The South
Michael notes:
Compared to the nation, the South has more blacks serving in state legislatures and, despite old stereotypes, the South has a lower rate of violent crime.
But more Southerners are classified as underserved by primary care physicians when compared to the nation as a whole, and the region narrowly lags behind the rest of the country in the percentage of adults over 25 with a high school diploma.
Bubba (you’ll always be Bubba to me) notes:
Regionally, income declined only in the Midwest, down 2.8 percent to $44,657. The South was the poorest region and the Northeast and the West had the highest median incomes.
