It is the poorest county
in North Carolina, with more than a third of its 16,000
children living in poverty and an infant - mortality rate double the state average.
For residents
living in majority Hispanic and African American census blocks, the chance of their
children attending racially - identifiable, high
poverty, or low - performing schools is dramatically higher than for those
in majority white census block.10 The State of Exclusion: An Empirical Analysis of the Legacy of Segregated Communities
in North Carolina (Rep.).