dirt-poor vs poverty-ridden

dirt-poor

adj
  • In a condition of extreme poverty. 

poverty-ridden

adj
  • Suffering from poverty. 

  • During which one suffers or has suffered from poverty. 

  • Filled with or plagued by poverty. 

How often have the words dirt-poor and poverty-ridden occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )