A Socio-Economic & Demographic Analysis The North East A Socio-Economic & Demographic Analysis

Per Capita Income Source: http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/rank29.html

Population

Education Source: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/sresult.asp?mode=short&s1=09&s2=36

Source: http://www. massbudget. org/documentsearch/findDocument

Urbanization

Diversity in the North East

New York Unemployment Source: http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/publications2007/SOWNY/SWNY07_WebEditionFinal.pdf

Intrastate Variations FIGURE III-7 Source: CT Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Data, August 2010.

Source: http://www. massbudget

New York

Political Culture Individual Political Culture   Dominant   Mixed with Others Source, Daniel Elazar, Political Cultures of the US

“In such a system, an individual can secede politically, not by dealing with issues in some exceptional way or by accepting some concept of good government and then striving to implement it, but by maintaining his place in the system of mutual obligations.”   -Daniel Elazar