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Odd way to express the data. Since in every state, some counties have a huge population and others have very few people,
there is little to be learned from this except in the cases of the zeroes. For example, here in Washington, King county has 2 million people, while Garfield County has only 2,000. In fact, there are 6 counties with under 12,000 people. It would make a big difference which counties are those with >= 25% of the population under age 18.
Odd way to express the data. Since in every state, some counties have a huge population and others have very few people,
there is little to be learned from this except in the cases of the zeroes. For example, here in Washington, King county has 2 million people, while Garfield County has only 2,000. In fact, there are 6 counties with under 12,000 people. It would make a big difference which counties are those with >= 25% of the population under age 18.
Agreed, but I do know that Utah is the youngest state, and that seems to be reflected in the data above.
Odd way to express the data. Since in every state, some counties have a huge population and others have very few people,
there is little to be learned from this except in the cases of the zeroes. For example, here in Washington, King county has 2 million people, while Garfield County has only 2,000. In fact, there are 6 counties with under 12,000 people. It would make a big difference which counties are those with >= 25% of the population under age 18.
That is true regarding Washington state. However, I was using a base figure of 25% as I have found that it also represents the continued trend of families and younger people moving to southern and western states in addition to other factors. In general, it appears in a widespread geographical sense that the eastern US as a whole will have a much higher percentage of elderly people and fewer young in the population compared to some southern and western states within the next few decades.
Agreed, but I do know that Utah is the youngest state, and that seems to be reflected in the data above.
Of the major states, Texas is the youngest.
Correct. My analysis also picks up on more socially conservative rural counties and corporate suburban counties with recent growth. Example of the former would be rural counties with a high percentage Amish population in some counties of IN, OH, WI, etc. Other rural areas of the West and Southwest are rural with higher percentages of immigrants in agrarian counties (Apple Valleys of WA state, Central Valley of CA or Oil Patch of TX, NM, etc). What my analysis has found is that there are very few areas of the US with a high percentage of younger people that are on the static side with very little immigration or positive in-migration between states.
"California: 17 out of 58 counties"- I'm guessing 11-12 of these counties are down in SoCal, a few in the Central and Imperial Valleys, and all have large hispanic populations.
"Texas: 107 out of 254 counties" - not surprising, Texas' population is growing rapidly in all of the major cities and surrounding areas of the Tex A Plex region. Many of the counties in South TX have a huge underclass and the hispanic population in that part of the state is close to 70%...and growing.
"Utah: 26 out of 29 counties Idaho: 25 out of 44 counties" both states are deep in the Mormon corridor, especially Utah, with the LDS population marrying very young, and having lots of children early into marriage and often - no surprise here.
2014 data - 48.1% of all Americans under the age of 18 are minorities. Minorities represent 45.5% of 14-17-year-olds.
Utah, because the general local preference for big families.
Which is no indication of where the yuppies go.
Utah is an outlier due to the prevalent LDS influence, and the fact that until recently it was mostly insular with less immigration and in-migration. Both of those factors are changing.
"California: 17 out of 58 counties"- I'm guessing 11-12 of these counties are down in SoCal, a few in the Central and Imperial Valleys, and all have large hispanic populations.
"Texas: 107 out of 254 counties" - not surprising, Texas' population is growing rapidly in all of the major cities and surrounding areas of the Tex A Plex region. Many of the counties in South TX have a huge underclass and the hispanic population in that part of the state is close to 70%...and growing.
"Utah: 26 out of 29 counties Idaho: 25 out of 44 counties" both states are deep in the Mormon corridor, especially Utah, with the LDS population marrying very young, and having lots of children early into marriage and often - no surprise here.
2014 data - 48.1% of all Americans under the age of 18 are minorities. Minorities represent 45.5% of 14-17-year-olds.
Counties in California:
Riverside
San Bernardino
Imperial
Kern
Tulare
Kings
Monterey
San Benito
Fresno
Madera
Merced
Stanislaus
San Joaquin
Yuba
Sutter
Colusa
Glenn
Interesting thread. Arizona hovers around 24% for the entire state according to the U.S. census in 2014 and we are slightly above average in comparison to the rest of the country (23%). I couldn't find the data for Arizona alone so I'm going to take a guess at the counties for this state:
Navajo
Apache
Maricopa
Pinal
Pima
Yuma
Mohave
Some of these counties are the most populated in the state which are the biggest job centers, others are rural with large Mormon presence (especially Mohave), and some of them are largely Native American, and others are closer to the Mexican border. I couldn't find your source so correct me if I'm wrong on my guess.
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