Demographics in General
Austin
Changes in Demographics in Austin
From Your Write-ups
Random UT
100
The statistical study of human populations.
What is demography
100
What was the last year that the census was taken?
2010
100
Were families shrinking or growing in 2000?
Shrinking
100
Travis County has a population of how many people
1,031,033
100
Who did UT play last year in the championship game?
Bama
200
Name one direct method of collecting demographic data
Census or registration systems
200
What are residents of Austin commonly referred to as?
Austinites
200
Due to natural growth and immigration, the mexican population has __ between 1980 and 2000? (doubled, tripled, decreased by half)
tripled
200
Killeen has a median age of ___
What is 26.70
200
Who did UT play to win the Rose Bowl in 2005?
USC
300
What is the "Life Table"?
A statistical device which provides information about the mortality conditions (most notably the life expectancy) in the population.
300
Austin is the __ th largest city in the United States
15th
300
Based on the 2000 census, hispanics are moving to ____ areas while african-americans are moving to ____ areas
Rural areas, suburbs
300
This is the percentage of single moms in Killeen
What is 13.4%
300
What religious figure is mentioned in "The Eyes of Texas"?
Gabriel
400
What are two of the three processes in which populations can change?
Fertility, mortality, and migration
400
Austin is the ___ th largest city in Texas?
4th
400
The Asian population increased according to the latest census, what Texas city were they seeming to move from?
Houston
400
The percentage of the population between the ages of 18-24
16.6%
400
What street is the southern most boundary of the UT campus?
15th Street
500
Who is regarded as the "father of demography"?
Ibn Khaldun
500
As of the latest census, how many people resided in Austin?
656,562 people
500
The year the first Census of Texas was conducted
When is 1829
500
From the state of Texas, about this many mailed forms were returned
What is sixty three to sixty seven percent
500
What is believed to be the reason that UT's color is burnt orange?
The color was supposedly selected as a strategy to conceal the ball during football games.
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