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If you lived in Mississippi instead of Russia, you would:

Economy

be 67.3% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Russia, 11.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Mississippi, however, that number is 18.4% as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey).

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