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- The 1990 Census Count of American Indians: What Do the Numbers Really Mean? Harris, David // Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press);Sep94, Vol. 75 Issue 3, p580
Despite self-identification of race, the 1970 and 1980 United States censuses each contain overcounts of the American Indian population. This paper examines the 1990 count in order to determine if such error persists. Several sources of demographic data are employed in finding evidence of an...
- Facing Change in Southeastern North Carolina: How do we Respond? Hossfeld, Leslie // Sociation Today;2009, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p2
The article focuses on the change faced by the Southeastern North Carolina particularly with the growing immigrant population. It states that the region has transformed itself from its humble origins to a progressive state embracing the new millennium. The attractive coastal region has drawn...
- Danbury's immigrant population on the rise. Soule, Alexander // Fairfield County Business Journal;10/29/2007, Vol. 46 Issue 44, p2
The article reports on population trends in Connecticut. According to a study by the Connecticut Voices for Children, 26,700 Danbury residents were born outside the U.S. in 2006, which constitutes 34% of the city's population. Meanwhile, Stamford's immigrants increased more slowly, from 30% in...
- ETHNIC CONCENTRATION AND ASSIMILATION: AN AUSTRALIAN CASE STUDY. Jones, F. Lancaster // Social Forces;Mar67, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p412
Census data for Melbourne, Australia, in 1954 and 1961 are used to examine differences in the degree of residential concentration among the eight largest foreign-born groups and to assess how far, if at all, these differences reflect systematic differences in group assimilation. The analysis of...
- THE JAPANESE AMERICANS: COMPARATIVE OCCUPATIONAL STATUS, 1960 AND 1950. Varon, Barbara F. // Demography;Aug1967, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p809
This paper uses 1950 and 1960 census data on the demographic, educational, and occupational distributions of Japanese Americans, after the enforced migrations of the Second World War, in order to compare the achievement of the urban Japanese Americans to that of their white counterparts. First,...
- Aging Amongst Immigrants in Canada: Population Drift. Durst, Douglas // Canadian Studies in Population;2005, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p257
In Canada, two interesting demographic trends have been underway: an aging population and a growth based upon immigration. These patterns combine to form a new group that seems to have evaded notice. According to the 2001 Census of Canada, immigrants are older than the national average and...
- Ethnic Living Arrangements: Cultural Convergence or Cultural Manifestation? Burr, Jeffrey A.; Mutchler, Jan E. // Social Forces;Sep93, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p169
Two competing hypotheses based on the relationship between living arrangements, social class, and cultural factors are developed. These hypotheses are examined for a sample of unmarried elderly Hispanic females, employing logistic regression techniques with data from the 1980 census. Support is...
- WHERE DO NATIVE AMERICANS LIVE? // World Almanac for Kids;2002, p180
The states with the largest Native American populations according to Census 2000 are California, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, North Carolina, Alaska, Washington, New York, South Dakota, Michigan, Montana, Minnesota, Florida, Wisconsin, and Oregon.
- The "brain drain" // Monthly Labor Review;Apr2004, Vol. 127 Issue 4, p43
In an article in the project The Living Cities Census Series, writer Paul Gottlieb analyzes the location and migration patterns of younger and older workers, especially those with college degrees in the most populous metropolitan areas in the U.S. During the recent tech-driven economic boom,...
