Between 2014 and 2060, the U.S. population is projected to increase from 319 million to 417 million, reaching 400 million in 2051. The U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly in future decades than in the recent past, as these projections assume that fertility rates will continue to decline and that there will be a modest decline in the…

Background: Singapore is experiencing great demographic change. These demographic trends show fewer young people and declining birth rates, greater longevity for ageing generations and an increase in the number of non-Singaporean residents. Statistics also show that more than half of the total population increase in the last decades was…

Surveys the importance of migration trends in the United States away from the Northeastern urban areas into the sunbelt states of the West and Southwest. Emphasis is placed on ways in which this demographic transformation disturbs social, economic, and political arrangements. (DB)

Presents some salient features of the migration picture in Canada, with special reference to the Atlantic Provinces. Attention is focused on the children and some of the educational implications of the patterns that emerge. (Author/IRT)

Important demographic trends in the United States include 1) the population's changing age profile, 2) the tendency for young people to remain single longer, 3) the widening mortality differential between the sexes, and 4) reversal of migration trends. Available from: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Box 211, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,…

This article presents a method for facilitating the explanation of regional patterns of population change by emphasizing both cartographic clarity and meaningful geographic typologies. (Author)

This article defines and outlines the Canadian perspective on population policy. It presents the positions of important interest groups in the policymaking process such as the environmentalists, social justice advocates, and quality of life proponents. The debate surrounding the Green Paper on Immigration is examined. Debatable future issues are…

In this study migration is examined as a component of population change. Decisions involved in migration are discussed. Source of migration data are suggested. Generalized in-migration and out-migration fields are described. Migration patterns before 1975 and recent migration patterns are examined and decisions underlying the latter are analyzed.…

This unit, one in a set of elementary teacher-developed materials for geography, is geared to high middle-class income students in a suburban area who have traveled or migrated during their school years. The unit is a programmed instruction module that focuses on basic concepts of demography. Several questions are provided for which students must…

The data presented in this article suggest that recent migration patterns are contributing much less to white flight than has been suggested by many previous investigators. Differences in segregation between cities are more closely related to birth rate differentials than they are to white flight. (Author/AM)

This report examines the question of which immigrants to the United States are more likely to be "Americanized" and absorbed into the American nation. The 1990 census found that about 40 percent of all foreign-born residents of the United States were naturalized citizens, while among those who arrived before 1980, about 60 percent were citizens.…

Summarizes preliminary data from the 1970 United States Census, commenting particularly upon the age composition of the population, the growth of metropolitan areas, patterns of internal migration, and changes in family structure and living arrangements. (AL)

In this paper significant demographic trends in the United States are described and anlyzed in relation to their implications for education. Focus is placed on six major trends. (1) The United States is moving toward zero population growth, and the long term prospect for school enrollment is for decline. (2) The age structure of the population is…

This paper reports on a demographic study that focuses on the patterns of migration to and from specific metropolitan areas which contribute to nonmetropolitan growth and decline. For background, the paper examines some general properties of the United States migration system. Then the concept of metropolitan areas as redistributors of population…

Information from the Censuses of Population and Housing in Tennessee is presented in this report. A section which is individualized for Haywood County, Tennessee, describes population and housing changes in that county in terms of dependency ratio, household size, household structure, and living space, along with interpretation and tables. Another…