2006-09-17 11:55:12 · 3 answers · asked by melissa g 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
this is just for the past 10 years
According to the state of California's Demographic Division of the Department of Finance, the state's population was estimated to be 29,828,000 July 1, 1990. It rose to an estimated 34,036,000 in 2000. Thus the population increased by 4,208,000 between July 1, 1990 and July 1, 2000.1To gain a better perspective on the meaning of this number, consider the fact that all the northeastern states from Maine to Virginia, combined, gained less than 4 million people over the same period.
This begs the question: How did California grow so rapidly? The answer is deceptively simple: immigration. Actual direct immigration accounted for about 57 percent of all growth over this decade. The two-generation indirect immigration (i.e. including the births to foreign-born mothers) explained an incredible 98 percent of California's growth between 1990 and 2000.
2006-09-17 12:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not good to worse to bad to very bad to extremely worse to out of control to ?
2006-09-17 11:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by the_wire_monkey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
um, catastrophic? I don't know...
2006-09-17 11:56:23 · answer #3 · answered by gokart121 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