Census Data Mapper Map and Analysis - October 2013

Link to this map on Google Drive

A United States Census of the White Population Percentage

Using the color coded key, a reader can assume Caucasian is the most populous race in the United States, but in some areas the density is diminished to a very low percentage towards the south east in the states neighboring the Gulf of Mexico and the majority of the white population occupy most of the northern half of the Continental United States. As shown in the demographic map, white populations are centralized in the North Western states and spread westward towards mountainous states like Montana and Wyoming and eastward along The Great Lakes towards New York and Maine. While most American counties hold a 50% or greater average white population, some counties are sparsely populated in Southeastern states like Georgia where a few counties retain a less than 30% white population. And white populous counties are more dispersed and balanced South and Southwest of the white centralized population zone.

As an immigrant country, a geographer can theorize that a centralization of a certain population can be derived from the immigration of certain countries from a similar region or continent. Simple historic knowledge of America’s history tells the mass immigration from countries all over the world began in the early to mid-1800’s when a rapidly expanding economy promised a new beginning to foreign people. White people immigrated from Northern and Western Europe over ship in search of a better future but still looked for that familiar sense of home in the colder climates. They settled in the Northwest and it soon became a very dense white populated region. While most immigrants settled in the Northwest, some claimed the East coast their home and some expanded westward to the West Coast. Fewer immigrated to the South.

The United States of America had a majority population of white immigrants giving a biased english speaking society. Recently this century more immigrants from many different countries have also immigrated to all over the country. While some immigrants became a part of our culture, many brought their own way of life from home exposing us to different languages and parts of the world. With the decreasing population of white’s in the South, hispanics have moved in in large numbers decreasing our American and English interactions with another to accustom to spanish languages. This can also be found in our state where many Asian immigrants have moved into the Twin Cities bringing Hmong and Vietnamese languages. These new cultures have struck a challenge in local businesses and national certainty in the English language, creating a burden to accustom to protect certain rights and keep a profit in our local economy.