Why do the red states always end up on lists like this.....Mississippi is a great conservative state but poor as crazy and is on the list of poor schools, foot stamps, free lunches, low per capita income, etc. So strange. You would think after full Republican leadership they would do something about it.
Check the demographics.
Demographics. It all comes down to demographics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_African-American_population
I was born in MS and that state has more Blacks than any other state. The Delta area is the poorest part of the state and they usually vote for dems.