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Table 7.1--Social, economic, and demographic characteristics of residents in the United States and in the South

Variable	National		Southern
	1980	1990	1980	1990
Total Population	226,545,805	248,709,873	67,973,072	77,597,917
Median household income ($)	16,647	30,056	14,675	25,192
Percent rural	26.3	24.8	33.4	31.7
Percent female	51.4	51.3	41.4	51.4
Percent nonwhite	16.9	19.6	21.6	22.9
Percent Hispanic	6.5	8.8	6.4	8.4
Percent blue-collar	47	41.9	49.6	44.2
Percent some college	31.8	45.3	29	42.1
Percent over 55 years	20.9	21	20.6	21.1

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