Contrary to popular belief, hillbillys and rednecks are NOT the same thing.

Hillbillys:
Live in the mountains. (hence the name) appalaichians or the ozarks.
Are from the South
Are most of the time educated, they just enjoy the simpler things in life, and dont like to live near a ton of people.
Mostly, very family and friend oriented people.

Rednecks:
In my experience, mostly come from texas.. basically the regions in the south that dont have mountains.
Are also educated mostly, they also dont like to live with alot of people around, but they are usually a little less civiliazed then hillbillys.
Can get very roudy.. (loud, kinda crazy) but all in all, both are very good people,
and both have traditional Southern values.

See: University of Florida

Apocryphal attribution to isolated denizens of Appalachian Mountains,(Eastern USA) descendants of some of the earliest Scotch-English settlers, who seem to have had some proclivity for naming their children "William" (familiarly "Bill")and some not inconsiderable inclination to incestuous sexual congress. More recently, the term is used to describe any rural resident,especially in the Southern USA and particularly those living in rather rough-hewn conditions, embracing noticably parochial ideologies and a generally hostile attitude.

Simple folk know for there warm hospitality and readiness to fire shot guns at strangers also know as "Cletus" or "Hick Yuk"

someone better educated and more entrepenueral than the average resident of Cincinnati....am one

A high-elevation redneck.

n. People, primarily in the Appalachian region of the South, who are isolated from civilization and cannot therefore assimilate into modern culture. They differ from rednecks in, that, rednecks live in close proximity to both civilization and modern culture, however, they choose not to assimilate, whereas a hillbilly cannot assimilate.