It seems to me that even in most blue states a large part of the voters are from the inner city including the, um, ghetto. Are the blue states really paying the bills ?
These are the top 10 states according to per capita income.
Connecticut: 43,173
New Jersey: 40,427
Massachusetts: 39,815
Maryland: 37,331
New York: 36,574
New Hampshire: 34,702
Minnesota: 34,443
Colorado: 34,283
California: 33,749
Illinois: 33,690
These are the bottom 10 states according to per capita income.
Kentucky: 26,252
South Carolina: 26,132
Louisiana: 26,100
Montana: 25,920
Idaho: 25,911
New Mexico: 25,541
Utah: 24,977
West Virginia: 24,379
Arkansas: 24,289
Mississippi: 23,448
It is virtually axiomatic that the more urbanized a state/nation, the more wealthy .. and vice versa.