What is going on everyone? Welcome back to the world according to briggs and a video
about poverty. Sure it's a depressing subject but i think we should talk about it the united
states is one of the richest countries on the planet we've done great things we've built giant
buildings great economy monuments we've invented things like the internet and various vaccines
sure we've made some mistakes like vietnam and getting rid of that foil wrapping that we used to
put on ding dongs but with all of our greatness we still can't overcome one of our biggest problems
poverty over 40 million americans live in poverty with about 10 million living in extreme
poverty poverty is defined as not having enough income to meet basic needs this goes beyond not
having enough money for a new vehicle smartphone vacations video games instead people who live in
poverty struggle to keep a roof over their heads put food on their table or even purchase basic
items like clothing shoes and hygiene items today we're looking at the 10 states with the
highest percentage of their population living in poverty and i think most of you will be alarmed
at what percentage of these states population do actually live in poverty it's kind of upsetting
just to give you an idea of what these states are going through and how far they are away from
let's say the best states we're looking at two things what percentage of the population lives
in poverty and what is the average household income for these states the state with the
highest median household income is maryland with 84 805 that's 2021 numbers estimated and when it
comes to what percentage of a state's population is living in poverty the absolute lowest is new
hampshire with only 7.19 of their population living in poverty and as this list goes on like
i said i think some of you will be alarmed by how many people are living in poverty in these states
alright let's take a look number 10 georgia this is the first time georgia's been on this list in
some time the last time i did this video which was in 2019 the number 10 state was arizona and
arizona's completely fallen off the list they're actually number 12 now but georgia is the number
10 spot with 14.11 of their population living in poverty the median household income in the peach
state is fifty eight thousand seven hundred dollars now you might be looking at atlanta
and a couple other place like that most of atlanta is good place to live savannah's beautiful there's
a lot of really nice places to live in georgia but there's also some small towns that are dirt poor
and that's why their stats are so bad and got them to number 10. number nine tennessee tennessee has
some great places to live nashville's nice knoxville pigeon forge is nice a lot of fun
chattanooga's really nice memphis has its spots but memphis also has some extremely bad places to
live they also have a lot of really nice small towns but a majority of the small towns dotted
throughout tennessee are kind of dirt poor and people aren't making any money and they're barely
getting by fourteen point three six percent of the volunteer state live in poverty and the median
household income is only fifty three thousand three hundred and twenty dollars that's low
number eight oklahoma the sooner state comes in at number eight and they've been on this list many
many times before actually a couple years back i was kind of alarmed to find out that they actually
lead the country with the highest percentage of the population that receive some form of public
assistance they got some nice places to live there's tulsa and there's oklahoma city but
there like so many other places on this list have some really out of the way towns that are
dirt poor and it's too bad i mean there used to be farming and a lot of oil jobs in oklahoma but as
time went on and automation started taking more and more of these jobs away from the population
it got bad and it's kind of stayed bad the median household income in oklahoma is 52 919
the percentage of the population that live in poverty is 15 percent
number seven alabama alabama is another state that's been on this list for a very long time
they have some great places to live like mobile and birmingham but then after that it gets a
little sketchy they have a few nice small towns but you've also got places like oxford talladega
anniston aniston alone has a unemployment rate that's 75 percent higher than the national average
the jobs they do have in most these places like we talked about in a recent video are usually just at
walmart and things like that and that doesn't pay squat the median household income in alabama is 50
536 dollars and the percentage of the population that lives in poverty is 16.13 percent
number six arkansas a lot of people think arkansas is getting closer and closer every
year to knocking mississippi out of the top spot for the national joke at least over the last few
years i actually think arkansas is moving in the other direction they have the northwest corner of
the state that's doing great things with jobs and economy if that spreads to the rest of the state
it could be great for the people of the natural state a lot more people start moving in there
most the state has people leaving it's just that northwest corner people are actually moving into
but right now most of the state is in bad shape and they have been for a long time the median
household income in the natural state is forty seven thousand five hundred ninety seven dollars
