- 35% of population, 50% of children live in poverty.
- leading causes of death, suicide and drug overdose,
`-the highest rate of drug-induced deaths in the United States, Ten x’s national average.
- lowest life expectancy in the nation, declined while national average increased,
- 40% of school children lost a parent to drug addiction., 46% do not live with a biological parent.
- unemployment rate at 48%.
- less than 6% have a college degree, 50% of adults never finished high school.
- median income, $22,154, third poorest county in the United States,
- 47% of all income is from Social Security, disability insurance, food stamps, etc
- two thirds of households have no wastewater treatment,
- many communities have no fresh water,
- largest private employer, Walmart. closed in January 2016. 140 lost their jobs.
- One third of the county's food bank resources (serving half of the population, 4,000 families) came from that Walmart,
- Only one quarter of high school students are proficient in reading.
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