image taken from; www.whepducom.blogspot.co.uk  (http://whepducom.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/in-olympics-of-teen-pregnancy-u.html) August 14th, 2012.

The image above shows a cultural demographic map of the poverty amongst children in the United States. The map clearly shows how the majority of southern states show the highest percentage of childhood poverty, whilst the other southern states which are not 30 or more percent, are close to it.

I think one of the contributing factors to the south's high poverty rate is the high population of African-Americans, struggling against racial inequality (where jobs and fair pay are concerned) in the somewhat racially bias region.

I also think that, with the South being such a densely populated region. problems such as poverty will naturally occur as jobs and a reasonable standard of housing are in high demand. That being said, if we look at the childhood poverty percentage for Wyoming, we see that it is less than 10%. This is because, although Wyoming is a large state, it is vastly empty with a population of around 500,000, therefore the demand for work and quality housing are not as high as the densely populated south.