Beaumont Economic Statistics

Texas is in the middle part of U.S, you can see Texas very clearly on the map, Texas near to the Gulf of Mexico, and it next to Oklahoma. Texas also is a great state make people feel comfortable to live. The climate of Texas is suitable same as my hometown; over there you don't need worry about the temperature of winter will fall to 32℉. Thus this is the main reason I choice to study there because I don't like the cold weather. In the Texas, you may not see lots of building huddle together just like New York City. Texas is the second largest state of U.S, so there has enough land to let people build a building, most buildings of Texas are dispersed, except the downtown of each city. Houston is a city of Texas; there have many people from another country, especially there have lots of Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean. Houston has an area called Korean town because there have many Korean people living there and if people wants to get some Korean food they always go to this place. You can see

Imagine living in a town that was once thriving with successful businesses to a community that barely exist. As you travel down the deserted roads of your community you are surrounded by boarded up memorable buildings, deteriorating homes, and empty storefronts. The water tower that stands tall for all to see is now covered by rust. While the streets in which you are traveling on show signs of frequent patchwork in an effort to salvage the road. As you pass by what once was your favorite mom and pop’s restaurant you began to reminisce on the time you spent there with loved ones. This has become the story of residents in Boley, Oklahoma; one of the first all black towns in the state.

In my research of Austin, Texas I found out several interesting facts regarding the demographic makeup of the city. For example, the racial breakdown by race is whites 68%, blacks 8%, Hispanic are at 35% and foreign-born 18% The makeup is obviously different when you compare Austin to the US as a whole, however, it is interesting to see the “total picture”. The following is the breakdown for the US whites 72%, black 12.6%, Hispanic 17%, and foreign-born 13%.

The Houston Area Survey shows how the city of Houston has progressed over the span of thirty-five years into an immensely diverse city that the rest of America will come to look like in the future. The city has grown from being predominately Anglo to having a nice population balance between Anglos, Latinos, African Americans, and Asians. In terms of Latinos in Houston, the study places emphasis on the differences between the first generation who are foreign-born, second generation who were born in the United States with immigrant parents, and third-generation Latinos who were born in America with American parents. The study explores the differences between the generations on their socioeconomic status including education levels and

The estimated median household income in 2013 was $24,294 and $31,956 in the year 2000 which shows a substantial drop. (Quick facts) Harvey, Illinois unemployment rate is 10.5%, which is considered to be high compared to Illinois 6.9% and Nationally 5.7%. The Harvey, Illinois poverty rate is 39.8%. (Home facts) Factors that lead to the small town of Harvey unemployment are a loss of commercial enterprises due to companies making a motion to another city, businesses closing, and recession. The majority of the jobs held by Harvey residents consists of transportation, office administrator, food preparation, and building maintenance. (City-data)

I was selected to write about the 29th District of Texas, which is located in the eastern portion of the greater Houston area. This entire district is located in Harris County. Pasadena, Humble, and Jacinto City are some of the largest cities in the district. The current population is 718,000 people which is a very large leap from the census before that, 653,000. This district is very diverse and is considered a major-minority district which means that the majority of the population is other races other than white.

The first neighborhood Hartigan describes in his study is Briggs. The demographic and population size of Briggs changed over time since 1930 from 24,000 residents that were 99 percent white to less than 3,000 residents that are over 50 percent white, 30 percent black, and 10 percent Hispanic (Hartigan 1999). Hartigan explains that the reduction of white residents was known as the “white flight” that occurred as the neighborhood changed overtime. Despite the drop in white residents, they still comprise the majority, which contrasts the demographics of Detroit as a whole (83 percent black, 11 percent white, 7 percent Hispanic/Latino, and

Texas has a population of 26 million people. The climate and terrain of Texas varies. The hill country is located in the north

Galveston, Texas is located 50 miles southeast of Houston. It is known as a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States. The city Galveston, Texas was the home of around 37,000 residents in the early 1900’s. This island grew from being a small settlement into one of the wealthiest cities in the country. It was normal for people to visit Galveston, Texas for it was known as a "tourist attraction". There was always the idea of building a seawall to protect Galveston from future hurricanes but it was never built. Although many hurricanes had hit the city several times in the past (before 1900) no one would have thought that a hurricane that would

Beverly is one of the most integrated areas in hype-segregated Chicago. Like that of Hyde Park or Rodgers Park, except Beverly obtains this diversity without the presence of a university. As well, “Beverly has retained its reputation as one of Chicago’s most stable middle-class residential districts” (Skerrett 2005). Black families during the 1950s and 60s started moving south as there was the historical “white flight”, leaving these communities mainly black. Beverly, however, was the expectation, as many black families did not come immediately here (Moore 2014). Demographically today, Beverly is 57% white, 35% black, and 5.6% Hispanic, making it the 15th largest white community in the city of Chicago, with most of these individuals are of

The U.S 2014 census estimates also shows that Texas population has been dominating by Whites (80.0%) over Black or African American (12.5%); American Indian and Alaska Native (1.0%); Asian (4.5%); Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.1%); other (13.3%); and Hispanic or Latino (38.6%). The percentage of foreign born persons living in Texas in 2014 now hovered around 16.8 percent (4.5 million), of which 70 percent from Latin America and 20 percent from Asia. One of the partial reasons why Texas dominating racial discrimination is because of the size of its population. It also shows that Texas growing diverse population has constitute changes in the state economy and ongoing evolution of its political culture.

In Houston, minority populations were actually the majority with 73% of the population being African-American, Hispanic, or of Asian descent (City of Houston, 2013). Additionally, only 50% of Houston household had English as the only primary language, with 34% of households using primarily Spanish (City of Houston,

Being fairly spread out, Texas’ distribution from 2010(the latest study for demographics)was 45.3% white American people, 37.6% Hispanic, 11.8% African American, 10.5% other races, 3.8% Asian, The majority of American population consists of English, German, and African Americans and Hispanics. Out of these races, their

Texas is a wonderful state where there is various cultures, traditions, ethnic groups, and religions such as the Germans, Irish, Polish, and more. Texas is made up of various ethnic groups that are all special in their own unique way. Many Europeans groups immigrated Texas during the 1820s. There is a total population of 26.96 million of people in Texas. It is the second largest state in population in the U.S. after California.

Texas is rapidly becoming a multicultural state with no one race or ethnicity being the majority. In fact, in 2010 the population was only 43.5% White, 11.5% Black, 37.6 Hispanic, and 5.6 Asian. It is now considered a majority minority state. In the nation, there are three other states that could also be considered a majority minority state, including California, Hawaii, and New Mexico according to the reading by Murdock. In “The Browning of America: A Review of Diversity Explosion…”, Caldwell states that while the people used to think that cultural diversity meant division and weakness, there are benefits of immigration such as an increase in young labor work force. America as a whole is aging and will continue to welcome in immigrants to supplement the work force making the trend of increasing non White immigrants similar to the trend happening in Texas. Overall, there is a rising population in both Texas and the Nation, with Texas’ population increasing rapidly and Texas is becoming increasingly multi-racial while other states are both close and far