[GeronL]

Poverty Rate as expressed by % percentage

[Bernard Marx]

I understand percentages. I guess you missed the "illegal alien" reference. Not too many of those in W.V.

By calculating the ratio of illegals to a state’s total population, CA suffers with 6.94% illegals vs. total population. West Virginia has only 0.55%.

I’m not saying all illegals qualify as “poor” or that native-born citizens don’t. But the huge infusion of people who arrive in CA already poor, with only the clothes they’re wearing, makes your poverty comparison illogical.