UPDATE. The healthiest county in each Midwestern state: Monroe County, Illinois

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

'Midwest' as defined by this map.

Part of the St. Louis, Missouri, metro area, Monroe County has seen its population increase 165% since 1940, compared to a 64% decrease during the same period in Pulaski County, the state's unhealthiest.  Monroe's poverty rate is one-fifth that of Pulaski's.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Other numbers

% of population living in poverty

• Monroe County | 5.0%
• Pulaski County | 24.7%
• Illinois | 13.6%
• U.S.  13.5%

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree

• Monroe County | 27.5%
• Pulaski County | 11.6%
• Illinois | 32.3%
• U.S. | 29.8%

Median household income:

• Monroe County | $70,859
• Pulaski County | $31,980
• Illinois | $57.574
• U.S. | $53,889

Source:  Wikipedia

Posts in the Southern states 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)
Cameron Parish, Louisiana.  (5/15/2017)
Rankin County, Mississippi.  (5/16/2017)
Orange County, North Carolina.  (5/17/2017)
Beaufort County, South Carolina.  5/18/2017)
Williamson County, Tennessee.  (5/19/2017)
Arlington County, Virginia.  (5/20/2017)


Oriignal 4/11/2017 post starts herel

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

Pulaski County, Illinois.  Its population has declined to what it was during the decade of the Civil War.

Source:  Wikipedia

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Other numbers

% of population living in poverty

• Pulaski County | 24.7%
• Illinois | 13.6%
• U.S.  13.5%

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree

• Pulaski County | 11.6%
• Illinois | 32.3%
• U.S. | 29.8%

Median household income:

• Pulaski County | $31,980
• Illinois | $57.574
• U.S. | $53,889

Source:  CNN

Apparently, the Mound City Public Library, located in the county seat, is open 20 hours per week and has no website.

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The least healthy county in each Southern state.