1. The Geography of Diversity in the United States
A.P. Human Geography

2. Introduction Diversity: Studied Races Hispanic of Latino Origin
The state or fact of being different or unlike.
Also, the point of difference; variety.
Studied Races
White
Black or African American
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian
Hispanic of Latino Origin
Things to keep in mind
Percent of population
Percent change from 1990 – 2000 =

3. Where are Ethnicities Distributed?
Distribution of ethnicities in the United States
Hispanics (Latinos) = 15 percent of the U.S. population
African Americans = 13 percent of the U.S. population
Asian Americans = 4 percent of the U.S. population
American Indians = 1 percent of the U.S. population

6. Denver, CO

7. White Dominant in the North Slightly less in South
Highest concentrations outside major urban areas
Suburbanization

9. Black or African American
Highly concentrated in certain regions
South
East coast
More urban but also suburban
Minor concentration out west
Mid-West
Limited portion of the population

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Forced migration - slavery. Growing tobacco and cotton.
Some stayed as sharecroppers, then lost jobs and moved to northern cities pre and post WW1 and WW2 for work.
Detroit - auto manufacturing.
Shortage of housing in urban areas led to many people moving into the ghettos, and then, into near by neighborhoods.

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Forced migration - slavery. Growing tobacco and cotton.
Some stayed as sharecroppers, then lost jobs and moved to northern cities pre and post WW1 and WW2 for work.
Detroit - auto manufacturing.
Shortage of housing in urban areas led to many people moving into the ghettos, and then, into near by neighborhoods.

12. African American Migration out of the South

13. Black or African American

14. American Indian or Alaskan Native
Little or no concentration east of the Mississippi
Settlers
Manifest Destiny
High concentrations in South Dakota and Arizona
Largest concentration in Alaska
Inuit
Limited migration over time

15. Called democratic balkanization. Forced migration? Possibly.
Where the US government located reservations.
Least densely populated areas of the US.
President Andrew Jackson, an infamous Indian fighter, in his First Annual Address to Congress in December of 1829 let it be known that he was firmly committed to the removal of the eastern tribes to a region west of the Mississippi River.
The discovery of gold in California in 1849 initiated a flood of immigration west. The manifest destiny of the white man further reduced Indian lands west of the Mississippi as one Indian nation after the next ceded land to the US government:
Manifest Destiny seemed confirmed as a basic truth and the fate of the Plains Indians was secured with the completion of the First Transcontinental Railway
The Plains Indians were forced to submit to reservation life as the buffalo, their means of subsistence, was eradicated largely in part by the railroad industry.

16. American Indian or Alaskan Native

17. Asian Not largely represented population in the United States
Represented most heavily in California
San Jose, CA
Large population of East and Southeast Asian migrants
Santa Clara Valley

18. Chain migration.
Port of entry into the US.
Filipino workers to Hawaii.
Califorina labor on farms.
Drawn to metropolitian areas.
Barred from owning property and clustered into Chinatowns.

19. Asian

20. Hispanic or Latino Origin
High areas of change
Mid-Atlantic States
Southern States
Northwest States
Possible relationship to the increase in poultry plants
Chain migration to certain areas
Family and friends are happy with the possible job opportunities

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Chain migration
2/3 are from Mexico
Spanish and Mexican explorers established settlements.
Movement is to urban areas.

23. Where Are Ethnicities Distributed?
Concentration of ethnicities in U.S. cities
90 percent of African Americans and Hispanics live in cities
Remnants of twentieth-century European migration = still evident on the landscape
Example: clustering of restaurants in Little Italy, Greektown

24. Distribution of Ethnicities in Chicago and Los Angeles

25. Where Are Ethnicities Distributed?
African American migration patterns
Three major migration patterns
Forced migration from Africa (eighteenth century)
The triangular slave trade
Immigration from the South to northern cities (first half of the twentieth century)
Identifiable paths of migration
Immigration out of inner cities to other urban areas (second half of the twentieth century to present)
The ghetto

26. Where Are Ethnicities Distributed?
Differentiating ethnicity and race
Often confusing
Race = traits that are shared genetically
Biological features within one racial group are highly variable
Biological classification of people into distinct racial groups is meaningless
Spatial effects of racism
“Separate but equal”
“White flight”
Blockbusting
Apartheid in South Africa

27. Conclusion Magnitude of Diversity
Answers questions of immigration/migration
Explains History
Helps resolve conflicts

28. Works Cited http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/atlas.html