Population patterns of Ethnic Groups in the USA

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Population patterns of Ethnic Groups in the USA
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What ethnic groups are we talking about ?

• Black
• Hispanic
• Asian
• Native American Indians

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Population of USA
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Where do ethnic groups settle?

• People will tend to move to areas of high
  employment
• In addition immigrants will tend to concentrate
  in those areas nearest point of entry into
  country
• Generally speaking ethnic minority populations
  are concentrated in urban areas

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Black Americans

• The majority of black Americans concentrated in
  the southern states of the USA, mostly living in
  cities (80)
• Large concentrations of Black Americans in
  northern cities. Washington, Detroit, Chicago
  and New York.
• Reverse migration to southern states now a factor

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Hispanic

• Important to distinguish the groups that make up
  the Hispanic population. These are
• Mexican
• Puerto Rican
• Cuban

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Mexican

• 75 Located in states close to Mexican border
• California(40)
• Texas (15)
• Arizona (5)
• New Mexico (5)

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Puerto Rican

• New York city ( port of entry)
• New Jersey

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Cuban

• Mainly settled in state of Florida

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Hispanic Population

• Fastest growing group in the USA
• Hispanics now overtaken Black americans as the
  biggest ethnic group.
• Majority of people living in the states
  California and Texas will be of Hispanic origin
  very soon.

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Asian American

• Mostly concentrated in California
• Chinese make up the largest group of Asian
  Americans
• Little Koreas or Little China Towns

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Native American Indians

• Biggest concentrations in states in the West and
  South
• Reservation living