Geez, if Louisiana is the 6th poorest...what are the top 5 poorest states?
Alabama and Mississippi are down there (and IIRC, Mississippi is even poorer).
1) Mississippi
2) Arkansas
3) Utah
4) New Mexico
5) West Virginia
When I people making all kinds of wild comments about this and that it, I don't think that they have any idea how poor many of the impacted states and counties are. They simply don't have the resources that a New York or a California has. If you have never visited the deep South your really totally ignorant of the situation there.