>From dhenwood@panix.com Mon Nov 7 19:46:47 1994 Received: from panix.com (panix.com [198.7.0.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id TAA00638 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 1994 19:46:37 -0700 Received: by panix.com id AA17977 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ppn@csf.colorado.edu); Mon, 7 Nov 1994 21:49:33 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 21:49:32 -0500 (EST) From: Doug Henwood To: ppn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Atlas published Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Apologies for both the vulgar self-promotion and possible duplicate postings! Please feel free to repost, redistribute, tack on telephone polls, shout from rooftops, etc. Doug Henwood [dhenwood@panix.com] Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024 212-874-4020 phone 212-874-3137 fax ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- JUST PUBLISHED! THE STATE OF THE USA ATLAS The Changing Face of American Life in Maps & Graphics by Doug Henwood, 127 pages US and Canada: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, ISBN 0-671-79695-X elsewhere: Penguin, ISBN 0-14-024302-X A full-color look at social life in the United States -- demography, economics, society, culture, politics. With extensive analytical notes and pungent captions. Contents -------- I DEMOGRAPHICS section divider graphic: national ancestry 1 POPULATION - population growth, 1970-92; center of population, 1790- 1990; elderly population, 1993 and 2020 2 THE MULTI-CULTURE - "minority" (all but non-Hispanic white) population by state, 1990; concentration of Hispanics and African Americans; closeups of minority populations in Mississippi, New York, DC, Texas, Florida, and California; the diversity of the Hispanic and Asian population; ethnicity of U.S. population, 1990 and 2050 3 WORLD NATION - foreign-born population by state; immigrants in 1991 and their preferred state destinations; legal immigrants as share of state populations; rare factoids on emigration from the U.S. 4 ELBOW ROOM - population density by state and for major cities; U.S. densities in international context 5 ON THE MOVE - share of population in 1990 who lived in a different state in 1985; regional migration patterns; migration into and out of California; U.S. mobility compared with other countries 6 SUB-URBAN AMERICA - shares of population living in suburbs and central cities; urban and suburban office space in major markets; the growth of shopping malls, 1965-92 II ECONOMY section divider graphic: growth in per capita income, 1975-93 7 MANUFACTURING - share of gross state product from manufacturing; change in share of manufacturing jobs by state; inset showing growth of maquiladoras and auto plants in Mexico and manufacturing job losses in Canada; fastest growing occupations, BLS projections, 1992-2005 8 FARMING - share of gross state product from farming; share of farmland using irrigation; farm output and employment, 1980-93; U.S. share of world farm output and exports for major crops 9 FINANCE - share of gross state product from finance, insurance, and real estate (FIRE); FIRE employment and output; FIRE output as percent of manufacturing output, 1985-91 10 TRADE ROUTES - arrows showing major U.S. trading partners; exports by state as percent of personal income, 1992; U.S. imports and exports as percent of GDP, 1973-93 11 THE SEARCH FOR PROFIT - arrows showing major country targets of U.S. foreign direct investment abroad and source countries for direct investment in U.S.; profit rates on direct investment by U.S. abroad and by foreign countries in U.S.; share of manufacturing workers by state employed by foreign-owned firms; major investment cluster countries for U.S., European Union, and Japan 12 WINNERS & LOSERS - rise or decline in new business incorporations by state, 1991-93; liabilities of business failures by state; number of headquarters for Fortune 500 companies by state, 1992 vs. 1967; industrial sectors on Business Week's Companies on the Move, 1993 13 SHADES OF GREEN - state "Green Indexes" from Institute for Southern Studies; priority hazardous waste sites by state; international comparisons of greenhouse gas emissions and municipal waste generation; particulate air pollution and death rates in 6 U.S. cities 14 LABOR - state shares of U.S. labor force; change in union share of workforce by state, 1953-92; part-time work, 1968-92; U.S. wages vs. other countries; average wages by sex, race, and union status, 1992 15 WOMEN WORKING - women's labor force participation rates by state; women in various occupations, 1972 and 1992; women's incomes as a percent of men's, 1980-92; child care arrangements of working mothers 16 PERSONAL INCOME - average pretax personal income by state; income distribution by state; incomes by race and sex; U.S. income distribution vs. other industrial countries 17 TAXES - state and local taxes per $1,000 in personal income by state; GAO fiscal soundness grade by state; effective tax rate on richest 1% by state, with markers showing the especially regressive states; tax bite on average