December 8, 2005
More New Englanders Give, but Plains Residents Give the Most, Study Finds
A higher percentage of New Englanders give to charity than do residents of any other region of the country, according to a new study issued by the Giving USA Foundation.
Sixty-seven percent of all American households donated to charity in 2002, but 82 percent of those in New England did, the study found. That was well ahead of the second-highest region: the Rocky Mountain states, where 71 percent of households gave. The lowest giving rate was in the Southwest, at 61
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