CHAPTER 1

Topic : …………………………population in US……………….. (1)

- 2010 = ≈ ……309 mil ppl incre. 27 mil ………. > since 2000 cent… (2)
- Mst popu. Count, : 1. …………China……………. (3)
2. …………India……………. (4)
3. …………US………………. (5)
4. …………Indo………. (6)
5. ……………Braz……… (7)
6. ……………Pakas……… (8)

The US popu. 3 diff. ways:

I/ By ………rates and origin…. : 1. White: 72.4% (9)

2. ……black 12.6 (10)

3. …asian 4.8 (11)

4. ……native per. Other speci. Islar. 0.2… (12)

5. native Ame. 0.9 (13)

6. mix of…2 or more rates 2.9… (14)

7.some others rates 6.2 (15)

( Hispanics: ≈ fr. Spanish-speak. count. (≈ ………16.3 of present US popu. ..) (16)

II/ …………geo. Distritn. ………: (17)

5 mst popu. States: 1. …………califor > 37 mil ppl…………………. (18)

2. ……………Texas > 25 mil………………. (19)

3. ………NYC > 19 mil……
(20) 4. ………Florida <19 mil
(21)

5. …………elanoy almost 13 mil ppl…. (22)

 Surpri’g: although > ½ of US popu. : in …South and West…; East:> densely
popu’d (23)

Why? …………more ppl. ……….: ………Larger size………. → S and W grow much

faster than other part of count. (24)

83% of ppl: in ……metropolitan area……………………. Eg. LA, NY, Chicago &

Houston (2:10 ppl in ……………rural area………………… ) (25)

III/ Distri. of US popu. by ……………age / gender……………………

(26)

- 2010 census: ………W>M >5mil W>M……… (27)

- Why? Higher death rate for male when they older (28)
(2010: W’s life expec.: …………80.8…………………, M: ………75……) (29)
(2011; Ww: “ “ : …………69……………….., “ “ : ………65………) (30)
- Median age = age that ½ of popu. …older than and haft of younger
than………… (31)
2000: …35.3yrs .…… (32)
2010: ……37.2yrs..……….. (33)
Why? ↑ ……life expectancy…. & ↓ ……birth rate………… (34)