U.S.A. fact of the day

Poverty is higher among Appalachians than the national average, but not by much — Kentucky has a poverty rate of 18.5% and West Virginia 17.9%, compared to a national average of 14.7%.

That is from Bill Easterly.  The difference of course would be smaller yet if we adjusted the poverty level by regional rather than national CPIs.

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