Changing Culture in North Dakota and Minnesota

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Changing Culture inNorth Dakota and Minnesota
The Village Training Institute Moorhead, MN
March 25, 2008

• Dr. Richard Rathge
• Professor and Director
• North Dakota State Data Center

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Presentation Objective
1. Factors to consider regarding culture
2. Race and ethnic changes
3. Demographic shifts in culture
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Presentation Objective
1. Factors to consider regarding culture
2 Race and ethnic changes
3. Demographic shifts in culture
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Culture Exists on 3 Levels

• The Symbolic

Our values and beliefs
The Behavioral
What we do and how we communicate
The Concrete
Artifacts, music, foods, and artistic works
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Individuals Belong to Many Different Groups
Social Class
Gender
Geographic Region
Age
THE INDIVIDUAL
Physical Differences
Nationality
Sexual Orientation
Race/Ethnic Group
Religion

• Adapted from J.A.Banks, Multiethnic Education
  Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. (Boston Allyn
  Bacon, 1988), p. 79.

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Presentation Objective
1. Factors to consider regarding culture
2. Race and ethnic changes
3. Demographic shifts in culture
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Figure 1. Hispanic Population as a Percent of the
Total State Population in North Dakota and
Minnesota by County 2000
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Ancestry
Fargo-Moorhead Area Ancestry (Sorted by 2006)
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Legal Permanent Resident Flow

• Granted permanent resident status (green card)
• In 2006, nearly 1.3 million in U.S.
• 63 family-sponsored
• 13 employment-based
• 17.1 refugee
• In Minnesota 18,254 representing 162 different
  countries (47 are refugees)
• In North Dakota 649 representing 87 different
  countries (39 are refugees)

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Legal Immigrants - Minnesota
Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status
in Minnesota by Country of Birth During Fiscal
Year 2006
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Legal Immigrants - North Dakota
Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status
in North Dakota by Country of Birth During Fiscal
Year 2006
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Legal Immigrants - Age
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Legal Immigrants - Marital Status
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Refugee Resettlement in North Dakota 2000 to 2006
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Change in the Different Countries of Origin of
Refugee Population in Fargo/Moorhead, 1990-1998
Ranked 2 among metro areas in highest of recent
foreign born 1990-2000
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Change in the Number of Refugees Resettling in
North Dakota 2000-2006
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Presentation Objective
1. Factors to consider regarding culture
2. Race and ethnic changes
3. Demographic shifts in culture
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Religion
Note Congregational "adherents" include all full
members, their children, and others who regularly
attend services.
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Households by Type
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Household Types
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The Generational Divide(U.S. Populations)
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2000 Census Rural and Urban Population
Distributionsby Age and Gender for North Dakota
Traditional
Baby Boom
X Generation
Y Generation
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A Maturing Age Distribution, 2000(National data)
85 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-4
9 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-
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Female
Male
Population (in millions)
Source U.S. Census Bureau, International Data
Base.
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A Maturing Age Distribution, 2020
85 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-4
9 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-
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Female
Male
Population (in millions)
Source U.S. Census Bureau, International Data
Base.
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Baby Boomers enter system 1.825 million/yr or
5,000 a day (on average)
Baby Boomers enter age 85
Source Older Americans 2004
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Persons Ages 65 and Older as a Percent of the
Total Populationin North Dakota by County
2000Source U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
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Persons Ages 65 and Older as a Percent of the
Total Populationin North Dakota by County
2020Source North Dakota State Data Center,
North Dakota Population Projections 2005 to
2020, Sept. 2002
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Culture Presentation 2008

• Dr. Richard Rathge, Director
• North Dakota State Data Center, Fargo, ND NDSU,
  IACC 424, Fargo, ND 58105
• Richard.Rathge_at_ndsu.edu
• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
• URL www.ndsu.edu/sdc