Population Patterns
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Basic Statistics US & Canada make up about 5% of the world’s population Canada: 35.1 million US: 318.9 million Everyone is an immigrant or descended
Waves of Immigration The first Native Americans came from Asia Many waves came after All driven by push/pull factors.
Push/Pull Factors Work with a partner to come up with two push factors and two pull factors for Sugar Land or Houston as a whole Come up with some for the US if you have extra time!
More Numbers There are 42.4 million immigrants in the US today– 13% of the population Immigrants and children of immigrants are 81 million– 26% of the population All-time high of immigrants was 14.8% in 1890
Where do they go? Top 5 states are California, Texas, New York, Florida, and New Jersey. Big gaps– CA has 10 million, TX, NY, and FL are ~4 million, NJ is 2 million. What do these have in common?
Where do they come from? India # 1, with China and Mexico close behind However, Mexico makes up the most total immigrants by far Before 1965, quotas made Europeans dominant
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Population density US: 85.54 ppl/sq mile NE and Midwest are very dense Gulf Coast (Sun Belt) and West Coast are growing quickly 80% of the US lives in a metropolitan area
Why do people move? Sun Belt has climate, jobs, open space NE and Midwest have industry, large cities West Coast has climate, jobs, and are closest to Asia
Canadian population Much lower population density: 9.43 ppl/sq mile 90% of population lives with 100 miles of the US border 80% of population in urban areas. Largest cities– Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
Urbanization What are some positives of urbanization? What are some downsides?
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