These States Have the Highest Poverty Rates in America

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Different factors affect a state’s cost of living such as the location, population, education quality, job opportunities, and infrastructure.  Basically, The more opportunities there are, the higher everything costs.

Some states have a high poverty rate while some states have households earning twice the amount of money as a family in a rural area. The states of America may be united but when it comes to the cost of living, the reality is that they are far from equal. Read on to learn which are the poorest states in America.