Society the Basics, 6/e Chapter 11 -- Interactive Maps

Chapter 11: Race and Ethnicity
Interactive Maps

In order to properly view the maps in this exercise, it is first necessary to allow the special Verisign download feature to auto-install the map's roll over plug-in. For best performance make sure that you have the latest version of Shockwave which can be downloaded from the following address: http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/.
Once the plug-ins are installed, you no longer need to repeat this process.
Roll over the color blocks in the map legend to highlight various statistical areas. Click on any (or all) color blocks to maintain the highlighting of those areas.

National Map 11–1 Where the Minority-Majority Already Exists

In 2000, minorities had become a majority in three states—Hawaii, California, and New Mexico—as well as the nation’s capital, The District of Columbia. With a 45 percent minority population, Texas is approaching a minority-majority. At the other extreme, Vermont and Maine have the lowest share of racial and ethnic minorities (about 2 percent). Why are states with high minority populations in the South and Southwest?

National Map 11–2 Land Controlled by Native Americans, 1790–1998
Two hundred years ago, Native Americans controlled three-fourths of the land that would eventually become today’s United States. Today, Native Americans control 314 reservations—scattered across the United States—that, together, account for just two percent of the country’s land area. How would you characterize these locations?
Source: Copyright © 1998 by The New York Times Co. Reprinted by permission.

National Map 11–4 The Concentration of Asian Americans, African Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos, by County, Projections for 2001

In 1990, Asian Americans represented 3 percent of the U.S. population, compared with 12 percent African Americans and 9 percent people of Hispanic/Latino descent. These three maps show the geographic distribution of these categories of people as projected for 2001. Comparing them, we see that the southern half of the United States is and will be home to far more minorities than the northern half. But do the three concentrate in the same areas? What patterns do the maps reveal?
Source: From American Demographics (November 1996, January 1997, and February 1997). Copyright © 1996, 1997 by American Demographics. Reprinted with permission.