This is misleading. The states with the most people on food stamps are the largest states California, Texas, Florida, New York.
Numbers versus percentages.
To me percentages are more indicative of what is happening in a particular state.
And of course if you did it by county, it would be heavily urban oriented.
In other words, would ya rather live in a state with a 1 people where with 200k on food stamps or a state with 5 million population with 300k on food stamps?
They use per capita numbers for a good reason.
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No it’s not misleading. Your comment is misleading. The article clearly states “per capita”.
In other words, would ya rather live in a state of 1 million where with 200k on food stamps or a state with 5 million population with 300k on food stamps?
They use per capita numbers for a good reason.
To simplify it, which state would you rather be in, a state with 1 in every 5 on the stamps or a state with 1 in every 10 on stamps?
1 in 10 would be much better and again, this is why they use per capita. It tells the real story, because all populations are not equal.
Right this group isnt true. Maybe its by percentage of population.