- In 2006, the Mid South was 29 percent African American, with the highest percentage in Mississippi.
- In Louisiana and Mississippi, non-white households' average median net worth is 14 times less than that of their white peers. With the largely rural Mid South struggling to find a competitive advantage in today's economy, high unemployment causes the persistence of this legacy of poverty.
- Education in the Mid South is again becoming increasingly segregated as high and middle-income white families – particularly those living in areas with high numbers of African Americans – send their children to private schools and academies. Many public schools in the region are unable to provide quality education.
- The rate of uninsured black males ages 16-44 in the Mid South is 14.1 percentage points higher than the rate among whites in this age group.
- Mississippi has stricter felony disenfranchisement laws than most other states, affecting large numbers of black males.
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- Foundation for the Mid South