Population Shifts

Migration  The movement of people from one area to another  African Americans -moved from the south after the Civil War to the north to find jobs and make a living

Immigration  People who are moving from a particular area and are settling into an area from which they are not from  Hispanics: come to the U.S. for jobs

Good/Bad  People are able to obtain jobs and create income  Some will get mad because they are not getting jobs because people are willing to work at a lower wage  This will cause the standard of living to go down and more people will move to cities and this will create a higher crime rate

Sunbelt States  Florida, Texas, Arizona, California  Have received millions of immigrants coming from the Mexican border each year  This has shifted the population

Rustbelt States  Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and the Industrial Midwest  Iron and Steel  Traditional manufacturing and unmodernized plants  Why not a lot production? Old machines and not up to date on equipment

Service Society

Service Industries  Industries that are selling goods and services  Distribution and sale of goods and services from producer to consumer  Pest Control or Entertainment  Focus is on people interacting with other people

Waitress Pest Control

Silicon Valley  Southern part of the San Francisco Bay area in California  Almost all of the companies that are in this area have something to do with computers  Adobe, Apple, eBay, Google, Intel, Yahoo

Research Triangle Park  Largest research park in the world  Raleigh/Durham  Created for scientific research and business, academics, and industry  Bayer, DuPont, Ericsson, Lenovo(IBM), General Electric, Verizon