None is in the West, though Sacramento, California, comes close at No. The large metros least demographically similar to the U. Looking across metros of all sizes, the places that look most like America tend to be larger metros, though not the largest ones.
The similarity index is highest, on average, for metros with between 1 million and 2 million people. The metros that look least like America are those with fewer than , people. We all, of course, have our own notions of what real America looks like. Those notions might be based on our own nostalgia or our hopes for the future. If your image of the real America is a small town, you might be thinking of an America that no longer exists.
Beginning in the late s, space More babies were born in than ever before: 3. This was the beginning of the The drama series, in its first season on For many people in the United States, the late s were a troubled and troubling time. The radical and countercultural movements of the s and early s, the Watergate scandal, the Vietnam War, uncertainty in the Middle East and economic crisis at home had undermined The s were a tumultuous time.
In some ways, the decade was a continuation of the s. Women, African Americans, Native Americans, gays and lesbians and other marginalized people continued their fight for equality, and many Americans joined the protest against the ongoing However, the relationship between the two nations was a tense one.
Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Moving to the Suburbs The baby boom and the suburban boom went hand in hand. The Civil Rights Movement A growing group of Americans spoke out against inequality and injustice during the s.
Recommended for you. The s. Flashback: Mall Shopping in the s. The Hollywood 10 Placed on Blacklist. The 13 Colonies. The s For many people in the United States, the late s were a troubled and troubling time. The s The s were a tumultuous time. And efforts to measure the multiracial population are still evolving. Beginning in , Americans could choose their own race.
Since , they have had the option to identify with more than one. This change in census practice coincided with changed thinking about the meaning of race. When marshals on horseback conducted the first census, race was thought to be a fixed physical characteristic. Racial categories reinforced laws and scientific views asserting white superiority. Social scientists today generally agree that race is more of a fluid concept influenced by current social and political thinking.
Race and Hispanic origin data are used in the enforcement of equal employment opportunity and other anti-discrimination laws. When state officials redraw the boundaries of congressional and other political districts, they employ census race and Hispanic origin data to comply with federal requirements that minority voting strength not be diluted.
The census categories also are used by Americans as a vehicle to express personal identity. The most recent decennial census, in , had 63 possible race categories: six for single races and 57 for combined races. In , 2. These can then be mapped into racial groups. By this metric, 4. This chapter explores the history of how the U.
Readers should note that estimates here—as they are based on Census Bureau data—may differ from those derived from the Pew Research Center survey of multiracial Americans that will form the basis of the analysis for subsequent chapters of this report. Currently census questionnaires ask U. On the census form and current American Community Survey forms , respondents are first asked whether they are of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin and, if so, which origin—Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban or another Hispanic origin.
The next question asks them to mark one or more boxes to describe their race. This two-question format was introduced in , the first year that a Hispanic category was included on all census forms. See below for more on the history of how the Census Bureau has counted Hispanics. The change in policy to allow more than one race to be checked was the result of lobbying by advocates for multiracial people and families who wanted recognition of their identity.
The population of Americans with multiple racial or ethnic backgrounds has been growing due to repeal of laws banning intermarriage, changing public attitudes about mixed-race relationships and the rise of immigration from Latin America and Asia.
One important indicator is in the growth in interracial marriage : The share of married couples with spouses of different races increased nearly fourfold from 1.
For the census, the Census Bureau is considering a new approach to asking U. Beginning with the census, the bureau has undertaken a series of experiments trying out different versions of the race and Hispanic questions.
The latest version being tested, as described below, combines the Hispanic and race questions into one question, with write-in boxes in which respondents can add more detail.
This was worded in various ways in the written rules that census takers were given. Some scientists believed these groups were less fertile, or otherwise weak; they looked to census data to support their theories. Definitions for these groups varied from census to census. Although American Indians were not included in early U. The census did not attempt to count the entire American Indian population until In some censuses, enumerators were told to categorize American Indians according to the amount of Indian or other blood they had, considered a marker of assimilation.
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