These thematic maps of
San Francisco, California illustrate the different neighborhoods and the contrasting demographics of the diverse city. Please click on the images for a larger view or for more information on it. The images are generated at the
U.S. Census Bureau's American Factfinder. (
[1])
These thematic maps of
Oakland, California illustrate the different neighborhoods and the contrasting demographics of the diverse city. Please click on the images for a larger view or for more information on it. The images are generated at the
U.S. Census Bureau's American Factfinder. (
[2])
These thematic maps of the
San Jose, Californiametropolitan area illustrate the different neighborhoods and the contrasting demographics of the diverse city. The San Jose East Side consist of poor, notoriously crime-ridden neighborhoods consisting mostly of Mexican immigrants. On the other hand, the affluent western cities of
Cupertino,
Saratoga, and
Palo Alto are upper-class Asian communities with housing worth $900,000 or so. Many residents in western
Santa Clara Valley work in San Jose's computer industry.
Please click on the images for a larger view or for more information on it. The images are generated at the
U.S. Census' American Factfinder. (
[3]) The geographic limit is the
block group (BG) level.
The maps reveal that the section of South Los Angeles around
Interstate 110 ([[the
Harbor Freeway), along with
East Los Angeles and
Boyle Heights, are the poorest areas in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The area is approximately one-thirds
African American and two-thirds
Latino. Historically a segregated black community, the region is now home to many new Latino immigrants, many of whom arrived illegally because of the labor demand from the factories in
Vernon and
Commerce. The area is stricken by high rates of poverty, crime, and lack of education.
Please click on the images for a larger view or for more information on it. The images are generated at the
U.S. Census' American Factfinder. (
[4]) The geographic limit is the
census tract (CT) level.
These thematic maps of
Chicago, Illinois illustrate the different neighborhoods and the contrasting demographics of the diverse city. Please click on the images for a larger view or for more information on it. The images are generated at the
U.S. Census' American Factfinder. (
[5])
The majority of the 295 million American people currently living in the United States descend from
European immigrants who have arrived since the establishment of the first colonies. Major components of the European segment of the United States population are descended from immigrants from
Germany (15.2 percent),
Ireland (10.8 percent),
England (8.7 percent),
Italy (5.6 percent),
Scandinavia (3.7 percent) and
Poland (3.2 percent) with many immigrants also coming from
Slavic countries. Other significant european immigrant populations came from eastern and southern Europe and French Canada; few immigrants came directly from
France. A large number of Americans (12.9 percent) are descended from African immigrants, the majority of whom were
slaves. These numbers, however, are inaccurate as many citizens listed themselves as "American" on the census (7.2 percent).
Ancestry maps
Note on the images: These maps are self-generated by Wikipedia user
Stevey7788 at the
U.S. Census Bureau's American Factfinder site (
[6]). "West Indian," "Arab," and "Sub-saharan African" ancestries are not listed. These maps focus only on the European ancestries of white or
Caucasian Americans.