Authors: Baros S,. Campos B., Garrett M., Henriksen L., and Inglis M.

Publication Year: 1998

Journal: National Indian Council on Aging

Keywords: Elders, Aging, Data

Abstract:

This section looks at Indian elders geographically from a national perspective. A computerized base map of the continental United States was prepared showing all state and county boundaries, using data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the nation's mapping authority. At the same time, population "information about where people live and how their numbers vary from county to county was obtained from the 1990 national Census. Census information is also entirely computerized. Bringing these two data sources together electronically permitted the production of the maps that follow.

The facing map portrays the density per square mile for the total population of the United States by county. Those counties in dark red designate urbanized areas with 100 or more people for every square mile. The greatest densities of people (higher concentration and closer proximity) are found in roughly four separate geographic areas. These include states adjoining the Great Lakes p J(Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York); along the northeastern seaboard from Virginia and Washington D. C. through Massachusetts; North Carolina and Florida in the southeast; and on the Pacific Coast, Southern California and portions of Oregon and Washington.

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