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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One might question why the United States, alone, should be involved in every single case of counties that wish to develop nuclear weapons.

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Once the leading cotton-growing county in the United States, it has now become one of the biggest steel-producing counties.

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Farmers across the United States are facing the worst drought in a generation, leading the USDA to declare 1, 369 counties in 31 states as disaster areas.

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