Probably more cost of living than anything else. I’m comfortably upper middle class in the Midwest but my same salary would put me at or below the poverty line in NYC, DC, or San Fran. Which this measure accounts for
It roughly correlates to cost of living, but Hawaii and Washington (which have high cost of living) are still pretty low in this measure.
It's just a combination of cost of living and unadjusted poverty rate. Hawaii and Washington have very low unadjusted poverty rates. California has very high cost of living.
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