HuGeo 8.2 St. Paul demographics

how many babies are born in a place

how many people die in a place

how many people move in and out of a place

don't choose this one

50% of the population was under the age of 20

1/3 of Minnesotans were born in other countries

There were way too many old people in Minnesota

bring energy to the community.

live on welfare and never contribute anything.

start a lot small businesses.

Yes, Saint Paul's population would have been a lot smaller without people from other countries moving here.

It is really good when a city loses population. Who needs people anyway?

Immigrants bring workers to companies, small businesses to neighborhoods, and they pay taxes.

buying stuff.

paying taxes.

working in businesses.

earned more than 941 million dollars.

earned millions but didn't pay any taxes.

paid more than 130 billion to the federal government in Washington, D.C.

paid more than 90 million dollars to the State of Minnesota and more to MN counties and cities

immigrants had more than 718 million dollars to spend in MINNESOTA.

immigrants contribute to the Minnesota economy by earning money, paying taxes, and then buying stuff.

who builds a small business.

who builds a small business that sometimes grows huge.

has an idea of how to many money in business and gets it done.

were started by immigrants.

are owned by immigrants.

employ a ton of people.

they have jobs!

they are working age, which means they pay taxes and have money to buy stuff.

That's me and my many brothers and many sisters in the baby boom generation getting older and older.

The green line is old people. When there are more old people, the population will go down. Old people do NOT have babies.

If we didn't have immigrants moving to Saint Paul, our economy would suffer.

We need the younger people moving in and having children to make our city healthy.

age! Minnesotans are much older now.

Minnesota has always needed immigrants to keep a decent population.

The graph shows more and more older people for the next 20 years!

Minnesota had fewer children in 2017 than 2008. This would cause a decrease in population.

In order to be a strong state with a healthy economy, Minnesota is going to need people to move in.

Minnesota= more old people. Minnesota= fewer children. Who is going to do the work? Immigrants!

population box.

population pyramid.

population cylinder.

age

sex: men on the left and women on the right of the pyramid.

older people are toward the top of the pyramid

younger people are toward the bottom of the pyramid.