Population Growth Moving Away from Urban Centers to "Second Cities"
Within a year or so, more people will live in cities than in the countryside for the first time in human history: the 21st century will be an urban one. But increasingly, the urban core itself is downsizing. Already, half the city dwellers in the world live in metropolises with less than half-a-million residents.
Between 2000 and 2015, the world's smallest cities (with under 500,000 people) will grow by 23 percent, while the next smallest (1 million to 5 million people) will grow by 27 percent.
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Date: 6/10/2006
New Report Shows That Many Recent Immigrants Are Educated, Employed but Seek Better Jobs
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ACAPULCO, Mexico – Like the weather in this booming resort, Mexico's economy is hot. The government is awash in oil profits. Exports are at record levels. The stock market index has almost doubled in the last two years. Unemployment is at 3.3 percent.
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Date: 6/6/2006
Univ of NC Study: Hispanic Workers Filled One-third of All Jobs Created in North Carolina During the Past Decade
The total Hispanic/Latino population in North Carolina was 506,206 in 2004, with approximately 350,000 residents from Mexico. There are now about 600,000 Hispanics in North Carolina (55% here legally; 45% are undocumented).
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Hispanic workers filled one-third of all jobs created in North Carolina during the past decade.
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It's estimated that the number of Hispanic residents in North Carolina has jumped roughly a third since 2000, to more than seven percent of the state's total population.
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Hispanic residents contribute about $9.2 billion a year to the state's economy, and businesses chasing the money they spend employed 89,900 workers in 2004.
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Date: 6/6/2006
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