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Keane, John G. – Migration World, 1986
Data from past Bureau of the Census demographic surveys and other sources are used to make inferences about population flows. The following information about foreign born residents of the United States is discussed: (1) place of residence; (2) point of origin; (3) changes in immigration over time; and (4) impact on United States population growth.…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Ethnic Distribution, Family Mobility
Download full textAngoff, William H. – 1989
This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that items of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) containing reference to American people, places, customs, etc., tend to favor examinees who have spent some time living in the United States. Two samples of examinees were drawn from the March 1987 TOEFL administration, one tested in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, English (Second Language), Evaluators, Foreign Nationals
Ehrlich, Howard J. – 1974
Tabular data presented in this report comprise: total and black population of the U.S. for every census period from 1790 to 1970, the 50 cities with the largest black population for 1970, an index of residential segregation for 1960, selected views of age and sex, life and death, the educational profile of white and black in 1970, family income…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Employment, Black History, Blacks
World Eagle, Inc., Wellesley, MA. – 1987
It is important for students to have a feel for some of the key numerical and size characteristics of their country, and often graphic blackline masters permit easier, quicker learning than many chapters of text. For this purpose maps, tables, and graphs depicting various characteristics of the United States' population have been compiled in this…
Descriptors: Atlases, Charts, Crime, Demography
Boswell, Thomas D.; Rivero, Manuel – 1988
This paper describes and analyzes the demographic characteristics of the Pre-Mariel Cuban American population living in the United States as presented in the 1980 U.S. Census of the Population. Information is not provided for the Mariel entrants, who began arriving from Cuba on April 21, 1980, because the data were derived from a one-in-a-thousand…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Citizenship, Cubans, Demography
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1976
The report presents data on selected social, economic, and demographic characteristics of women of Spanish origin in the United States. Derived from the population reports of the U.S. Census Bureau and the March 1973 Manpower Report of the President, the statistical data pertain to age, residence, marital status, heads of families and households,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Census Figures, Demography
