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Beauty amid poverty : Poverty has visibly increased on the streets of the capital of 4 million, where people huddle in sleeping bags in empty alleys and can be seen rummaging through garbage containers for food or scraps of metal or glass to sell. According to the Hellenic ...

Humboldt County – Amid stunning beauty, a sad health profile A number of rural California counties fit this profile, Humboldt among them. The Census Bureau shows that Humboldt County's poverty level is substantially higher than the state average, and its household income is one-third lower.