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•Population distribution and the evolution of the USA urban system

•Some spatial patterns by race/ethnicity

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Last Time -- QUESTIONS? •NA immigration & settlement

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Population distribution & evolution of USA urban

system•Stage I: pre-industrial (18th C –

1860s)Population/immigrationMigration/resettlementUrban regions Urban land uses & morphology

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Note these “periods” are slightly different from text

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1790

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1950

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system II•Stage II: industrial revolution

(1860s – 1930s)Population/immigrationMigration/resettlementUrban regions & increased urbanization

Urban land uses & morphology

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2000

1790

18601920

1950

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Stage 2: 1860s-1930sIndustrial Revolution

US Global Change Research Program

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Stage 2: 1860s-1930sIndustrial Revolution

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system III•Stage III: rise of the car (1930s –

1950s)Population/immigrationMigration/resettlementUrban regions & urbanizationUrban land uses & morphology

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2000

1790

18601920

1950


Stage 3: 1930s-1950sRise of the Auto

The North American Megalopolis:- Home to ~45 million- Includes Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC and many smaller cities.- Why here?: access to Europe, deep harbors, and agricultural and mineral resources inland


Stage 3: 1930s-1950sRise of the Auto

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system IV•Stage IV: Post-industrial (1950s –)

Population/immigrationMigration/resettlementUrban regions Urban land uses & morphology

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2000

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18601920

1950

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270 m

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Density: note higher densities in older northern metro areasGrowth: note declines in northern metro areas and increases in southern metro areas and the southwest

Growth of the Sunbelt

Photo by B. Burkhart

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Changing national population distribution

•Changing national population distribution

•Current immigration originsSpatial patterns of recent immigration

•Ethnicity & Race

Number of Immigrants Sent from the Ten Largest Immigrant-Contributing Countries in 2001

206,426

70,29056,426 53,154

35,531 31,272 27,703 27,120 23,640 21,933

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100,000

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250,000

38 million foreign-born persons live in the US, 13% of the US population.

US

Immigration rates to the US, Immigration rates to the US, 2001-052001-05

~9 million undocumented immigrants lived in the United States in 2000, 55% of whom were from Mexico.

Illegal immigration has both positive or neutral impacts overall on the US economy. Negative impacts are most likely for the US-born poor.

Source: Population Reference Bureau analysis of the 2003 American Community Survey.

Percent Foreign-Born by State, 2003

Whites will become a minority in the US in this century.

US Total Fertility Rate: 2.09US Population Growth Rate: 0.894%

Urban racial segregation is ubiquitous in the US.

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Poverty•Share of Total Household Income (1998

Dollars) 1973

Lowest fifth: 4.3%Highest fifth: 43.3%

2000 Lowest fifth – declining: 3.6%Highest fifth – increasing: 49.6% (nearly 1/2 of all income to top 20%)

•Spatial patterns of poverty

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