Demographic Report Solano County First Draft Judith Bodolla Tata SOCI 370 - Population and Migration Professor Marianne Paiva 12/2/13 Introduction Solano County was formed in 1850 but had been in existence for at least 2000 years and was once home to the Patwin Indians (About Solano). It is also one of the original 27 counties in California. Today‚ Solano is culturally diverse county‚ well situated between San Francisco and Sacramento and provides easy access between the two largest cities in
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geography‚ and numerous counties. Hillsborough County is one of the larger counties in the state‚ ranking number 4 of 67 in terms of population. An expansive area with large cities and a growing population‚ Hillsborough provides numerous opportunities for education‚ healthcare‚ and employment. Having a large population makes the county a great area to conduct research on significant health problems. For instance‚ there has been a dramatic rise in cardiac related deaths within the county over the years‚ placing
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William Faulkner William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County‚ with Jefferson as its county seat‚ is both a mythical and actual place. Yoknapatawpha county is 2400 square miles in area and has a population of 15‚611 persons. Jefferson has an actual jail‚ town square‚ old houses‚ and Old Frenchman’s Place‚ even a railroad. Faulkner’s "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County‚ and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is
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people live in the Cleveland area and in the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County‚ of course higher number of gas stations are expected to be made available for those in the area. There are also other areas in Ohio‚ where other “clumps” are located. Plentiful amounts of gas stations are needed for the people around there too. (ADD ANOTHER FACTOR). When relating the distribution of gas stations in both Cuyahoga County and Ohio to biological/ecological factors‚ resource competition becomes a factor
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Loudon County Wheel Tax Why should we have to pay a wheel tax? In Loudon County‚ TN the government is proposing a 50 dollar wheel tax. Right now we pay 24 dollars per vehicle or item that must be legally registered; altogether we would be paying 74 dollars (Shaver‚ 2008). The wheel tax is going to be used for our road ways and education. A major issue with the wheel tax is there are people outside the county using the roads and their children use our schools‚ but pay no wheel tax. With the wheel
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Orange County Fire Authority is one of the biggest departments in southern California. It was founded as Orange County Fire Department in 1980 and declared bankruptcy in December 1994. Then three months later in March 1995‚ it reopened as Orange County Fire Authority with a new Fire Chief. It now has seventy-one fire stations‚ four helicopters‚ a wildland unit‚ and a hazmat unit. It has over one thousand full-time firefighters‚ two hundred reserve firefighters‚ covering twenty-three cities‚ and protecting
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Henry County (30253) Henry County‚ Georgia is located 30 minutes south of Atlanta. This quaint southern county best known its southern charm and the worst traffic in the State of Georgia. Thousands drive through the county every day either on their way to Florida or up north. Visitors‚ who come here say they are taken back by the historical antebellum homes and cozy feel of the area. Henry county may have the Southern Charm however‚ if you live here your commute on average is one hour each
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For decades Emergency Management has focused primarily on preparedness. Since part of Wayne County is on the coastal plain‚ and is bordered by the Neuse River that extends up to Raleigh which is over 50 miles away the county is at a risk for flooding. Floods are the most common natural disaster in the U.S.‚ and nearly everybody has some risk of flooding. Wayne County preparedness to a flood is noteworthy. Virtually every U.S. state‚ and territory has experienced floods. The Federal Emergency Management
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patterns. The county is in the state of Texas‚ where a large percentage of the population is not classified as urban‚ yet a large proportion of the land area is classified as urban. The opposite‚ however‚ is true for Denton County‚ whose urban population percentage is even higher than that of the United States and while its urban area is significantly lower‚ than that of Texas‚ it still exceeds the urban area percentage of the United States as well. This is possibly because while Denton County is a metropolitan
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signs of farm labor have left their mark on the hardworking citizens of Harrison County for over 200 years. This year we celebrate the Bicentennial of Indiana and the tremendous achievements of our Hoosiers during the past two centuries. The history of Harrison County is inextricably intertwined with its history of agriculture. To this day‚ farming and agriculture are a crucial part of the economy in Harrison County; although‚ earlier in our county’s history‚ agriculture was not only a critically
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