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1
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% of rural Americans live on farms?

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6.3% (represents declining farm population)

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2
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% of rural employment is in manufacturing?

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<25%

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3
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1.5 billion acres

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The number of acres of forest that have disappeared over the last 200 years throughout the world.

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4
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100th Meridian

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Longitudinal line that separates East & West U.S. Also a Isohyet line thet separates rainfall from east and west (desert).

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5
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275 tribal reservations account for this acreage in US

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52 million

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6
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Acres in a square mile

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640

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7
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Acres of national forest land in US

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191 million

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8
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Baby boomers

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1946-1964

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9
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Cohort Survival Method

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Detailed, very accurate method for making short-term population projections that can handle multiple variables.

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10
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Echo Boomers (aka: Generation Y)

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1977-2000

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11
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Facts about metro-farms

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⅓ of all farms in US are in metropolitan areas; They produce over 2/3s of country’s produce and about 40% of all dairy products

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12
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Fastest Growing City (2000-2010)

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Las Vegas

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13
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Fastest growing MSAs from 2000-2010

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Palm Coast, FL St. George, UT Las Vegas-Paradise, NV

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14
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Federally-recognized tribes

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According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); which is responsible for the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. The BIA says that there are 562 federal recognized tribal governments in the United States.

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15
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Federally-recognized tribes

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562

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16
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Feet in a mile

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5,280 feet = 1 mile

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17
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Generation X

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1965-1976

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18
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Hectare

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1 hectare = 10,000 square meters; 1 hectare = 2.47 acres

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19
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Homeowners percentage

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66%

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20
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How many acres have been developed in the US each year?

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2.2M

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21
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Longest River

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Missouri River (2540 miles)

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22
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People per square mile living in the U.S.

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As of 2000, it was 79.6

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23
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Percent of women in workforce

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58% as of 2010 (increasing)

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24
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Percentage of Americans living in urbanized areas in 2000

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0.68

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25
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Percentage of households receiving long form of US census

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17%

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26
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Percentage of urban residing American’s live in poverty

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16%

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27
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Poverty

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In 1996, 20% of families lived in poverty Between 1975-1985, US government constructed two million low-income homes

28
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Rivers in US

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250,000 (3.5 million miles)

29
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Smallest time frame using a chort survival method of population

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5 years

30
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Square mile

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640 AC

31
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Step-down method

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Uses a larger geographic area to interpolate a smaller geographic area’s population

32
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Total tribal acres in Alaska

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40 million

33
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Tribal Reservations in the US

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326 reservations covering 95,000,000 AC Navajo is largest. Not all 567 tribes have a reservation.

34
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US Population (2010)

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309 million

35
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US population by 2040

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Likely to exceed 400 million.

36
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ZIP Code

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Zone Improvement Plan Code

37
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Census Long Form replaced by

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American Community Survey

38
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Changes to American household since 1970?

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New homes are 50% larger, HH size has shrunk by 1 person

39
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Generations

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Lost Generation - WWI Veterans Greatest Generation - WWII Veterans Silent Generation - Born during-WWII Baby Boomers - 1940’s-1960’s Generation X - 1960’s - 1980’s Millennial / Gen Y “echo boom” - 1980’s-2000 Gen Z - Post 2000

40
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Average household size according to 2000 Census?

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2.59 persons (owner-occupied = 2.69, renter-occupied - 2.4)

41
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Biggest/smallest states in population in 2000 Census?

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Biggest: California; Smallest: Wyoming

42
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Dominant land use in the U.S.?

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Agriculture

43
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How many square feet in 1 acre?

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1 Acre = 43,560 SF

44
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Largest single Native American reservation?

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Navajo, 16 million acres

45
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Native American reservations in the U.S.

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275

46
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Agricultural land

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900,000,000 AC of farmland 240,000,000 prime farmland, 25% in metropolitan areas

47
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How has average size of single family detached homes changed over last 50 years?

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~1,100SF → 2,340 SF

48
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Detroit

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First Council of Government

49
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Foreign born US residents (1994)

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1 out of 11

50
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Largest tribal land holding in acres

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16 million, Navajo in Utah, Arizona nad New Mexico

51
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Location of housing

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31% in central cities 31% in suburbs 38% in rural areas

52
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Metropolitan Farms

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1/3 of all farms are in metropolitan areas 640,000 farms Produce 66% of fruits and vegetables 75% of nursery and greenhouse crops and 40% dairy

53
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Minority population

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33% of population as of 2006

54
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MSA includes

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At least one city with 50,000 or more and a total metropolitan population of 100,000

55
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Transit use between 1997 and 2001

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Increased 20%

56
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Census Block

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Part of a census tract; Smalled geographic unit for which the Census tabulates 100% data; designations covering entire nation for first time in 1990

57
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Census Block Group

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Subset of the blocks within a Census Tract; The smallest geographic unit for which the Census tabulates sample data

58
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Census Designated Place (CDP)

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A densely settled concentration of population that is not within an incorporated place, but is locally identified by a name; No size limits (since 2000)

59
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Census Tract

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Designed to be a relatively homogeneous unit with respect to population characteristics, economic status and living conditions; Averages ~4,000 people

60
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Incorporated Place

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Incorporated under state law as, i.e., a city, town, borough or village, and having legally prescribed geographic limits

61
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Median age of US population according to 2000 Census?

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35.3 years

62
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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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Core area (city of >50,000 or Urbanized Area with at >100,000 people) with large population nucleus and adjacent communities with a high degree of economic and social integration with that core; May include 1 or more counties

63
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Place

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A concentration of population either legally bounded as an incorporated place, or identified as a Census Designated Place

64
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Urban Area

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For Census 2000, two types of urban areas: Urban Clusters (2.5 - 50K people) and Urbanized Areas (at least 50K people)

65
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Urbanized Areas

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An area consisting of at least one central place and adjacent territory, with a general population density of at least 1,000 people/square mile of land area and a minimum residential population of at least 50,000 people

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