Demographics

October 30, 2007 - For the first time in more than four decades, the South* is the only region in the country where low-income children make up a majority -- 54 percent -- of public school students. That has critical implications for the South's future, since low-income students as a group lag behind their wealthier peers by most measures of educational progress.

October 30, 2007 - Last week, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal became the first non-white governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction -- and the first Indian-American governor in U.S. history. The Republican congressman will succeed Democratic Gov.

August 9, 2007 - The U.S. Census Bureau has released a new report today finding that nearly one in every 10 of the nation's 3,141 counties has a population that is more than 50 percent minority.

June 5, 2007 - The Emerging Democratic Majority website points to our recent post on the rapidly-changing demographics of the South -- namely, that half of Southern K-12 pupils are now students of color, driven

May 9, 2007 - Here at Facing South, we write a lot about how the South's rising social and economic clout -- and therefore its national political importance.

January 18, 2007 - As we reported in December, the latest Census Bureau numbers show that the South and West were the fastest-growing regions in the country last year. Of the top 10 state growing in the most, half are in the South.

January 10, 2007 - In the interesting demographics department, Memphis is set to become the nation's first major metropolitan area with a black majority :

December 22, 2006 - Which parts of the U.S. are growing the fastest? The Census Bureau has released its latest numbers, and once again, the West and South come out on top.

December 8, 2006 - As Facing South has noted before, one of the biggest long-term trends happening in the South has been the rapid growth of suburbs, which have grown faster in the South than any other region.

December 8, 2006 - As Facing South has noted before, one of the biggest long-term trends happening in the South has been the rapid growth of suburbs, which have grown faster in the South than any other region.