Paradise found ? The tide of older Americans moving into the Sunshine State is rising. While the newcomers bring affluence, policymakers are confronting the issues caused by their rapidly swelling ranks

EconSouth, Fall, 2004

New data also offer encouraging signs about the progress of education in the Southeast. The 2000 Census shows that the percentage of residents 25 and older without a high school diploma fell sharply in all six Southeastern states. In 1990, 29.4 percent of the region's residents 25 and older lacked a high school diploma, according to Census data; that figure declined to just over 22 percent in 2000.

At the same time, the percentage of people in the Southeast who attended or completed college and who attended or completed graduate school increased. Census data indicate that in 1990, 41 percent of Southeastern residents 25 and older had some college education, but in 2000, 48 percent had some college education.