powerpoint notes:
- the rate of natural increase is declining.
- both death rate and birth rate are going down.
- by 2050 the growth rate is predicted to be at 0.5%
- population is slowing because population is trending older, woman are having fewer babies, and birth control and education (for women specifically) is becoming more common.
- trends in aging by world regions is different from each country.
- in many-but not all-countries most married woman wish to limit childbearing to only two children (it really depends on their herritage)
- The pooulation in the US grows more around the coast states, and grows more slowly in the central parts (midwest)
- in 1990, almost half of all US counties had less than 1% foreign born, and onlt one-tenth had 5% or more.
- by 2000. only 1/4 of US counties had less then 1% foreign born, and one in five had 5% or more.
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