Because the district is the poorest one. Nearly all of the families are dirt poor and are living hand to mouth. They don't know how to hunt in order to survive like Katniss, but hunting in any of the districts is illegal. Before the new Peacekeeper squad arrived in Catching Fire, the head Peacekeeper was somewhat softened by the poverty of the people so he allowed those who knew how to hunt to hunt, for he even bought some from Katniss
Since District 12 has huge coal mines, most of the work is mining
Because the people of District 12 were scared of the Capitol and basically had nothing battle-worthy.
Katniss Everdeen is from district 12, which is the coal mining district.
Peeta Mellark is from District 12.
All of the people in District 12 are starving.
District 12. In the real world, District 12 is located in the Applachain Mountains
Kyakhtinsky District was created on 1923-12-12.
Pribaykalsky District was created on 1940-12-12.
Selenginsky District was created on 1923-12-12.
district 12
There is no District 12...
District 12 is made to seem like the weakest district. The poverty in District 12 is far worse than any of the others.