We hate to keep pushing this story of the rise of the South, but it is the demographic tale that is set to define the nation economically for decades to come.

Not only are millions of northeasterners and west coasters shipping out to the low-tax and low-regulation southern states, but this is where the next generation of workers are located.

The chart below shows the Midwest, Northeast and the West Coast states have fewer high school graduates, but the Southern states have far more teens.

This is the future workforce of America and look where they are: