Directions: Visit Theus Census Bureau: State and County Quick Facts

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2.03 Population Pyramid Lab

Directions: Visit theUS Census Bureau: State and County Quick Facts.

• In the drop down box above the title Alabamaselect the city in which you live and select Go. If your city or town is not in the link, click on a city which is close to where you live.
• After selecting your city, click on Browse Data Sets Foron the right hand upper corner of the chart.
• Click on the Demographic Profilelink.

Use the Total population portion of the chart to answer the following questions.

1. What is the Total population of your city?
2. What is the median age of your city’s population? What percent of the population is Under 5 years? 50 to 54 years? 85 years and over?
3. How many people in your city are 85 years and over? How many are Under 5 years?
4. What percentage of the population is in your age cohort for your city? How many people are in your age cohort?
5. By referring to your population pyramid, which sex (male or female) has the longest life expectancy? How can you tell this? Give specific percentages to help show which has the greatest life expectancy.

Answer the following questions using the pyramid you created.

1. Describe the population pyramid that you created for your city. What is its general shape?
2. What are the age cohorts that represent the greatest percent of the population?
3. Does your population tend to be trending toward Zero Population Growth or does it seem to have a faster growing rate? How can you tell this?

Return back to opening page where you initially selected your city. Record the following demographic information. Information can be located by scrolling down and looking for the appropriate heading.

1. High school graduates or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-1:
2. Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-13:
3. Median household income, 2009-13:
4. Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-13:
5. How does the data in numbers 9-12 compare to the data for the entire state? (Hint: you can find this information in the second column on that same chart.)