Study shows Jackson, Wyoming has the nation’s widest gap between rich and poor

Teton County exists largely in its own world. Jackson Hole Airport is by far the busiest in the state and a thriving tourism economy has insulated the region from Wyoming’s economic downturn driven by plummeting energy prices.

But that doesn’t mean Jackson doesn’t have its own problems.

A June study found that the resort town had the widest gap between rich and poor in the nation.

Arno Rosenfeld 307-266-0634, [email protected]

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