I. Aging
A. median age: 35 (1/2 are older and 1/2 are younger)
B. 13% of nation is 65 or older
C. 2050: 255 will be retired or close to it
II. Ethnic Change
A. lower birth rates among whites + immigration
= lower proportion of whites in America in the future
B. Estimated change
2000
White: 71.8% of the population
Black: 12.2
Hispanic: 11.4
Asian: 3.9
2030
White: 60.5
Black: 13.2
Hispanic: 18.9
Asian: 6.6
2050
White: 52.8
Black: 13.6
Hispanic: 24.5
Asian: 8.2
III. Other Changes
A. 2000: 75% live in urban area
B. 25% of children live with 1 parent
C. 12.7% live in poverty
D. 20% are barely literate and have trouble with
simple documents
E. since 1980, the prison population has gone from
500,000 to 2 million
F. Rise of women....
1. own 30% of all businesses
2. gains in education
IV. Shifts in Population
A. migration: mass movement within a country
B. mid 1800's: move to cities for jobs
C. 1970's: move to southern and western states
D. 1980s & 1990s: people flock to suburbs