The South's economic boom is masking a harsher reality. It still has several of the poorest states in the nation.

The South's economic boom is masking a harsher reality. It still has several of the poorest states in the nation.

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

The future of the US economy might be in the South — but some states in the region are at risk of being left behind.

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