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Research the immigration of one distinct cultural or ethnic group into the United States. Choose one of the groups discussed in Ch. 6-14. You must request permission from your instructor if you want to research another group not included in the text.
Create an 8- to 12-slide presentation of your research that includes the following:
Include detailed speaker notes and images that support your content. Each slide should have three to four bullets of text which are a high-level overview of what is included in your speaker notes. You may write the speaker notes in the notes section of your selected presentation tool or in a separate Word document.
Classification |
Number in Thousands |
Percentage of Total Population |
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RACIAL GROUPS |
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Whites (non-Hispanic) |
195,371 |
60.3 |
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Blacks/African Americans |
37,686 |
12.2 |
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Native Americans, Alaskan Natives |
2,247 |
0.7 |
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Asian Americans |
15,553 |
5.0 |
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Chinese |
3,347 |
1.1 |
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Asian Indians |
2,843 |
0.9 |
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Filipinos |
2,556 |
0.8 |
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Vietnamese |
1,548 |
0.5 |
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Koreans |
1,424 |
0.5 |
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Japanese |
763 |
0.2 |
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Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians |
1,847 |
0.6 |
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Other Asian Americans |
1,225 |
0.5 |
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Arab Americans |
1,517 |
0.5 |
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Two or more races |
9,009 |
2.9 |
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ETHNIC GROUPS |
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White ancestry |
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Germans |
49,341 |
16.0 |
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Irish |
35,664 |
11.6 |
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English |
26,873 |
8.7 |
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Italians |
17,486 |
5.7 |
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Poles |
9,757 |
3.2 |
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French |
9,159 |
3.0 |
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Scottish and Scots-Irish |
9,122 |
3.0 |
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Jews |
5,425 |
1.8 |
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Hispanics (or Latinos) |
50,478 |
16.4 |
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Mexican Americans |
31,798 |
10.3 |
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Puerto Ricans |
4,624 |
1.5 |
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Cubans |
1,785 |
0.6 |
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Salvadorans |
1,648 |
0.5 |
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Dominicans |
1,415 |
0.5 |
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Guatemalans |
1,044 |
0.3 |
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Other Hispanics |
8,164 |
2.7 |
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TOTAL (ALL GROUPS) |
308,746 |
Note: Arab American population excluded from White total. All data are for 2010. Percentages do not total 100 percent, and when subcategories are added, they do not match totals in major categories because of overlap between groups (e.g., Polish American Jews or people of mixed ancestry such as Irish and Italian).
Source: American Community Survey 2011b: Table C04006; Asi and Beaulieu 2013; DellaPergola 2012; Ennis, Rose-Vargas and Albert 2011; Hixson, Hepler, and Kim 2012; Hoeffel, Rastogi, Kim, and Shahid 2012; Humes, Jones, and Ramirez 2011; Norris, Vines, and Hoeffel 2012.
The United States is a diverse nation and is becoming even more so, as shown in Table 1.1. In 2010, approximately 40 percent of the population were members of racial minorities or were Hispanic. This represents one out of three people in the United States, without counting White ethnic groups or foreign-born Whites.
As shown in Figure 1.1, between 2010 and 2060, the Black, Hispanic, Asian, Arab, and Native American population along with those identifying as biracial or multiracial in the United States is expected to increase to about 63 percent. Although the composition of the population is changing, problems of prejudice, discrimination, and mistrust remain. This trend toward “majority-minority†got underway noticeably in 2011 when Latino and non-White babies outnumbered White newborns for the first time in the United States (Bureau of the Census 2012d).
According to projections by the Census Bureau, the proportion of residents of the United States who are White and non-Hispanic will decrease significantly by the year 2060. By contrast, the proportion of both Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans will rise significantly.
Source: Bureau of the Census 2013b: Table 4, sources listed in Table 1.1, and author estimates.
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