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What is the Composition of the Population of the United States

What is the Composition of the Population of the United States. Defining a group. Notation. Race Asian Black White Ethnicity Hispanic. 2000 Census. Media reports indicated that Hispanics, according to Census reports, have become the largest minority group

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What is the Composition of the Population of the United States

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  1. What is the Composition of the Population of the United States Defining a group

  2. Notation • Race • Asian • Black • White • Ethnicity • Hispanic

  3. 2000 Census • Media reports indicated that Hispanics, according to Census reports, have become the largest minority group • Before analyzing these reports we need to evaluate the source of the data

  4. Issues • What is the difference between Race and Ethnicity

  5. Difference between Race and Ethnicity • Race: • An ethnic group assumed to have a biological basis. It assumes that human differences are based on biology, not culture. • Ethnicity • Ethnicity means identification with, and feeling part of an ethnic group. An ethnic group shares beliefs, values, habits, customs and norms because of a common background. They may also share language, religion, historical experiences, kinship or "race". Ethnic groups have a name for themselves, a territory and a sense of group solidarity.

  6. Issues • What is the difference between Race and Ethnicity • Who determines where individual belongs • What options is respondent have • 2000 Census vs. other • Do individuals know the difference between Race and Ethnicity

  7. Estimated Components of State Population Change: July 1, 2001 to July 1, 2002 State Population Increase Percent (Unless otherwise stated) Difference Natural Growth (births-deaths) Net International Growth United States 3,051,139 52.5% 47.5% 5.00 West Virginia -1,036 -1,754 718 Numbers not in Percent California 622,515 47.5% 52.5% (5.03) Texas 366,632 56.0% 44.0% 12.00

  8. Foreign Immigration and Its Contributions to Population and Labor Force Growth in Massachusetts and the U.S.: A Recent Assessment of 2000 Census and CPS Survey Findings Center for Labor Market Studies Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts December 2001

  9. Immigration and Naturalization Service • Some question the reliability of undocumented migrants data obtained from the INS • Nonetheless, it is a legitimate source on the number of undocumented migrants • However, the most reliable source is the PEW Hispanic Foundation

  10. The Hispanic Challenge • A book (Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004 428 pages) ) and an article in Foreign Policy (March/April 2004m pp. 30-45) - by Harvard Professor Samuel P. Huntington • Lack of Acculturation (assimilation) of Hispanic and in particular Mexicans.

  11. The Hispanic Challenge • Prof. Huntington gives six factors: • Contiguity (2,000 mile border). Largest border between a First World country and a Third World country • Scale. The diversity of immigrants has drastically changed in the past 40 years as seen in the following graph:

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