Where Isn't The Grass Always Greener?
The U.S. county with the biggest gap between rich and poor Americans is East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. A 2012 Census Bureau report said Edwards County, Texas was second; but income inequality isn't limited to small, rural counties. New York County, New York – also known as Manhattan – was third. In fact, the biggest metropolitan areas tended to have the highest levels of income inequality. Counties in the Midwest had much lower levels. Household income inequality has grown 18% since 1967, but the trend has slowed down recently. It seems recessions don't distinguish between rich and poor.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the worst-paying city for women. In 2012 women earned 63.4% of what men earned doing similar work. Using Census Bureau compensation data, 24/7 Wall St. compared median incomes for the previous 12 months of both men and women who worked full-time, year-round in the country's 100 biggest metropolitan statistical areas. Ogden-Clearfield, Utah was the second-worst-paying city - 64.4% followed by Toledo, Ohio – 70%; Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia/South Carolina – 70.6%; and Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut – 71.8%. When the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed, women earned, on average, 58.9% of what men earned. "We haven't come a long way, baby".
The fattest metropolitan area in the U.S. is McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas. That is according to the 2011 Gallup-Healthways poll, which was based on the body mass index of more than 350,000 adults. BMI's measure fatness, with a score of 30 or more considered obese. The percent of obese residents in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area was 38.8%. Binghamton, New York was second with 37.6% followed by Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia with 36%; Rockford, Illinois with 35.5%; and Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas with 33.8%. In case you "want the skinny' on the metropolitan area with the lowest percentage of obese residents, it is Boulder, Colorado with 12.1% .
The most expensive state for car insurance is Louisiana – on average, $2,536 a year. This was the 2012 finding of the website Insure. Factors increasing the cost of car insurance include number of uninsured drivers, state insurance laws, how many insurers compete in the state and whether natural disasters have increased claims. Second most expensive was Oklahoma - $2,047 followed by Michigan - $2,013 and West Virginia - $2,002. The cheapest state for car insurance was Maine - $899 followed by Iowa - $985, Wisconsin - $987 and Idaho - $1,011. Of course, a bad driving record "drives up" the cost even more.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the worst-paying city for women. In 2012 women earned 63.4% of what men earned doing similar work. Using Census Bureau compensation data, 24/7 Wall St. compared median incomes for the previous 12 months of both men and women who worked full-time, year-round in the country's 100 biggest metropolitan statistical areas. Ogden-Clearfield, Utah was the second-worst-paying city - 64.4% followed by Toledo, Ohio – 70%; Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia/South Carolina – 70.6%; and Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut – 71.8%. When the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed, women earned, on average, 58.9% of what men earned. "We haven't come a long way, baby".
The fattest metropolitan area in the U.S. is McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas. That is according to the 2011 Gallup-Healthways poll, which was based on the body mass index of more than 350,000 adults. BMI's measure fatness, with a score of 30 or more considered obese. The percent of obese residents in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area was 38.8%. Binghamton, New York was second with 37.6% followed by Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia with 36%; Rockford, Illinois with 35.5%; and Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas with 33.8%. In case you "want the skinny' on the metropolitan area with the lowest percentage of obese residents, it is Boulder, Colorado with 12.1% .
The most expensive state for car insurance is Louisiana – on average, $2,536 a year. This was the 2012 finding of the website Insure. Factors increasing the cost of car insurance include number of uninsured drivers, state insurance laws, how many insurers compete in the state and whether natural disasters have increased claims. Second most expensive was Oklahoma - $2,047 followed by Michigan - $2,013 and West Virginia - $2,002. The cheapest state for car insurance was Maine - $899 followed by Iowa - $985, Wisconsin - $987 and Idaho - $1,011. Of course, a bad driving record "drives up" the cost even more.
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