A Look at Human Population

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A Look at Human Population
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Population Details

• Population Size
• Population Distribution
• Age structure
• Racial-ethnic identity
• Socioeconomic status
• Immigration
• Household Composition
• Density

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Population Size
Demographic Details

• Population Size
• Static measure
• Rate of Population Change
• Dynamic measure
• Ending population / Starting population-ending
  population

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Regions Population in Absolute Numbers
Demographic Details
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Floridas Population in Absolute Numbers
Demographic Details
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Demographic Details
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World Population in Your Lifetime
Demographic Details
Based on average US life expectancy
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US Census Series Names
Demographic Details
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Population Distribution
Demographic Details
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Age Structure
Demographic Details
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Racial Ethnic Identity
Demographic Details

• Changing of Total Population
• Fertility Rates related to Ethnicity
• Environmental Justice

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Socioeconomic Status
Demographic Details

• Greater polarization between the haves and have
  nots

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US Immigration History
Demographic Details

• Pre-1924 numerous exclusions were adopted, e.g.
  idiots, illiterates and prostitutes
• 1924 1st permanent quota law passed, total
  limited to 2 of foreign born population in the
  US in 1890 84 of slots went to Europeans
• 1946 allowed for political refugees, but set
  cap
• 1952 limited immigration from eastern
  hemisphere, western hemisphere unlimited
• 1965 abolished national origins system, focused
  on family reunification including extended family
  members, e.g., adult children and siblings major
  sending areas became Asia Latin America, no
  real limits established

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Us Immigration History
Demographic Details

• 1986 Sanctions prohibiting employers from
  knowingly hiring illegal alien workers amnesty
  for illegals residing since 82 (3m) new class
  for seasonal agricultural workers
• 1990 Limits set at 480k family-sponsored, 140k
  employment-based, 55k diversity lottery,
  unlimited immediate relatives increased legal
  immigration by about 40
• 1996 emphasize border control, worksite
  enforcement part of more comprehensive reform
  proposal that did not pass

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Illegal Immigration Estimate
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Regional Household Size Trend
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Household Size Composition
Demographic Details
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Population Density
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History of Population Concern

• Malthus 1798
• Marsh 1864
• Hardin 1968
• Ehrlich 1968
• Meadows et al 1972
• Rockefeller Commission 1972
• UN Conference on Population Development
  Budapest 1974
• UN Conference on Population Development
  Mexico City 1984
• UN Conference on Population Development Cairo
  1994

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• One of the most serious challenges to human
  destiny in the last third of this century will be
  the growth of the population. Whether mans
  response to that challenge will be a cause for
  pride or for despair in the year 2000 will depend
  very much on what we do today.
• Richard Nixon July 18,
  1969 Report page 3

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Theoretical Perspectives

• Neoclassical Economics
• Natural Science
• Political Economy/Dependency
• Theory of Demographic Transition
• Combination

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Neoclassical Economics
Theoretical Perspectives
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Natural Science
Theoretical Perspectives
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Political Economy/Dependency Theory
Theoretical Perspectives
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Theory of Demographic Transition
Theoretical Perspectives
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Combination Theory
Theoretical Perspectives
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IPAT

• Influence on Environment Population x
  Affluence x Technology

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