1. Population Patterns

2. Online Poll!
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3. Basic Statistics
US & Canada make up about 5% of the world’s population
Canada: 35.1 million
US: million
Everyone is an immigrant or descended

4. Waves of Immigration The first Native Americans came from Asia
Many waves came after
All driven by push/pull factors.

5. Push/Pull Factors
Work with a partner to come up with two push factors and two pull factors for Sugar Land or Houston as a whole
Come up with some for the US if you have extra time!

6. More Numbers
There are 42.4 million immigrants in the US today– 13% of the population
Immigrants and children of immigrants are 81 million– 26% of the population
All-time high of immigrants was 14.8% in 1890

7. Where do they go?
Top 5 states are California, Texas, New York, Florida, and New Jersey.
Big gaps– CA has 10 million, TX, NY, and FL are ~4 million, NJ is 2 million.
What do these have in common?

9. Where do they come from? India # 1, with China and Mexico close behind
However, Mexico makes up the most total immigrants by far
Before 1965, quotas made Europeans dominant

11. http://www. migrationpolicy
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16. Population density US: 85.54 ppl/sq mile NE and Midwest are very dense
Gulf Coast (Sun Belt) and West Coast are growing quickly
80% of the US lives in a metropolitan area

19. Why do people move? Sun Belt has climate, jobs, open space
NE and Midwest have industry, large cities
West Coast has climate, jobs, and are closest to Asia

20. Canadian population Much lower population density: 9.43 ppl/sq mile
90% of population lives with 100 miles of the US border
80% of population in urban areas.
Largest cities– Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver

22. Urbanization What are some positives of urbanization?
What are some downsides?

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