[bojangleslover]

And yet it's GDP per Capita is higher than that of the UK

[LionTamer]

The US does, Mississippi doesn’t. Mississippi has a GDP per capital of about $42,411 [0] while UK has $47,334 [1]. Those are both in current USD.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...

[deepdriver]

Those numbers are still remarkably similar.

[rco8786]

Yep. Then you look at wealth distribution and it all makes sense.

Mississippi’s Gini coefficient is around .49, where the UK is around .34.

[UglyToad]

To be fair the UK (or rather England) isn't exactly an examplar when it comes to water quality.

https://news.sky.com/story/huge-increase-in-raw-sewage-relea...

[postalrat]

Does that suggest that wealth in Mississippi is extremely concentrated near the top?

[rco8786]

Yes. MS has the 4th worst balance of income/wealth in the US (which is already pretty unbalanced overall).

MS has wealth distribution similar to that of Zimbabwe and Rep of Congo, measured by Gini coefficient.

[exabrial]

The government in Mississippi collects Billions in tax revenue and wastes it... like every government.