My statistics bullshit detector flashed on this line, "Average incomes have grown much faster than in western Europe or Japan. Also adjusted for purchasing power, they exceed $50,000 in Mississippi, America’s poorest state—higher than in France."

I was imagining a handful of billionaires "averaged" with a state full of people living in desparate poverty.

The census bureau [1] says that the median income in MS for 2022 (single earner family) starts at $47,446 and goes up from there.

Quite surprising IMO.

Just saving someone else the search.

[1] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/SEX255221