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Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The State of the South

Ferrel GuillorySenior Fellow, MDC

Director, Program on Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill

Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

$40,000

Per Capita Personal IncomeThe South : 1990 to 2009

Source: BEA Regional Economic Accounts

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Source: Current Population Survey

Share of Persons Below the Poverty LevelSouth and United States: 1980 to 2009


Percent Change in Resident Population: 2000 to 2010

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census


Overall Performance: Recession and Recovery

Source: Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program



2008 Election Results by State

Source: The New York Times


2008 Election Results by County

Source: The New York Times


A Shifting Electorate

The New York Times Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/05/us/politics/20081104_ELECTION_RECAP.html


Population by Race/Ethnicity and Age Group South Region, 2009

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2009


Source: MDC tabulation of data from the Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Aging AnglosMedian Age of State Population by Race and Ethnic Group, 2008


Latino GrowthChange in Population, 2000-2006/8

Source: MDC tabulation of American Community Survey Data, 2000 and 2006-8


Metros Advance, Rural Grows SlowlyIncrease in Jobs in the South, 1987-2008

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis


17,431,466(89%)

2,132,882 (11%)

Total Metro Increase

Total Non-metro Increase


ItalyMexico

PortugalArkansasLouisiana

GreeceWest Virginia

PolandTexas

TennesseeMississippi

AlabamaKentuckyGeorgia

OECD averageSouth Carolina

SwitzerlandFlorida

North CarolinaNetherlands

United KingdomSpain

FinlandSweden

DenmarkUnited States

AustraliaBelgium

FranceVirginiaNorwayIreland

New ZealandJapanKorea

Canada

18.919.5

21.425.9

28.128.128.2

30.030.731.331.731.832.2

34.034.234.435.035.336.036.737.1

38.939.340.040.140.440.741.341.442.442.7

43.947.3

53.755.555.8

Percentage of Young-Adult Degree Attainment*

*Ages 25-34 with at least a two-year degree

Sources: OECD and U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

Note: OECD country-level data is for 2008, while ACS state-level data is for 2009.


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

Percentage of Population 25 and Over with an Associate Degree or Higher by Race/Ethnicity, 2009


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2010 Average Unemployment Status by Race, Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity

Total White Black or African American Hispanic or LatinoSource: Bureau of Labor Statistics



Unemployment Rate by Educational Attainment Level, 25-64 Years Old

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey


The Southern Job Gap

Source: The Brookings Institute and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey


A Postsecondary Peek at 2018Share of Total Jobs Within State Requiring Postsecondary Education

in 2018

Source: Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce


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