Demographic Analysis- Population Distribution and Composition

    Select Los Angeles county or any county in the United States except Michigan.   Demographic Analysis- Population Distribution and Composition 1. a. Draw a thematic map of the population distribution of your county by census tracts b. Compute the mean center (centroid) of the population of your county c. Compute the median center of the population in your county d. Compare the mean and median center. Are they the same? 2. a. Draw a Lorenz Curve to show the population distribution of your county using the cumulative percentage area of tracts and cumulative percentage of tract population b. Calculate the Hoover Index of Concentration 3. For the last year that you have population data, a. Draw a population pyramid of your county using 0-4, 5-9 etc. showing male and female populations b. Calculate the sex ratio, unemployment rate, and dependency ratio c. Calculate the crude birth and death rates d. Calculate the general fertility rate e. Calculate the age specific fertility rate 4. write a detailed report on the population size, distribution, and composition of your county