industrial worker, OECD countries; federal taxes paid less federal spending received by state 18 THE PROMISED LAND - poverty rates by state; demographic makeup of the poor; various definitions of poverty II SOCIETY section divider graphic: Human Development Index (UN Development Programme), for major countries and for U.S. by race 19 A START IN LIFE - birth rates by state; infant mortality by state; international comparisons of infant mortality with U.S. broken down by race; U.S. life expectancy by race and sex 20 FAMILIES - marriage and divorce rates by state; births outside marriage, international comparison; household types, 1960 and 1992 21 LITERACY AND LEARNING - illiteracy in English, by state; highest and lowest spending states on education; high school and college graduates by sex and ethnicity; literacy levels in U.S. (high/medium/low) 22 A MODERN PLAGUE - AIDS cases by state and metropolitan area; distribution of HIV infection worldwide; U.S. cumulative deaths from AIDS by year 23 THE COSTS OF CARE - share of population not covered by health insurance; states with most and fewest doctors per 100,000 people; share of GDP spent on health care, U.S., 1960-91, and internationally, 1991; mortality rates by race and income 24 ABORTION - number of women per abortion clinic, by state; metropolitan areas with no abortion provider; abortions per 1,000 live births, by state; violence against abortion clinics 25 GAYS AND THE LAW - sodomy laws by state; jurisdictions with full and partial civil rights laws for lesbians and gays; "feelings thermometer," rating expressions of warmth and coldness towards gays and lesbians, liberals, conservatives, environmentalists, blacks, whites, feminists, cops, and other notorious social groups 26 THE FAT OF THE LAND - snack food habits by region; market share of snack foods; meat, fruit, and vegetable consumption, 1970-91; share of population that is obese by sex and income; effects of french fries on the northwestern environment 27 CRIME - violent crime rates by state; imprisonment rates by state; public perceptions of danger in major cities, and their actual violent crime rates; international comparisons of murder and incarceration rates; the race of murder victims and their murderers 28 SANCTIONED KILLING - capital punishment status and techniques by state; death row populations; countries enforcing the death penalty; race of death row population 29 IN GOD WE TRUST - religious adherents as portion of population by state; state concentrations of major denominations; denominational makeup of population; Christian radio and TV, 1983 and 1993 30 THE CONSCIOUSNESS INDUSTRY - number of daily newspapers and radio stations per state; major newspaper chains; worldwide reach of MTV and CNN; TV sets and newspaper circulation per 1,000 persons, various countries IV GOVERNMENT section divider graphic: Times Mirror political typology, 1992 31 ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL - number of state and local government units per 100,000 people; state and local employees per 1,000 people; types of local governments, 1972 and 1992; state and local government spending as share of all government spending, G7 countries 32 THE PERMANENT GOVERNMENT - lawyers per 10,000 persons, by state; PAC and soft money contributions to parties and congressional candidates; lobbyists in DC 33 THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT - change in Democratic, Republican, and Independent share of vote by state, 1980 to 1992; winner's vote as share of voting age population, 1960-92; makeup of 103rd Congress by sex and race/ethnicity 34 DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA - voter turnout by state, 1992 election; voter turnout by income and ethnicity; voter turnout, international comparison; voter registration by race in South, 1960 and 1976 35 THE PENTAGON - value of military contracts and payroll per person, by state, 1992; announced personnel changes for 1993 and beyond; military share of GDP, 1970-98; U.S. bases and base closures, worldwide APPENDIX STATE TABLES - state-by-state figures for: population; percent foreign born; percent speaking language other than English; percent who lived in a different state; share non-Hispanic white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American; share urban, suburban, rural; state and local taxes per $1,000 personal income; shares of gross state product in manufacturing, farming, FIRE; percent of labor force unionized; percent of women in labor force; poverty rate; share without health insurance; infant mortality by race; doctors per 100,000 persons; marriages and divorces per 1,000 persons; illiteracy rate; AIDS cases per 1,000 persons; abortions per 1,000 births and 1,000 women per abortion clinic; violent crime rate; units of government; voter turnout; military spending NOTES AND SOURCES - detailed comments on each of the spreads, including their significance, additional information not shown in graphics (such historical background), sources and shortcomings of data, and expressions of gratitude for all those who helped in the production of the book