Sociology 4949: Outline--Week One
I. Syllabus and Schedule: Introduction
Takaki: A Different Mirror
1. Source of the title
2. Interweaving the histories of various minorities in America... for example,
industrial employment finally opened up for African-Americans only when immigration
from southern and eastern Europe was drastically curtailed in the 1920
Gallagher: Rethinking the Color Line--a particularly good anthology
of sociological work on race relations.
Groups
III Using the American
Factfinder from the Census Bureau to get race/ethnic statistics on cities/states/nation
as of 2000 Census (http://www.census.gov/).
IV. Using the State
Demography Center of the Minnesota Planning Department to get information
about Minnesota in relation to the 2000 census: http://www.demography.state.mn.us/Census2000.html
| Minority |
Duluth |
Minneapolis |
St. Paul |
Minnesota |
United States |
| African-American |
1,415(1.4%) |
68,818(18.0%) |
33,637(11.7%) |
171,731(3.5%) |
36,419,000(12.9%) |
| Asian/PacIs |
993(1.1% |
23,465(6.1%) |
35,488(12.4%) |
141,968(2.9%) |
11,899,000(4.2%) |
| American Indian |
2,122(2.4%) |
8,378 (2.2%) |
3,259(1.1%) |
54,967(1.1%) |
4,119,000 (1.5%) |
| Hispanic |
921(1.1%) |
29,175(7.6%) |
22.715(7.9%) |
143,382(2.9%) |
35,316,000(12.5%) |
For more current numbers and for projections, look under A-Z Subject, "Race" and "Races." The Missouri Census Data Center Population Estimates Reports States will give you the latest figures for each state, including Minnesota.