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CHAPTER TWO Explore We've discussed changes in the U.S.
population in years to come. The U.S. Census Bureau's Global Population
Profile highlights many features concerning the
world's population, and Figures 21–27 illustrate the particular areas around
the globe where population is projected to grow. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 Census of Population
and Housing provides interesting statistics on
the American population, education, employment, and gender. In the left-hand
side window, scroll down and click on "Census 2000 Briefs." In the
right-hand side window click on the particular brief report you are interested
in reading. Compare how other countries' populations
have changed and continue to grow with the U.S. Census Bureau's Summary Demographic Data. Highlight the country you are interested in viewing to
see the population, population growth rate, and much more. One of the "Who Are We?" features
in this chapter demonstrates the country of origin for foreign-born Americans.
Go to the Census
2004 Publications page and click on the Census 2000
Ancestry Report (c2kbr-35.pdf). This report shows the ancestry of natural-born
Americans as well. Scroll down to page 3 to see the graphic of the ancestries
with which the greatest numbers of Americans identify. Trace the political dynamics of American
Hispanics, the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. The Pew Hispanic Center web site provides reports on politics, migration, and
labor, among other issues, involving Hispanics and affecting the entire
American population. The U.S. Census Bureau's American
FactFinder allows you to see the population;
racial breakdown; and key social, economic, and housing characteristics of your
state, city, or even your community as defined by ZIP code. The National Park Service's Ellis Island History web site provides the history of the small island in New
York Harbor where over twelve million immigrants entered the United States
between 1892 and 1954. New York was the busiest entry point for immigrants, and
Ellis Island's view of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor has meant that
Ellis Island was more than an immigration processing center. It is now a
national park. On the west coast, Chinese had begun to
immigrate and settle in California during the nineteenth century. As the Chinese in California
web site illustrates, the Chinese faced an
anti-Chinese movement, but they also helped change California's culture. The Library of Congress
American Memory Immigration web site lays out
the history of immigration to the United States from Africa. By clicking on the
"next" button on the bottom of the page following the introduction,
you will see how the unique history of African immigration—often not an
immigration by choice but by force—took place and how it developed the African
American population of today. The Great American
Potluck web site provides recipes from the
numerous regions of the world from which American immigrants arrived. As the
web site aims to show, our diverse immigration history has led to a diverse
recipe book. KEEPING THE REPUBLIC Find out where you are on the political map.
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