Issue 54: Misery Index
Average income in the US in 2021: $64,143 Average income in the rural US: $49,895 Poverty rate in the US in 2021: 12.8% Poverty rate in the rural US: 15.4% States where rural child poverty exceeds urban child poverty: 41 Rural hospitals that have closed since 2005: 195 Average distance a rural resident must travel […]