Census Results In - Things Are Bad

So this is the reason they do the census? The federal government needs to spend this kind of money to tell you what the Ensign could have told you sticking his head out the window? Things are bad, and they are really bad. Duh hey!

What is comforting to me is that the geography of poverty distribution is holding up well. I don't recall a time when "Louisiana, Mississippi and certain areas of Texas" were not in fact poor, so there are some things you can count on.

Analysis - There would be significant barriers to an invasion of the rich states by the poor. I would say Wyoming is most vulnerable to this inevitable attack. It's going to be really hard for the poor to get from Louisiana, Mississippi and certain areas of Texas to Hawaii, Minnesota and the "East Coast" states that aren't south of Virginia. But if they get it together they might be able to overwhelm Wyoming.

The total number of Americans living in poverty hit 43.6 million, the highest level in 51 years and the national poverty rate rose to 14.3% from 13.2%, according to data released last month by the Census Bureau.

Among the hardest hit states were Louisiana, Mississippi and certain areas of Texas. States with the lowest poverty statistics include Wyoming, Hawaii, Minnesota and several East Coast states.

[Huffington Post]