clutch for Tupelo seeing as how that part of the state had no 4-lane (not to mension limited access) access to the rest of the state. It is superbly positioned as a tourist mecca now with the casinos and with the Natchez Trace passing through. Is that where Tugaloo College is?

Meridian is a sleepy area much like Selma, but at least Meridian has interstate access. And get this, Shelby and other Alabama senators are promoting the extension of I-85 from Montgomery through Selma/Demopolis and terminating at I-59/20 in the Meridian/Toomsuba area. I read some articles from the Mississippi/Meridian papers and the leaders there are adimittedly all over this idea. The regions of both states have much in common and should work to make something like this a reality. This would really establish Meridian at a crossroads of all the I-59/20 traffic plus all the traffic coming down I-85 from Atlanta that needs to go west on a straighter line.

Corridor X is limited access all the way to Hamilton/Jasper now and although it is designated U.S. 78 in Memphis, plans are to designate it an interstate when it is complete from Birmingham to Memphis.
 
Now, that interstate extension would really be helpful to that area. Like you said....that whole area is sleep. And generally, people don't like to put businesses in places that are not easily accessible to large cities. Furthermore, people don't like to live in areas like that in this modern day. So, Shelby should go for it. I know that he wouldn't have a problem with Mississippi cooperating, because highways are a priority in that state.

Once they get it all together, things will be better for both states.


Oh, Tougaloo College is in Jackson, MS. There is another private HBCU in the area between Memphis and Tupelo. It's called Rust College (not all that popular)---located in Holly Springs.
 
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