Some Red State/Blue State Indicia

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Hightest teen birth rate: Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, New Mexico, Alabama

Lowest teen birth rate: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Minnesota, New Jersey, Maine, Rhode Island, New York, Washington
 
The bottom 10 in per capita income: West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee. Red states, with the exception of New Mexico.

The top 10: Maryland, New Jersey, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, New Hampshire, Alaska, Washington, Virginia
 
Moving on to life expectancy:

The top 5: Hawaii, California, New York, Minnesota, Connecticut

The bottom 5: West Virginia, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas
 
Highest suicide rates: Montana, Alaska, Wyoming, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, West Virginia, South Dakota, Arkansas

Highest incarceration rates: Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee
 
10 best educated states: Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Vermont, Colorado, Virginia, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Washington, New Jersey

10 least well educated states: Mississippi, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, Oklahoma, New Mexico

source: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/23/the-...s-in-2018.html
 
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Hightest teen birth rate: Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, New Mexico, Alabama

Lowest teen birth rate: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Minnesota, New Jersey, Maine, Rhode Island, New York, Washington
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Highest teen abortion rate: NY, DE, NJ, HI, MD, CT, NV, CA, FL, AK

I'll gladly be on highest teen birth rate than teen abortion rate.

https://www.thoughtco.com/states-with-highest-teenage-abortion-rates-3533770#:~:text=%20%20%20Rank%20%20%20State%20,%20%2023%20%206%20more%20rows%20
 
nsacpi said:
The bottom 10 in per capita income: West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee. Red states, with the exception of New Mexico.

The top 10: Maryland, New Jersey, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, New Hampshire, Alaska, Washington, Virginia
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Real (adjusted for cost of living) or nominal?
 
I feel like there's a common root cause as to why some states consistently rank higher in health, education, wealth, etc. The difference is cycles of poverty. Think about it. Wealthier people have better access to healthcare and education, they usually were taught better by parents how to handle money and the importance of education. Conversely, those in poverty have less access to healthcare and education. They also don't know how to teach their children to handle money and often don't value education so they don't instill a value of education in their children. People born into wealth tend to be wealthier and those born into poverty tend to stay poorer.

More rural and more agrarian states have horrible problems with people being trapped in a cycle of poverty. As do states with larger minority populations. And this is a problem that has been going on for well over 100 years. It's a difficult problem to fix and one that will take generations.
 
striker42 said:
I feel like there's a common root cause as to why some states consistently rank higher in health, education, wealth, etc. The difference is cycles of poverty. Think about it. Wealthier people have better access to healthcare and education, they usually were taught better by parents how to handle money and the importance of education. Conversely, those in poverty have less access to healthcare and education. They also don't know how to teach their children to handle money and often don't value education so they don't instill a value of education in their children. People born into wealth tend to be wealthier and those born into poverty tend to stay poorer.

More rural and more agrarian states have horrible problems with people being trapped in a cycle of poverty. As do states with larger minority populations. And this is a problem that has been going on for well over 100 years. It's a difficult problem to fix and one that will take generations.
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so it isn't red state policies? based on values like freedom? free to be dumb, poor and uneducated? I will have to make a field trip sometime to evaluate my theories...haven't been to oklahoma or arkansas lately
 
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To clarity, there is nothing inherently wrong with the federal fiscal system being a sort of transfer system from richer blue states to poorer red ones. We're not even expecting a thank you note.
 
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