SOC 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Ethnocentrism, Americanization, Malthusian Trap
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Population profile of the us population we are the 3rd largest, 322 million people our population is increasing bcs of immigration 2050:439 million. Migration and diversity factors impacting population changes: migration immigration emigration motives for migration: push factors . religious persecution, inequality pull factors . pull people into a different population, e. g. equality, american dream, move to family. 1850-1920 most immigrants came from northern and southern europeans. 100 years ago europeans were 90% of immigrants majority of immigration population is coming from latin america and asia. Us annually accepts 1 million immigrants legally unauthorized= 2. 9 million. 12. 9% of current us residents are foreign born. Naturalisation: admitted as a citizen of the us. 44% of foreign born population dual citizenship requirements: 18 years old, continuously resided in us for 5 years, ability to read, write and speak english, person of good moral character, pass us gov history test naturalisation test: 10/100 questions questions read in english must be answered in english.
