Southern USA
Southern USA: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
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Southern USA at a glance
Rolled up from the 226 regions inside Southern USA on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads the states inside
From each one's researched profile.
- Florida — Ron DeSantis Governor of Florida, Republican ↗
- Georgia — Brian P. Kemp Governor of Georgia (83rd), Republican ↗
- North Carolina — Josh Stein Governor of North Carolina (76th), Democratic ↗
- South Carolina — Henry McMaster Governor, Republican ↗
- Alabama — Kay Ivey Governor of Alabama, Republican ↗
- Louisiana — Jeff Landry Governor, Republican ↗
- Arkansas — Sarah Huckabee Sanders Governor (47th), Republican ↗
- Mississippi — Tate Reeves Governor of Mississippi, Republican ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey — summed from the province/state summaries; income, rent and rates are population-weighted means of their medians, not national medians.
- Spanish7,193,440 · 11.2%
- Other Indo-European languages749,410 · 1.2%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun735,089 · 1.1%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages326,024 · 0.5%
- Other and unspecified languages270,051 · 0.4%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages216,531 · 0.3%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)202,184 · 0.3%
- Vietnamese197,363 · 0.3%
- German or other West Germanic languages165,447 · 0.3%
- Arabic144,370 · 0.2%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)117,728 · 0.2%
- Korean93,272 · 0.1%
Provinces and territories
One row per census summary, largest first.
| Name | Population | Median household income | Median rent | Immigrants | Unemployment | Businesses on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 21,928,881 | $71,711 | $1,564 | 21.4% | 4.8% | 628,614 |
| Georgia | 10,822,590 | $74,664 | $1,306 | 10.8% | 5.1% | 266,102 |
| North Carolina | 10,584,340 | $69,904 | $1,162 | 8.7% | 4.7% | 220,559 |
| South Carolina | 5,212,774 | $66,818 | $1,126 | 5.6% | 4.9% | 58,301 |
| Alabama | 5,054,253 | $62,027 | $963 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 105,990 |
| Louisiana | 4,621,025 | $60,023 | $1,038 | 4.7% | 6.3% | 98,532 |
| Arkansas | 3,032,651 | $58,773 | $914 | 5.2% | 5.1% | 75,006 |
| Mississippi | 2,951,438 | $54,915 | $923 | 2.4% | 5.9% | 64,941 |
Largest places in Southern USA
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Jacksonville, Florida full949,611
- 2.Charlotte, North Carolina full874,579
- 3.Atlanta, Georgia full498,715
- 4.Raleigh, North Carolina full467,665
- 5.Miami, Florida full442,241
- 6.Tampa, Florida full403,364
- 7.New Orleans, Louisiana full364,000
- 8.Orlando, Florida full307,573
- 9.Greensboro, North Carolina full299,035
- 10.Durham, North Carolina full283,506
- 11.St. Petersburg, Florida full258,308
- 12.Winston-Salem, North Carolina full249,545
- 13.Baton Rouge, Louisiana full227,470
- 14.Hialeah, Florida full223,109
- 15.Huntsville, Alabama full215,006
Inside Southern USA
8 regions have Southern USA as their parent.
- Alabama, South USA state
- Arkansas state
- Florida state
- Georgia (USA) state
- Louisiana state
- Mississippi state
- North Carolina, USA state
- South Carolina, USA state
Companies based in Southern USA
1,329 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Southern USA. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Southern USA are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.