Suppose you live in America's most liberal state. Now suppose you live in the state known as "poverty capital of America." But I repeat myself. - AEI

Suppose you live in America's most liberal state. Now suppose you live in the state known as "poverty capital of America." But I repeat myself. - AEI:
The table...shows US states ranked for two different measures of poverty: 
a) the official measure of poverty and 
b) the Census Bureau’s recently introduced (2011) Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which accounts for each state’s cost-of-living, housing costs, utilities, medical costs and taxes. 
It also considers non-cash government assistance as a form of income and is therefore considered a more accurate measure of poverty than the official rate..."
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