Thread gets stranger all the time. KK's chart is correct but it and many others do not identify why the other counties are so called takers. The biggest cost for our county is legal ( providing defense ) and most are not locals. Second item is social services and we got a ton of folks on them and most are not from this area. As housing cost & rent increases in the urban area's those with out funds end up in the rural counties. In other words we got a ton of welfare people not from around here for the lower cost of living and they draw on the services provided by the state. Seems to just work that way.