Here’s Where Syrian Refugees Could End Up in US
Displaced Syrian refugees who settle in the United States will likely establish their new lives in areas already home to large Syrian communities, like California, Michigan and Arizona, according to a refugee assistance agency that works with the U.S. State Department. “Those would be likely places because there would be ethnic community language and culture […]
Surprising Truth About Where US Immigrants Are Coming From
MORE ABOUT AMERICA Past Immigrants Had It Easier than Today’s This US Ethnic Group Makes the Most Money What It Takes to Be a Real American Most Common Jobs Held by Immigrants in Each State More than one in 10 people living in the United States right now was born in another country. […]
Most Common Jobs Held by Immigrants in each US State
MORE ABOUT AMERICA Past Immigrants Had It Easier than Today’s This US Ethnic Group Makes the Most Money What It Takes to Be a Real American There are 41 million foreign-born people living in the United States and a new map illustrates the most common jobs held by those immigrants. Business Insider used information from […]
How Tiny Town Became US Center of Population
The center of population in the United States has been steadily moving westward since 1790. The mean center of population is the place where an imaginary, flat map of the United States would balance perfectly if all residents were of equal weight. The US Census Bureau comes out with this figure every 10 years. Historically, […]
Top 10 Most Popular Ethnic Cuisines in US
The United States is a great melting pot and evidence of our multicultural roots can often be found in the food we eat. MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They Eat Why Small US Towns Embrace Their Weirdness A majority of Americans (77 percent) […]
Say What? Weird Phrases Used in Different Parts of US
Phrases like ‘We might not could come’ and ‘Gas is expensive anymore’ might be hard to understand, but they are proof that the way Americans speak is as diverse as the country itself. Researchers at Yale University have been studying the varieties of English spoken in the U.S., documenting the subtle differences in how phrases […]
Past Immigrants Had It Easier Than Today’s Newcomers
If you think most immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s started at the bottom and toiled their way to the top, you’re mistaken. In fact, when they first arrived in the United States the average immigrant did not make substantially less money than those who were already here and they […]
Diversity Explosion! Minorities Become Majority in 78 US Counties
From 2000 to 2013, minorities became the majority in 78 counties in the United States, with many of those demographic shifts occurring in California, the South, and along the East Coast, according an analysis conducted by the Pew Research Center. It’s a shift in keeping with what demographers expect. “In 2044, most of the United […]
Rise of Asian-American Candidates Signals Possible Shift in US Politics
A little noticed special election in Orange County, California gave the Board of Supervisors–the county’s governing body–an Asian-American majority for the first time, foreshadowing a possible political shift in California, the most populous state in the nation. Republican Andrew Do, a Vietnamese American, narrowly defeated Lou Correa, a well known politician with Latino roots. Do […]
Decline of ‘White’ America Is in Full Swing
The United States hit an important benchmark in 2011 that many Americans might have missed. That was the first year more minority babies were born than white babies. MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They Eat Why Small US Towns Embrace Their Weirdness It […]