According to a Humboldt County demographic study, the county is home to many different ethnicities and ancestries. There are tons of United States natives but there are also a lot of people from different countries that may have migrated to the United States. With all of these interesting ancestries and ethnicities, it really adds to the down to earth flavor of Humboldt County.
When I was researching the demographics for Humboldt county, I stumbled upon the numbers for native residence and non-native residence. A whopping 28.9 % of the people in Humboldt County were new to the county and just started living here. This was very interesting to me because I would think when someone wants to settle down they decide on a certain place to spend their lives and just continue living there. This was proven wrong to me through these numbers. It is very cool that this many people chose just recently to live in the county. I believe it shows that this county is a good county to settle down in and live your life the way you wanted to.
Another interesting number that was brought my attention through the demographics was the status on war veterans. I myself have seen war veterans around Arcata and Eureka. Be it riding the bus or just walking around town. The number of once active soldiers is 14.5% of the entire county's population of 126,000. That is a large amount! With this I also believe Humboldt is an amazing place to heal and enjoy life as it should be enjoyed. The reason I chose to come to Humboldt was for its beautiful surroundings and just all around good feeling.
For my blog, I plan on interviewing a Humboldt county native and a war veteran. I will be interviewing the Humboldt county native to get a feeling of how the certain ethnicity operates in Humboldt county and I will be interviewing the war veteran on the reason of what brought them to Humboldt county and also, if they have been here long, what has changed in the county as time has passed.
Hi Eric, I was interested in your blog, however I thought that maybe you could go into more detail on some of the points you made. One such point is that 29% of people in Humboldt County are new. My guess would have been that this was due to college students attending HSU, and that such an issue may of needed to be addressed. I did really like your conclusion however, especially dealing with Veterans. I am curious to see how your interview goes, and hope to find out why so many choose to live here, as well as seeing what has changed over the years in this county.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your blog, mostly for the fact that it is well structured and shows your ideas progressing to the big picture. I think that where you are going with your blog is quite interesting and I can't wait to see where it ends up. The only thing I can really suggest is just reread through and check for minor grammar errors, for there are a few that caught my attention. Other than that I can't say anything other than you did a great job!
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