This fascination with the maritime still holds today: over half the population of the United States lives in counties touching the Atlantic, Pacific, or Gulf coasts.

这种对海洋的迷恋到今天仍然存在：超过半数的美国人口住在大西洋、太平洋或墨西哥湾沿岸的市郡。

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There are currently 28 HIDTAs, which include approximately 16 percent of all counties in the United States and 60 percent of the U.S. population.

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When a community is listed as one of the poorest counties in the United States and has more than 50 percent of its population living in poverty, the options for its future may seem bleak.

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It's the seat of Humphreys County, still one of the poorest counties in one of the poorest states in the United States.

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