Monday, May 15, 2017

UPDATE. The healthiest county in each Southern state: Cameron Parish, Louisiana


Healthiest County in Every State.  (24/7 Wall Street, 5/9/2017)

Located in the southeast corner of Louisiana, the percentage of nonwhites living in Cameron Parish is 10%, compared to 65.1% for Madison Parish, the state's unhealthiest, which also has 3 times the level of poverty than Cameron.


Other numbers
% of population living in poverty
  • Cameron Parish | 12.7%
  • Madison Parish | 37.6%
  • Louisiana | 19.6%
  • U.S.  13.5%
    % of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree
    • Cameron Parish | 15.8%
    • Madison Parish | 11.4%
    • Louisiana | 22.5%
    • U.S. | 29.8%
    Median household income:
    • Cameron Parish | $64,231
    • Madison Parish | $23,854
    • Louisiana | $45,047
    • U.S. | $53,889

    Source:  Wikipedia


    Other posts in series.
    Shelby County, Alabama.  (5/10/2017)
    Benton County, Arkasnsas.  (5/11/2017)
    St. Johns County, Florida.  (5/12/2017)
    Oconee County, Georgia.  (5/13/2017)
    Oldham County, Kentucky.  (5/14/2017)


    Original 4/3/2017 post starts here.

    The least healthy counties in every state.  (24/7 Wall Street, 3/15/201\7)

    Madison Parish, Louisiana.   


    Source:  Wikipedia


    The Black Belt of the American South extends into the Louisiana Delta regtion.



    Other numbers
    % of population living in poverty
    • Madison Parish | 37.6%
    • Louisiana | 19.6%
    • U.S.  13.5%
      % of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree
      • Madison Parish | 11.4%
      • Louisiana | 22.5%
      • U.S. | 29.8%
      Median household income:
      • Madison Parish | $23,854
      • Louisiana | $45,047
      • U.S. | $53,889
      Related reading: 
      Madison Parish, Louisiana:  Largest slaveholders from 1860 slave census schedules and surname matches for African America on 1870 census. (Ancestry.com)

      Other counties in series:


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