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PeopleandcitiesinUSLecturer:QinJieAimsGettoknowabouttheUSpopulationconstituentsGettoknowaboutthefamousUScitiesDemographicsIn2023,theUnitedStatespopulationisprojectedbytheU.S.CensusBureautobe308,700,000,includinganestimated11.2millionillegalimmigrants.TheUnitedStatesisthethirdmostpopulousnationintheworld,afterChinaandIndia.Itspopulationgrowthrateis0.97%,comparedtotheEuropeanUnion's0.16%.DemographicsThepopulationgrowthinSouthwesthasbeenthehighest.Andthemostpopulousstates:California37.30million,Texas25.10million,NewYork19.40million.DemographicsWhiteAmericansarethelargestracialgroup,withGermanAmericans,IrishAmericans,andEnglishAmericansconstitutingthreeofthecountry'stopancestrygroups.In2023,theWhitepopulationaccountsfor64%ofthetotal,droppingfrom69%in2023.Itisestimatedin1940s,theWhiteswillalsobecomeaMinoritygroup.(RenmingDaily)DemographicsAfricanAmericansusedtobethenation'slargestracialminority.AsianAmericansarethecountry'ssecondlargestracialminority;theAsianAmericansaccountfor5%oftheUSpopulationin2023.

TheU.S.populationincludedanestimated4.5millionpeoplewithsomeAmericanIndianorAlaskannativeancestryandover1millionwithsomenativeHawaiianorPacificislandancestry.ImmigrationMexicohasbeentheleadingsourceofnewresidentsforovertwodecades;since1998,China,India,andthePhilippineshavealsobeeninthetopsendingcountrieseveryyear.DemographicsThepopulationgrowthofHispanicandLatinoAmericans(in2023,reaching50.50millionintotal)isamajordemographictrend.Between2023and2023,thecountry'sHispanicpopulationincreased43%,comparedwith1%growthoftheWhites.DemographicsIn2023,ninecitieshadmorethan1millionresidents,andfourglobalcitieshadover2million(NewYorkCity,LosAngeles,Chicago,andHouston).Therearefiftymetropolitanareaswithpopulationsgreaterthan1million.Ofthefiftyfastest-growingmetroareas,twenty-threeareintheWestandtwenty-fiveintheSouth.ThemetroareasofAtlanta,Dallas,Houston,Phoenixallgrewbymorethanthree-quartersofamillionpeoplebetween2023and2023.AmericanmosaicPeople:Caucasian(64%),AfricanAmerican(12%),Latino(16%),Asian(5%),NativeAmerican(0.8%)DenserpopulationinthewaterareasThelongestriver:MississippiRiver,thelongestintheworldTheGreatLakes:(fromwesttoeast)LakeSuperior,LakeMichigan,LakeHuron,LakeErie,&LakeOntario.LakeMichiganbelongstoUSA.Theother4belongtobothUSA&Canada.ThefamousNiagaraFalls

ThefamousNiagaraFallsImportantcitiesofUSTheAtlanticCoastisthemostheavilypopulatedareaandretainsstrongtracesofitsEuropeanheritage.ThisiswheretheoldestAmericancitieslikeBoston,NewYork,WashingtonDCandPhiladelphiaarelocated,andwheremostofthemajoreventsinearlyAmericanhistorytookplace.Thecentralnorth-eastismarkedbytheGreatLakes(Superior,Michigan,Huron,ErieandOntario).TheriversandcanalslinkingthelakestotheAtlanticOceanmadevirtualseaportsoutofMidwesterncitieslikeChicagoandDetroit.StatesofUSA

CapitalCity:WashingtonD.C.WashingtonDistrictofColumbiawasnamedafterGeorgeWashington,thefirstPresidentoftheU.S.A.,whodecideduponitslocation.

Itwasbuiltin1790&wasputtousein1800.Itisthepolitical&culturalcenter.TheWhiteHouse,theCapitol,DepartmentofState&DepartmentofDefense(thePentagon),theWashingtonMuseum,theJeffersonMemorial,theLincolnMemorialarealllocatedhere.WashingtonissituatedonthePotomacRiverintheDistrictofColumbia.Thedistrictisapieceoflandtenmilessquare&itdoesnotbelongtoanystatebuttoallthestates.ThedistrictisnamedinhonorofColumbus,thediscovererofAmerica.WashingtonchosetheplacefortheDistrictandlaidin1790thecorner–stoneoftheCapitol,whereCongresssits.TherearenoskyscrapersinWashingtonbecausenootherbuildingshouldbetallerthantheCapitol.TheWhiteHouseAllAmericanpresidentsexceptGeorgeWashingtonhavelivedintheWhiteHouse.Itisa2-storiedwhitebuildingconstructedin1799.In1814,duringthewarwithEngland,theWhiteHousewasburntdown.Afterthewarthecharredremainsofthebuildingwerewhite-washed.Sincethattime,theresidenceoftheAmericanpresidentshasalwaysbeenpaintedwhite.TheWhiteHouseNewYorkCityLargestcity&portinAmericaOneofthelargestcitiesintheworldManhattan:boughtfromtheIndiansin1626byPeterMinute,aDutchColonialgovernor,hepaidforthisareaof31squaremileswithbeads,cloth&trinketsworthonly$24.NewYorkCityManhattan(Island)isoneofthecommercial,financial&culturalcentersoftheworld.Ithasmanyfamouslandmarks&touristattractions.E.g.:Broadway,Chinatown,theEmpireStateBuilding(102stories,390meterhigh),“WorldTradeCenter”(110stories,higher),TimesSquare,theUnitedNationsHeadquarters,WallStreet,etc.MostofNewYork’smunicipalbuildingsstandonManhattanIsland.ChicagoThesecondlargestcityinAmericaCenterofrailwayandlakeportThebiggestcenterofironandsteelindustryOnMay1of1886,Chicagoworkerswentonstrike,demandingtherightto8-hourwork.HencetheLaborDayeveryMay1.OnMarch8of1909,womenworkersinChicagowentonstrike,demandingequalityofwomenworkers&hencetheWomen’sDayeveryMarch8.ChicagoDetroitCapitalofMichiganStateThebiggestcar-makingcenter,alsocalledtheCityofCarsManycar-makingmonopolyorganizationsarelocatedhere:FordMotorCompany,GeneralMotors,ChryslerCorporation.DetroitHoustonThebiggestcityinsouthernAmerica&animportantportTexasStateThelargestcenterofoilindustry,alsocalledtheCityofOilintheworldApolloProgram:thecenterofAmericanaerospace&aeronautics,alsocalledtheCityofAerospace&aeronauticsHoustonLosAngelesAnimportantportinthewestcoast.ThethirdlargestcitysecondaryonlytoNewYorkCity&Chicago.TheindustrialcenterofthewesternAmerica,famousforairplane-making&oilindustry.Hollywood:centeroffilm-makingindustry,alsoknownastheCityofFilms.Disneyland:amusementpark.LosAngelesSanFranciscoThesecondlarges