The One Minute Geographer: The Great Plains — The Poverty Line
<p>The counties of the Great Plains are primarily rural, so incomes are generally below the national average of $62,843 in 2019. I chose to make the map showing percentages of people in poverty, which of course is strongly related to median household income.</p>
<p>Generally, the ten lowest poverty counties are the highest income counties and vice versa, but not always. Only four counties have incomes above the national average. Stanley County, SD, part of the cluster of counties around South Dakota’s capital of Pierre in Hughes County, has the highest income on the meridian strip (on chart below).</p>
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