The Demographic Divide: What It Is and Why It Matters
(2005) Public attention has begun to focus on the “demographic divide,” the vast gulf in birth and death rates among the world’s countries.
Area of Expertise: The U.S. Census and Public Data
The Social and Economic Isolation of Urban African Americans
By asoares
(October 2005) Hurricane Katrina’s devastation in late August of much of the northern Gulf Coast followed by the slow institutional response to the crisis exposed the impoverishment and disempowerment of many African Americans.
Population Fundamentals: Building a Foundation
(2005) A working knowledge of the basic vocabulary of population geography is required in order for students to master important underlying concepts.
Why Concentrated Poverty Fell in the United States in the 1990s
By asoares
( 2005) Concentrated poverty—often defined as the number of people living in neighborhoods with poverty rates exceeding 40 percent—fell substantially in the United States in the 1990s, according to a new report by the U.
Lesson Plans: The Changing Face of America
By asoares
The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, but in recent years the racial and ethnic composition of the country has begun to change as immigrants have arrived from different areas than in the past.
U.S. Attitudes Toward Interracial Dating Are Liberalizing
(2005) As the United States population becomes ever more diverse, are more people dating across race lines? The question isn’t simply a matter of whom you’ll be going out with on Saturday night.
Clean Water’s Historic Effect on U.S. Mortality Rates Provides Hope for Developing Countries
The introduction of water filtration and chlorination in major U.S.
HIV/AIDS and Contemporary Population Dynamics
HIV/AIDS emerged in the late 20th century. Believed to have originated in Africa, the disease has spread worldwide.
Surprising Social Factors Linked to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Youth Violence in the U.S.
(April 2005) Why do black youth in the United States commit violent acts almost twice as often as white or Latino youth?
People on the Move
The population of the United States is very mobile—ranging from international migrants coming into the country to residents moving within and among the states.