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 29, 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 17, 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 9, 2007 -
In the interesting demographics department, Memphis is set to become the nation's first major metropolitan area with a black majority :