Job fears weigh heavily on Southern blacks

Almost two of every three black Southerners are worried they could lose their jobs this year in what they see as a deteriorating economy, according to a Winthrop University/ETV poll.

Just under 62 percent of black Southerners polled Feb. 6-22 in South Carolina and 10 other Southern states said they were very or somewhat concerned about the possibility of losing their job in the next year.

That concern is far higher than in the U.S. population as a whole.

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This story was originally published March 3, 2009 at 1:47 PM with the headline "Job fears weigh heavily on Southern blacks."