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Prince William County Demographics

Prince William County Demographics. TESL 514 Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Shamaine Bazemore Brian Mellott Jennifer Olinger Jennifer Sunshine Dianne Tharp. Image Source: http://www.pwcs.edu. Definitions of Racial/Ethnic Categories.

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Prince William County Demographics

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  1. Prince William County Demographics TESL 514 Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Shamaine Bazemore Brian Mellott Jennifer Olinger Jennifer Sunshine Dianne Tharp Image Source: http://www.pwcs.edu

  2. Definitions of Racial/Ethnic Categories • American Indian or Alaskan native - a person having origins (ancestry) in any of the original peoples of North America, who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition. • Asian or Pacific Islander - a person having origins (ancestry) in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asian, the Pacific Islands, or the Indian subcontinent. Included, for example, are peoples of China, Korea, the Philippine Islands, Samoa, and India. • Black, not of Hispanic origin - a person having origins (ancestry) in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Source: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/dbpubs/Fall_Membership/2007/readme.htm

  3. Definitions, cntd. • Hispanic - a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin (ancestry), regardless of race. • White, not of Hispanic origin - a person having origins (ancestry) in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East. • Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Unspecified - a person who cannot be classified according to the definitions of any of the six racial/ethnic categories. Source: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/dbpubs/Fall_Membership/2007/readme.htm

  4. County-Wide Demographics2000-2006 Source: http://factfinder.census.gov

  5. School-Wide Demographics by Race/Ethnicity Data for these graphs are available at: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Publications/ Image Source: http://www.pwcs.edu

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