Showing posts with label state per capita income. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state per capita income. Show all posts

Friday, June 22, 2012

Republicans lead the poorest states


Here's a breakdown of per capita income in the 50 states. National per capita income is $42,070.

As you can see the majority of the states below the national average have two Republican senators (red line). A purple line means one Republican and one Democrat and a blue line means two Democratic senators. The wealthier states are Democratic.
















What about governors?

Well, in the 25 states with per capita income above the national average, 12 (48%) of those states had Republican governors.

However, when you look at the 25 states below the national average, 18 (72%) had Republicans.