BASIC INFO AND DEMOGRAPHICS
Based on the City’s website, Orlando covers 111.2 square miles and is the fifth largest city in Florida and the sixth largest metropolis in the southeast. It is known for its famous professional sports teams such as the Orlando Magics (NBA), the Orlando City Soccer Club MLS 2015 expansion team, the Orlando Solar Bears ECHL hockey team, the Orlando Predators AFL arena football team, and collegiate sports organizations like the Capital One Bowl (BCS), the Russell Athletic Bowl, the Florida Classic, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship rounds and the University of Central Florida Athletics (About).
As of 2012, the Greater Orlando Metropolitan Area has around 2.2 million residents but the city itself has a population of 245,402 recorded in the July 1, 2012 census (About). This is a 4.7% change from the 238,304 recorded in the April 1, 2010 census. As of 2010, residents that are below the age of 5 make up 7.1% of the city’s population. The 2010 census also reveals that 21.9% of residents are over the age of 5 yet below 18, and around 9.4% are aged 65 and above. This means that the city has a relatively young population because 61.6% of the population is aged 18 to 64 (Unites States Census Bureau). According to City-Data.com, Orlando’s median age is 32.8 years (See Chart 1). There is very little diffrence in gender distrubution. Females comprise 51.4% percent of the population which makes men 48.6% of the overall number of residents (Unites States Census Bureau). Racial and ethnic distribution is also a significant factor to look at. Based on data from city-data.com, Orlando’s white population is the majority (90,828), making up 37.3% of the city populace. Hispanics are the second largest ethnic group. Th...
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Many of these ethnic groups still reside where their relatives first lived when they arrived many years ago, whereas a majority of the ethnic groups have dispersed all over the Chicago land area, creating many culturally mixed neighborhoods. Ultimately, all of these ethnic groups found their rightful area in which they belong in Chicago. To this day, the areas in Chicago that the different ethnic immigrants moved to back in the 1920s are very much so the same. These immigrants have a deep impact on the development of neighborhoods in today’s society. Without the immigrants’ hard work and their ambition to establish a life for their families and their future, Chicago would not be as developed and defined as it is now.
Not many people in this world truly go out "kicking and screaming". How often have you heard of people talking a stand for what they believe in? How many times have you heard of a minority sticking up for themselves against the majority? How many times have you actually heard tell of it working? Osceola, the son of a Creek-Indian and speculated offspring of white trader, William Powell, was a cocky, spit-fire of a young man.
The demographics as stated from the Census Bureau, 2000 demonstrates the population of the different races in the West Orange community. White population alone would be 62.1% (27,907), Black would be 17.1% (7,672), Hispanics 10% (4,514), Asian 8.1% (3,619), two or more races 2.4% (1,060), other races .3% (120), American Indian .08% (38), and lastly, Native Hawaiian/Other/ Pacific Island alone would be .03% (13). Later on, shown from the West Orange NJ demographic data states from the years 2010-2014 the population, was about .18% and has increased during 2014-2019. Also, from household population .16% would be increased in the
Maintaining ecological diversity is necessary for the survival of a biological community. In the United States, American citizens are on the verge of irrevocably damaging one of the country's most unique and diverse treasures - the Florida Everglades. This national park is now the only remaining patch of a river that used to span 120 miles from Lake Okeechobee to the Florida Bay. Dikes and levees created by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1940's drained this river to reduce flooding and increase useable water for the development of the region. This major diversion of water lead to a trickle down effect causing the continual decline of the environmental state of the Everglades. Since then, debates over the Everglades' future have silently raged on for years about how, why, and when the restoration will begin. This ongoing, but virtually unproductive effort has cost taxpayers a great deal without any apparent benefits. Recently, this debate has been amplified by the voices of the sugar industry in Florida, which was attacked for its major contribution to pollution of the Everglades. Now debates rage on with a new effort called the Restudy. Backed by the Army Corps of Engineers, this effort would change the flow of the Everglades, potentially restoring it into the viable community of life that it used to be. The question now is, will this latest attempt to restore the Everglades ever be realized (thus ending the cyclic Everglades debate) or will it simply add up to one more notch on the bedpost of inadequate and failed attempts to save this national treasure. The world is watching to see how the United States will handle this unprecedented cleanup.