and the percentage of their population that live in poverty is sixteen point three six percent
number five kentucky if you don't know kentucky has some poverty problems you've probably never
been to the state poverty in the bluegrass state is on display everywhere every day and it's too
bad if you get to know anyone from kentucky you see that they are normally very down to earth
and pleasant it's almost like this weird mix of southern hospitality and midwest nice they're just
like i said down to earth people the good news about the bluegrass state
is their poverty rate has actually dropped in the last few years and even better their child
poverty rate has dropped considerably median household income in the state of kentucky is 50
589 that's not a lot of money and their poverty rate is 16.67 two years ago it was 18.5
so like i said they're doing a little bit better but they're still at the number five spot
number four west virginia yeah this another one if you didn't know west virginia has some
poverty issues yeah thanks for not watching the news you're probably a better person for it west
virginia has a lot of problems and one of their biggest problems when it comes to poverty is
jobs they just don't have any they used to have a lot of coal mining jobs but like i've said in
other videos and if you watch the news coal mining is kind of drying up and especially in
the state of west virginia west virginia very much like kentucky and they're right next door
very good down to earth people they just got some poverty issues the median household income in west
virginia is only forty six thousand seven hundred and eleven dollars that is it and their poverty
rate is 17.5 yeah almost 18 of their population live in poverty three years ago they were 19.7
so they've gotten better too they're just still not doing great they're at the number four spot
number three new mexico new mexico isn't really a great state for anything but lizards
and scorpions and maybe good sunsets after that there's no reason to go to new mexico
just kidding it's not that bad santa fe and parts of albuquerque are really really nice and
i'd visit i'm not a desert person like i've said many many times but new mexico is kind
of beautiful it's just too bad they've got a lot of poverty and i mean a lot of poverty and
obviously that has to do with really they don't have a lot of jobs and it's not getting any better
one man described new mexico is a place you moved to when all your dreams have not come true
and you're looking for a fresh start on a budget and you don't mind having neighbors that have
more broken down cars on their property than people living in their house he was an older
gentleman that told me that and he's actually was a city council person from some city in new mexico
back in the 80s or 90s he also liked to drink a lot and he didn't drink like beer he always
drink like fluffy drinks like margaritas and stuff with umbrellas and pineapples and stuff on him it
was weird we used to call him a girl drink drunk the median household income in new mexico is 49
754 dollars that's not a lot of money and the percentage their residents that live in poverty
is 18.63 they were actually about the same thing last year too 18.25 so it got a little worse
number two louisiana if you didn't know louisiana had some poverty issues you probably haven't been
watching world according to briggs or nick johnson for that matter very much louisiana's the only
state i've ever heard of that had a stabbing at a church bingo game two weeks in a row parts of
louisiana are still living in the great depression like they've never gotten out of it they're still
living that way it's really really weird sure that's way deep in the woods a lot of times but
it's pretty bad one of the most popular things to do in louisiana is watch world according to
briggs videos while you cruise zillow looking for a new place to live the median household income
in louisiana is 49 thousand four hundred and sixty nine dollars and their poverty rate is
eighteen point eight three percent that's almost twenty percent of their population is living in
poverty right now now keep in mind like i said at the beginning poverty rate in the best state is
new hampshire with 7.19 percent they are blowing new hampshire out of the water and we got one left
all right before we get to number one don't forget we have another channel called on this day there's
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and number one mississippi who's surprised honestly if you're surprised right now
i'm surprised mississippi is the most notorious state in the union for suckage
the only thing they do right is i don't know grow moss and swamps for all of mississippi's
problems it does have some nice things one it's got a very low cost living and land
is really cheap and there's plenty to choose from the people are decent and very friendly
that's just like mississippi's thing i mean outside of jackson jackson's a freaking nightmare
mississippi has never been known as a wealthy state since i don't know the civil war when they
had plantations and cotton fields everywhere they were doing pretty good but ever since then yeah
it's been downhill for them and that's a lot of years that 1865 the median household income
in mississippi is 45 081 the poverty rate in mississippi is 19.75 the good news is
that's down just a little bit they were 19.82 last year so bravo i guess
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