CHLS 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wet Feet, Dry Feet Policy, Cuban Adjustment Act, Upper Middle Class
11 Feb 2017
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Factors in latino population growth: latinos are (7/2011) 17% of the u. s. population. 54 million (35. 7 million 2000: during 1990s immigration was main source of growth with the leveling off of immigration: 62% of latino population growth is through births, not immigration. Natural birth: california: by march 2014 latinos (39%) will be the largest racial and ethnic group. Population pyramid: picture of group, community, how many people in each group (age, sex, etc. ) Upper middle class people wait to have children. Baby boomers are getting older-social security: 44. 5 white and 27. 2 latinos in 2000. Mexicans: 35. 2 million people, median age 25. 7, household income ,823. Puerto ricans: 1917 are u. s. citizens: 4, 9 million (2011) now more than 5. 3 million in the u. s, median age: 29. 1, household income: ,152. Cubans (political refugees, legal: 1,888 million people, median age: 40, household income: ,909.