After reading the two letters written by Christopher Columbus in the midst of his many voyages, I have found many similarities and differences between the two. The first letter was written to Luis de Santangel on February 15, 1493 at sea. Ten years later, the second letter was written to Ferdinand and Isabella. This letter, regarding his fourth voyage, was written on July 7, 1503. The tone in this letter compared to the first letter was abysmal. Some did not believe it was written by the same person. This makes what happened in that ten year gap become very important. It is what happened during that time that will lead one to discover the changes in attitude made by Columbus between the two letters he wrote.
Key West is many people's paradise. It has dazzling waters, beautiful beaches, and a wonderful climate. This tiny island is located off the southernmost part of Florida is the only true tropical island in the United States. Thousands of people from all over the world come to Key West every year for the relaxing lifestyle and rich culture. As well as being rich in culture it is rich in history too. Key West has also been the home to many great authors and artists and is known for having a very diverse population.
After the devastation of Katrina, mid-city changed forever. The schools, churches, homes, families, and neighborhood changed. There are maybe 2 schools in the area which is dramatically poor to the community compared to the population of the people. Before Katrina in 2000, the population of Mid-City was nearly 20,000 living in 5,830 households (Mid-City Organization 1). Mid- City population still has the highest percentage of Hispanic people which is 10 throughout any neighborhood (Mid-City Snapshot 1).
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The world has always been connected. Through trade routes, the world was accessible to anyone who had goods and resources to offer and sell. However, not all countries and territories were part of this connection. Such as Europe, who lay withering away in their dark ages without connections to trade routes, as the rest of the developed world flourished. However, a change in the 1500 century led to the demise of the established wealth and to the rise to colonizing powers. These colonizing powers were dependent on the exploitation of another country’s resources and population. What led to this shift in power and the belief of colonialism? The search for wealth. Many primary sources describe this shift in power and belief; however, Christopher’s Columbus’ letter to the Luis de Santangel outlines this phenomena with such clarity that it sets and foreshadows the economic and religious foundation for the emerging belief of colonialism; and in turn resulting in some of the first colonization of the Americas.
Gentrification is designed to improve the quality of life for the residents, but the fact is that it pushes out old residents to welcome in young and wealthy citizens. To analyze the demographic even further, gentrified neighborhoods in New York City have seen an increase in white population despite a city wide decrease. As Kate Abbey-Lamertz of the Huffington Post states, “The report notes that change is driven by educated people moving in, rather than by existing residents becoming more educated.” These changes are being driven by a millennial demographic who can afford the changed aesthetic. The influx of millennials are pushing out families whose lifestyle can’t keep up with the changing demographic. Even though these changes have been occurring for almost thirty years, and the city hasn’t made the changes needed for people who need low income housing. New York City’s gentrification must be slowed in order for people in low income housing to catch
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Inner City Communities are often areas which are both densely populated and deteriorating(quote). The areas and its residents have strongly been correlated with social and economical disparity. Residents of inner city communities have been plagued with problems including: “high unemployment, poor health care, inadequate educational opportunities, dilapidated housing, high infant mortality, and extreme poverty” (Attitudes and Perceptions, n.d). Though the inner city communities have been stricken with
as the most crime-prone. (Between 1966 and 2001, 18 - 24 showed a 62% increase
This movie caused a lot of hoopla when it was released back in ’93, for it was the first Hollywood studio movie to fully tackle the subject of AIDS. Now, I don’t want to take anything away from the film, because it is still quite entertaining, but it certainly doesn’t come off as a groundbreaking film anymore. Even back when it was released, I personally didn’t think it was that big of a deal because by that time we’d already seen the subject matter covered for years, in news reports, documentaries and independent films; so when PHILADELPHIA finally came along, it seemed like it was just a little overdue… What the film does succeed in doing is taking a deep look at a new kind of discrimination that grew as AIDS became more prevalent in the minds of the general public and how some people’s hatred towards gays got even more fueled as this new disease became a harsh and frightening reality in the world. I was a bit surprised to see the quote “An emotional powerhouse!” on the back cover of the DVD because as it does have its share of emotional scenes, they’re far from overwhelming and it isn’t likely that that is what you’ll take away from it in the end. The most memorable, powerful scenes, in fact, are those awkward moments that are examined as we see how people around Andrew react upon learning of his illness – the most famous ones being Washington’s reaction to Hanks in his office and the confrontation in the public library between Hanks and an employee there. Demme also does an admirable job in making the City of Brotherly Love a real presence in the movie.