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Research Facts Flashcards

1
Q

% of rural Americans live on farms?

A

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 that 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

19
Q

Homeowners percentage

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66%

20
Q

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

A

2.2M

21
Q

Longest River

A

Missouri River (2540 miles)

22
Q

People per square mile living in the U.S.

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As of 2000, it was 79.6

23
Q

Percent of women in workforce

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58% as of 2010 (increasing)

24
Q

Percentage of Americans living in urbanized areas in 2000

A

0.68

25
Q

Percentage of households receiving long form of US census

A

17%

26
Q

Percentage of urban residing American’s live in poverty

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16%

27
Q

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
Q

Rivers in US

A

250,000 (3.5 million miles)

29
Q

Smallest time frame using a chort survival method of population

A

5 years

30
Q

Square mile

A

640 AC

31
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Step-down method

A

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

32
Q

Total tribal acres in Alaska

A

40 million

33
Q

Tribal Reservations in the US

A

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)

A

309 million

35
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US population by 2040

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Likely to exceed 400 million.

36
Q

ZIP Code

A

Zone Improvement Plan Code

37
Q

Census Long Form replaced by

A

American Community Survey

38
Q

Changes to American household since 1970?

A

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

39
Q

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?

A

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

41
Q

Biggest/smallest states in population in 2000 Census?

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Biggest: California; Smallest: Wyoming

42
Q

Agricultural land

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

43
Q

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

A

~1,100SF → 2,340 SF

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