The S.N.C.C. volunteers were drawn to the impoverished county of Lowndes because more than 85 percent of its population was black, yet there was not one black registered voter.

Haiti braced for tough UN-ordered international sanctions amid complaints that the near-total trade embargo would hurt the poorest residents of the hemisphere's most impoverished county.

Both counties are predominantly rural and White but are some of the most impoverished counties in the state that are controlled by Democrats at the local and state levels.

It is among the most impoverished counties in China.

Ortega also referred to the monopoly of the Spanish energy company Union Fenosa on the impoverished counties' privatized power utility.

Yanchi County is one of China's most impoverished counties.

Cities such as Phoenix and Scottsdale have lately been raiding Arizona's impoverished rural counties, buying up ranches and farms to mine the water beneath them.

He's what you call 'county' all right--but very impoverished county--a younger son and all that.

Formerly an impoverished county, Fusui from 1992 experienced agricultural growth.

Wubu is an impoverished county.