1. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved The State of the South Ferrel Guillory Senior Fellow, MDC Director, Program on Public Life, UNC-Chapel Hill

2. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity Per Capita Personal Income The South : 1990 to 2009 Source: BEA Regional Economic Accounts © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved

3. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved Source: Current Population Survey Share of Persons Below the Poverty Level South and United States: 1980 to 2009

4. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved Percent Change in Resident Population: 2000 to 2010 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census

5. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity Overall Performance: Recession and Recovery Source: Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved

6. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity 2008 Election Results by State Source: The New York Times

7. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity 2008 Election Results by County Source: The New York Times

8. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity A Shifting Electorate The New York Times Source: The New York Times

9. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved Population by Race/Ethnicity and Age Group South Region, 2009 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2009

10. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved Source: MDC tabulation of data from the Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau Aging Anglos Median Age of State Population by Race and Ethnic Group, 2008

11. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved Latino Growth Change in Population, 2000-2006/8 Source: MDC tabulation of American Community Survey Data, 2000 and 2006-8

12. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity Metros Advance, Rural Grows Slowly Increase in Jobs in the South, 1987-2008 Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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

14. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved 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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16. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved Unemployment Rate by Educational Attainment Level, 25-64 Years Old Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 American Community Survey

17. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved The Southern Job Gap Source: The Brookings Institute and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey

18. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved A Postsecondary Peek at 2018 Share of Total Jobs Within State Requiring Postsecondary Education in 2018 Source: Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce

19. Expanding Opportunity, Advancing Equity MDC helps organizations and communities close the gaps that separate people from opportunity. Education + Work + Assets = The Pathway to Opportunity For more information, visit www.mdcinc.org © MDC, Inc. All Rights Reserved