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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...
- IMMIGRATION DATA AND NATIONAL POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR THE UNITED STATES. Akers, Donald S. // Demography;Feb1967, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p262
The immigration component in national population estimates is comparatively small, but it. is not insignificant and may indeed be an important source of error. Therefore, it warrants the consideration of those concerned with population estimates. The paper considers alternative methods for...
- Are Floating Migrants in China "Child-bearing Guerrillas"?: An Analysis of Floating Migration and Fertility. Xiuhong You, Helen; Poston Jr., Dudley L. // Asian & Pacific Migration Journal;2004, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p405
In China, the media often portray the floating migrant population as "childbearing guerrillas," that is, as persons who have moved to new locations, usually in urban areas, because they want to escape the supervision of their local family planning workers and be able to have more children than...
- A Nation of Nations. Moreno, Barry // Land of Immigrants;2003, p50
The 2000 National Census shows that the U.S. is more culturally diverse than ever before in its history. Together, the U.S. and Canada make North America the most diverse region on Earth. The Census also identified Elmhurst, a small city just outside of New York City, as the most culturally...
- 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...
