Table of Contents

Introduction

Fertility

Mortality

Migration

Population Size and Growth

Population Composition

Population Distribution

Population Growth Issues

Concern About Population

Conclusion

Suggested Resources

References

Related Publications

Population: A Lively Introduction

General Texts and References

Cohen, Joel E. How Many People Can the Earth Support? New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1995.

Daugherty, Helen Ginn, and Kenneth C.W. Kammeyer. An Introduction to Population, 2d ed. New York: Guilford Press, 1995.

Farley, Reynolds, ed. State of the Union: America in the 1990s, Vols. 1 and 2. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1995.

Haupt, Arthur, and Thomas T. Kane. Population Handbook, 4th ed. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, 1997.

Jones, Brian J., Bernard J. Gallagher, and Joseph A. McFalls. Sociology: Micro, Macro, and Mega Structures. Ft. Worth, TX: Harcourt-Brace, 1995.

McFalls, Joseph A., Jr. "Population: A Lively Introduction." Revised 3d ed. Population Bulletin 53, no. 3. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, 1998.

Nam, Charles B. Understanding Population Change. Itasca, IL: R.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc., 1994.

Weeks, John R. Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, 6th ed. San Francisco: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1996.

Web Sites

Selected Population Bulletins

U.S. Population Trends and Issues

De Vita, Carol J. "The United States at Mid-Decade." Vol. 50, no. 4 (1995).

Migration/Immigration

Gober, Patricia. "Americans on the Move." Vol. 43, no. 3 (1993).

Martin, Philip, and Elizabeth Midgley. "Immigration to the United States: Journey to an Unknown Destination." Vol. 49, no. 2 (1994).

Martin, Philip, and Jonas Widgren. "International Migration: A Global Challenge." Vol. 51, no. 1 (1996).

Race and Ethnicity

Del Pinal, Jorge, and Audrey Singer. "Generations of Diversity: Latinos in the United States." Vol. 52, no. 3 (1997).

Lee, Sharon M. "Asian Americans: Diverse and Growing." Vol. 53, no. 2 (1998).

Family and Social Welfare

Bianchi, Suzanne M., and Daphne Spain. "Women, Work, and Family in America." Vol. 51, no. 3 (1996).

O'Hare, William P. "A New Look at Poverty in America." Vol. 51, no. 2 (1996).

World Population Trends and Issues

Ashford, Lori S. "New Perspectives on Population — Lessons from Cairo," Vol. 50, no. 1 (1995).

Livernash, Robert, and Eric Rodenburg. "Population Change, Resources, and the Environment," Vol. 53, no. 1 (1998).