Yecheng Ma
Geog. 1125-10
Mar. 1, 2017
County Assignment # 3: Sutter County, CA In the population history graph of Sutter County, it shows that the population has grown rapidly in over the past 100 years. There are many different things that draw people migrate to the county, such as California oil industry, natural gas produces, water projects, developed highway system, and the film production. Break it down furthermore, in 1850 through 1900, the county population almost with no percentage grow in 50 years. But moving on to 1910 through 2010, there were huge population differences between each years and the highest peak was from 2000 to 2010; with 15807 per year. Also, in the date of recent population change, the United States, States of California
The United States is the third most populated country in the world. This country holds about 4.5% of the world’s population. The U.S. population is currently estimated to have 308.7 million persons. This number is more than double of the population from 1950. Besides the fact of the population has doubled its size, the population has also become qualitatively different from the one from 1950. As noted by the Population Reference Bureau, “The U.S. is getting bigger, older, and more diverse.” The growth of the population is the result of the trends over time in the relationship of increased births, decreased deaths, and increased net immigration.
The future of California is pretty good, for the state is projected to see growth in almost every sector of the economy as well as the population, but there are many concerns that must be addressed first in order to see California’s growth come to fruition. International trade and business is one of California’s largest industries and it’s expected to continue increasing, for many emerging economies are also located off of the Pacific Ocean. Growth in the economy is good, but requires resources that California has a limited supply of. The main resource California always needs is water, since most of the state’s population resides in the southern regions, which are arid and receive minimal precipitation annually. The state is planning on improving efficiency and the aqueduct system to increase the water supply while decrease the environmental effects California’s aqueduct’s have on regions like the San Joaquin River Delta. For many years California has been considered a very liberal and left state, which is due to the fact that the state has the toughest environmental legislation in the country. With such strong legislation ensuring the protection of the environment California has become a model state in the fight against climate change, and must remain vigilant for there are numerous species endemic to the state that are found nowhere else on the planet. Though there are numerous other factors’ affecting California’s future these are some of the most interesting areas to
The population of the United States continues to change as reflected by the students at
In January of 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, which is now in present-day California. From 1848-1849, 300,000 people rushed to California in search of gold. These gold-seekers, nicknamed “Forty-Niners”, came from all over the world. Most of the Forty-Niners came from the rest of America, but some even came from Europe, Australia, Latin America, and Asia. Because of the huge gold rush, roads, churches, schools, canals, cities, and towns were established in the California area. This new economic explosion influenced California to become a state in the Union.
On January 24, 1848 John W. Marshall discovered gold in California, which set its foundation for California’s future success. The Gold Rush gave California’s popular motto of, “Eureka” meaning “I’ve found it.” Also, the Gold Rush drew attention to California drawing cultures from around the world to seek better opportunities and make a greater extent of money than they would ever come across. This created California’s population to experience an influx during the 1840’s. Although it increased population in California, there were difficulties and problems with encounters between the Chinese immigrants, the rich, and miners that resulted in social conflict.
The newcomers changed by their experience in California with different expectations. First, the gold-seekers only thought about money in their mind. They tried to use different way to gain the profit as fast as they could. Even though the gold-seekers lost their
Texas’ population has been changing dramatically over the past 165 years. In fact, in 1859, there was a little over 210,000 people currently living in Texas, only 4 percent of which lived in rural areas. Then in 1900, the population increased by over 3 million, 83 percent of which lived in rural areas. Then between 1980-1989, the population increased between 2.9 percent and 1.6 percent per year. In 1987-1989, population growth dropped dramatically decreased to less than 1 percent. However, in 1991, two thirds of the population once again increased with the help of about 20 percent immigration. Then as of 2013, population naturally increased by 54 percent, 16.8 of which was international immigration, and 29.7 was domestic immigration.
The total population of Vernon, Texas as of April 1, 2010, was 11,002. According to the U.S Census Bureau, Vernon, Texas population was 0.04 percent of the state of Texas’ population of 25,146,100 and about 0.004 percent of the United States (U.S) total population of 308,758,105 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010).
increase in population due to food, there was a huge decline in population due to diseases like
The first chapter of the book is an introduction to the economy, politics and people of California. It encompasses the economy, politics and demography of the state for the past, present and the future. The edition features updated demographic information of the state from the census that took place in 2010. The chapter explains the state’s transition from colonization to rebellion and statehood. It discusses California’s past, including the great depression, political turmoil, infrastructure, workingmen’s party and World War II. The growth, reform and progressive change of the state to what it is today is also highlighted in the book. California previously faced budget deficits
The population growth in the United States, has been booming because of the growing population of immigration and new borns coming to the world. Immigrants that were coming into the United
Anne Arundel County is the fifth largest county in Maryland with a population of 568,346 it contains 32 census places. The largest places in Anne Arundel County by population are Glen Burnie, Severn, and Odenton. The population distribution for Anne Arundel County, is listed as follows: under the age of 5 is 6.3%, ages 18-64 is 77.5%, and ages 65 and over is 13.7%, resulting with the median age of 38.1 years old (U.S Census Bureau, 2016). The percentages of male are 49.6% and 50.4% for women in the county. The population by race according to the 2015 census breaks down into the following percentages: Caucasian is 69.5% (395,000 residents), American Indian/Alaska native 0.3% (1,705 residents), Asian alone 3.9% (22,165 residents), African American
The overpopulation numbers in reality make everyone a contender in this lustrous game of dreams. It is turning the dream for an opportunity to make it a reality into just an illusion. “Here too we see the dynamic quality of the dream” California might offer many an opportunity to turn those dreams into a reality. The competition is fierce as everyone is a contender. Rawls declares that, “California became the nation’s most populous state […]” (Rawls). Therefore,
During the analysis, two noticeable factors that bear the most implication to the industry are the population growth rate and the age distribution within the population. The current U.S. population growth rate is .78 percent per year (CIA, 2016). According to historical data, the United States population since 2006 had an estimated 298.36 million people. Since that time, rapid population growth has averaged about 2 million people yearly over the course of ten years according to Figure1.1. Also, Figure 1.1 displays an upward trend in population growth within the United States. Today, the U.S. population should grow to become 321 million by the end of the year 2016. The number of people in the world has increased three decades ago from 4 billion to 6 billion people as of 10 years ago to
It is pertinent to mention over the here Population Census Case where the collection of personal data by the government was challenged in the German constitutional court. Facts of the case were, The Federal Census Act,1983 made provision for a general census of the population, employment, housing and places of employment for statistical purposes. The declared purpose of the Act was to obtain information on the most recent state of the population, its geographic distribution and its composition in terms of demo graphic and social characteristics as well as on the economic activity of the population through the surveys-to be carried out, which information provides the in dispensable basis for decisions in the areas