Illinois’ public corruption most hurts its low-income residents – Opinion – Crain’s*

Regression analysis reveals that if Illinois had the same level of corruption per capita as the national average during that same period, the state's poverty rate would have been lower by roughly 0.7 percentage points—that's nearly 88,000 fewer Illinoisans living under the Census Bureau's poverty line. The poorest Illinoisans tend to be younger, Black, unmarried with young children and less likely to have a college degree.