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Shannon County is the 48th poorest county in the US by household income, and the second poorest, after Buffalo County, SD, by per capita income. My brother use
by rosser 13y ago
Shannon County is the 48th poorest county in the US by household income, and the second poorest, after Buffalo County, SD, by per capita income.
My brother used to work on an ambulance crew on the Pine Ridge reservation, which contains Shannon County. The poverty there is absolutely staggering, and absolutely heartbreaking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lowest-income_counties_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lowest-income_counties...