alt Hacker NewsThere’s a difference between “there exists people there who are poor” and the state and local governments are poor.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-local-tax-col...
Louisiana is 32nd for tax revue per capita.
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triceratops • today at 3:03 PM
Then why does the state look so poor? And why do you think their governments will spend money on helping people now?
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Louisiana has the highest poverty rate of all the states in the nation, according to the 2023 Census, at 18.9%. https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/acsbr...
Louisiana ranks 43rd in per capita personal income. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_adjuste...
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