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America's poorest county: Proud Appalachians who live without running water or power in region where 40% fall below poverty line
Via Billy
It was a county formed 19 years before the Civil War.
But in the towns lying between borders in Owsley, in the coal fields of eastern Kentucky, a portrait of Americans shows a community that appears frozen in time, where many still live without water or electricity.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the Appalachian county has the lowest median household income in the states – a staggering 41.5 per cent of residents falling below the poverty line.
Job shortages hit the region hard due to declines in demand for coal, lumber and tobacco; and the community of 4,700 is struggling for work.
The U.S. Census Bureau considers low income roughly $45,000 a year for a family of four. In Owsley, the median household income is $19,351 – the lowest in the country outside of Puerto Rico.
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Source: http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2015/01/americas-poorest-county-proud.html
