Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing Task 1 Chandrakala Medrano-000201458 June 13, 2015 Western Governors University A. Los Angeles County which occupies an area of approximately 4 million square miles is the most populous county of the United States with a population of 10,053,995 people, according to the United States Census Bureau Estimates (2013). The population increase from the 2010 census to the 2013 estimate is 2%. A breakdown of the population according to age is as follows: 23.2% are under 18 years old, with 6.4% being under 5 years old, 61.8% between the age of 18 and 65 years old and 11.9% are over the age of 65. Females make up 50.7 % of the population in 2013.
“Higgins Industries grew from being a small Southern boat company to owning and operating seven large plants, employing 30,000 employees at one point in their operation. During WWII, Higgins Industries was the largest producer of landing craft and PT boats for this country, even blocking off city streets in New Orleans to build
Atlanta is the largest community in Georgia with a population of 420,003. Atlanta is an ethnically diverse city and it has mix of workforce of both white and blue collar workers. The number of occurrences in the Atlanta GA area that was reported to the local police for 2009 was 2,725. The city of Baltimore is a large coastal city in the state of Maryland. Baltimore is known as the largest community in Maryland with a population of 620,961.
Community Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. part of Nueces County. According to the U.S. Census bureau, there are 442,600 inhabitants living here. The majority of the residence living in Corpus Christi is a white population (80.9%). Hispanics are the second largest group living here at 54.3%, which is much higher number compared to the rest of Texas. The majority of the population is employed in services, wholesale and retail trade, and government sector.
Boeing Employees Credit Union Research Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU) is the biggest credit union in the state of Washington, and the fourth biggest in the United States nation. It went from 18 members and $9 in 1935 to 675,000 members and $9.2 billion in 2011. Following the guide of credit union principle, which is “people helping people”, BECU is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative (BECU, 2011). The company scope is shown in order as following: 1. History 2.
Northeast megalopolis The Northeast megalopolis (also Boston-Washington Corridor or Bos-Wash Corridor) is the most heavilyurbanized region of the United States, running primarily northeast to southwest from the northern suburbs of Boston,Massachusetts, to the southern suburbs of Washington, D.C. in Northern Virginia. [2] It includes the major cities of Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., along with their metropolitan areas and suburbs as well as many smaller urban centers. On a map, the Northeast megalopolis appears almost as a straight line. As of the year 2000, the region supported 49.6 million people, about 17% of the U.S. population on less than 2% of the nation’s land area, with a population density of 931.3 people per square mile (359.6 people/km2), compared to the U.S. average of 80.5 per square mile (31 people/km2). America 2050 projections expect the area to grow to 58.1 million people by 2025.
In the U.S., the YMCA is made up of the YMCA of the USA, a national resource office, and more than 2,600 independent and autonomous YMCAs with approximately 20,000 staff and 500,000 volunteers in 10,000 communities across the country. Worldwide, the YMCA serves more than 45 million people in 124 countries (YMCA.net). A typical organizational chart for a YMCA would start with a Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors at the top, with department heads below the CEO, and other staff below the department heads. The YMCA would also be a divisional structure with groups of people who serve similar customers. As far as the decision making process, the CEO makes most of the final decisions.
Houston, Texas- A Driving Nightmare Houston is the fourth largest city in America and the largest city in Texas. According to the 2011 Census, the city of Houston is home to over “2.2 million people” of numerous nationalities and ethnic groups. Named after the famous general Sam Houston, the city originated on June 5th 1863 and has become famous for its import/export capabilities, railroad industry, and oil wealth and business districts. In addition, Houston is known for the Texas Medical Center the largest headquarters for health and research industries, also being the location for NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Mission Control. With all this, a major increase in population continues to grow and highways continue to congest which has
“Texas higher education institutions are organized in six systems that include 32 two year and four year general academic institutions and nine health related institutions, one state tech college system that includes 4 two year institutions, and 50 community college districts, many of which have multiple campuses.” (UTIMCO 2008) In fall 2008, enrollment exceeded 1.1 million students. The University of Texas System is the largest with over 184,000 students. The Texas A&M system has over 109,000 students. The Texas State system has 75,000 students. And more than 597,000 students attend campuses within the 50 community college districts.”( 2008)
Asian American Gerald Trahan ETH/125 July 21, 2011 Jere Wilson Asian American The Asian American population of 17.3 million people in the United States as of 2010, which comprised of 5.6 percent of the total population in the United States, was a higher number then I was expecting. And also 2.6 million people that are Asian American that are five and older speak Chinese at home and more so after Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the United States. Fifty percent of Asian Americans that are twenty-five years or older have a bachelor’s degree or higher level of education, where it compares to twenty-eight percent of all Americans in that group. This number almost doubles all the other groups. Eighty-five