2. Different compositors
White-----80.3% in 1990 a. WASPs( White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) They are the descendents of the early English settlers and make up about 45% of the American population, control most of the national wealth and political power. b. Other White Americans (from other European countries about 35%. c. Their social status is far better than the other American minorities.
3) In 1953, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which reaffirmed national origin as the central criterion for eligibility and established a preferential system for skilled workers and for relatives of US citizens.
·Atlanta---with the population of 2.8 million people.
·Miami----over 1.9 million people
the West
20% of the 1) It is not populated except for
·Washington State--5,343,090
Cuba
"other Spanish“ origin
California, Texas living place other parts of the
nation as well
in the barriors of New York, Chicago and other northern cities
Asians and Pacific Islanders----7,273,662 people in 1990 represented 2.9% of the whole.
Chinese: 1) Beginning in 1847, worked in mines, on railroads and in agriculture fields. 2) In 1882, discriminatory immigration and naturalization restriction were imposed on Chinese . 3) It didn’t remove until the end of the World War II. 4) The Chinese moved into the mainstream of the American society, some are beginning to move into politics. 5) In 1990, there were 1,645,472 Chinese-Americans.
·Texas is the largest state of this region with a population of 18,378,185 people, become the second most populous state.
the South ( Virginia, North and South Carolinas,
population
features
cities
New England Middle West Middle Atlantic
1) the most populated region; 2 ) One-quarter of the land takes up one
half of the total population; 3) The northeast as a whole has had a
Composition of the US population
Population Distribution
Composition of the US population ------melting pot
White Black people (Negroes) American Indians Hispanics Asians and Pacific Islanders
本报讯根据美国人口普查局日前公布的数
据，拉美裔美国人已经超过黑人，成为美 国最大的少数族群。截至2001年7月，拉 美裔人口上升至3700万，比2000年4月 增加了4.7%。而黑人人口同期仅增加了 2%，为3600万。目前拉美裔人口占美国 总人口的13%，黑人占12.7%。
数据显示，截至2001年7月，美国总 人口为2.844亿。白人仍然是美国人口中 比例最大的群体，达1.993亿，比2000 年增加了约2%，约占美国总人口的70%。
the Great Plain
1) a comparatively small population; 2) the Northern part is empty and
featherless, North and South Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas have 4,390,763 people.
4) In 1990, the US Congress Passed another Immigration Act which limited the total number of immigrations to 700,000 from 1992 to 1995, and to 675,000------abolished the 1952 Immigration Law that prohibited the communists from even visiting the US.
White-----80%
Black people (Negroes)---12%
American Indians
Hispanics
8%
Asians and Pacific Islanders
1. The process of the composition of the
American population
Hispanics-----21.1 million in 1990
* They are the Spanish-speaking immigrants from Latin American countries.
* The majority traces their roots to Mexico, Pueto Rico or Cuba.
* Hispanics are one of the fastest growing minorities at present in the United states.
Mexicon Americans Central, South Americans
Cuba
Other
origin Spanish
nation's Metropolitan centers--uneven; ·Montana-- 856,047
populat 2) It leads in percentage increase in ·California--31,430,697, the mos
Black people-----a. They are the most numerous minority from Africa. b. 31.6 million in 1992, estimated 12.4%. c. The first blacks arrived in Jamestown in 1619 as indentured servants.
low increase in population.
Hale Waihona Puke ·New York City---the largest one with more than 18 million people; ·Chicago--- the third largest one with 8 million people.
South Florida
conditions
Millions of them cross the southern borders in search of jobs; many of them live in great poverty.
·the Pueto Ricans are in worst economic conditions than other Hispanic groups. ·become one of the fastest growing segments of the Hispanics population.
American Indians----a. Indians are the original inhabitants of the continent. b. 1.87 million in 1990: 46% of them lived in the South, 17.8% in the Midwest, 6.5% in the Northeast.
Chapter two American Population
The United States is the third most populous nation in the world, ranking behind China and India.