[PeaRidge]

(GOPCap. says) "As for poverty, I seem to recall that virtually all the per capita wealth figures from that era ranked the southern states at the top of the list."

(Ditto says) "Show us just one."

Here is the specific data:


......................Census of 1860



State..........Per Capita Total Value of Personal Property
....................(Includes Indentured Persons)


MISSISSIPPI..... $641.62
SOUTH CAROLINA..... $600.78
ALABAMA..... $577.40
GEORGIA..... $450.42
TEXAS..... $433.59
FLORIDA..... $410.80
TENNESSEE..... $401.19
LOUISIANA..... $391.52
NORTH CAROLINA..... $373.13
VIRGINIA..... $368.53
ARKANSAS..... $338.15
CONNECTICUT..... $328.29
OREGON..... $308.26
CALIFORNIA..... $300.59
KENTUCKY..... $297.03
MASSACHUSETTS..... $261.13
MARYLAND..... $250.22
NEW JERSEY..... $231.67
RHODE ISLAND..... $230.90
DELAWARE..... $220.55
MISSOURI..... $220.28
NEW HAMPSHIRE..... $193.26
VERMONT..... $186.94
NEW YORK..... $186.78
PENNSYLVANIA..... $173.66
NEBRASKA..... $166.85
ILLINOIS..... $136.37
OHIO..... $132.88
MAINE..... $131.32
INDIANA..... $119.27
MICHIGAN..... $117.60
IOWA..... $106.51
KANSAS..... $97.63
MINNESOTA..... $92.71
WISCONSIN..... $91.66

[GOPcapitalist]

Now isn't that interesting. The first non-southern state, Connecticut, is 12th on the list.