SOME BITTER ARKANSAS TRUTHS

• WE RANK AS ONE OF THE WORST STATES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN: 48%
• TWENTY-TWO PERCENT OF AMERICA'S CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN POVERTY, WHICH IS WORSE THAN THE GREAT DEPRESSION. IN ARKANSAS, THAT PERCENT IS 29.
• MEASURING THE BEST QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS, ARKANSAS RANKS 44. THAT MEANS LOW SPENDING AND A WEAK SCHOOL SYSTEM.
• INDIVIDUALS WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE IN ARKANSAS: 20.5%
• HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE: 75%
• THE  OVERALL POVERTY RATE IN ARKANSAS: 19.7%
• ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN GO TO BED HUNGRY AT NIGHT. 
• PERCENT OF PEOPLE FOOD INSECURE: 21%

WE ARE THE NATURAL STATE. APPARENTLY WE ARE NATURALLY  UNEDUCATED, HUNGRY, AND POOR. BUT WE ARE BETTER THAN MISSISSIPPI.