By Géraud Bablon and So Yeon Park

The MidwestThe Midwest

Population of the Midwest

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Population of the Midwest

(U.S. Census Bureau)

Change in Population: 2000-2005State Population Change

North Dakota ..……………………….-0.90%

South Dakota ....………………………2.80%

Nebraska ....………………………2.80%

Kansas ....………………………2.10%

Minnesota ....………………………4.30%

Iowa ....………………………1.40%

Missouri ....………………………3.60%

Wisconsin ….………………………3.20%

Illinois ...……………………… 2.80%

Michigan ………………………… 1.80%

Indiana ………………………… 3.10%

Ohio .......…………………… 1.00%

Average 2.33%0

2,000,000

4,000,000

6,000,000

8,000,000

10,000,000

12,000,000

14,000,000

NorthDakota

SouthDakota

NebraskaKansasMinnesotaIowa MissouriWisconsinIllinoisMichiganIndiana Ohio

Population Change from 2000-2005

Population2000Population2005

(U.S. Census Bureau)

Total Population

66,217,736or

22% of the Population of the U.S.,

301,215,667.

(U.S. Census Bureau)

Racial/Ethnic RatioState Black/African

AmericanAmerican Indian

and Alaska Natives

Asian Native Hawaii and other Pacific Islander

Multiracial Hispanic/Latino Origin

White, not of Hispanic Latino Origin

Foreign-Born Residents

North Dakota 0.80% 5.30% 0.70% 0.00% 1.00% 1.60% 90.80%

1.90%

South Dakota 0.80% 8.80% 0.70% 0.00% 1.20% 2.10% 86.80%

1.80%

Nebraska 4.30% 0.90% 1.60% 0.10% 1.10% 7.10% 85.40%

4.40%

Kansas 5.90% 0.90% 2.10% 0.10% 1.60% 8.30% 81.60% 5.00%

Minnesota 4.30% 1.20% 3.40% 0.10% 1.40% 3.60% 86.30%

5.30%

Iowa 2.30% 0.30% 1.40% 0.00% 0.90% 3.70% 91.50% 3.10%

Missouri 11.50% 0.40% 1.30% 0.10% 1.30% 2.70% 82.90%

2.70%

Wisconsin 6.00% 0.90% 2.00% 0.00% 1.00% 4.50% 86.00%

3.60%

Illinois 15.10% 0.30% 4.10% 0.10% 1.10% 14.30% 65.80% 12.30%

Michigan

14.30% 0.60% 2.20% 0.00% 1.50% 3.80% 77.90% 5.30%

Indiana 8.80% 0.30% 1.20% 0.00% 1.10% 4.50% 84.30% 3.10%

Ohio 11.90% 0.20% 1.40% 0.00% 1.30% 2.30% 83.10% 3.00%

Average 7.17% 1.68% 1.84% 0.04% 1.21% 4.88% 83.53% 4.29%

Racial/Ethnic Ratio

Average 7.17% 1.68% 1.84% 0.04% 1.21% 4.88% 83.53% 4.29%

State Black/African American

American Indian and Alaska Natives

Asian Native Hawaii and other Pacific Islander

Multiracial

Hispanic/Latino Origin

White, not of Hispanic Latino Origin

Foreign-Born Residents

(U.S. Census Bureau)

Geographic Features of the Midwest

• Breadbasket• The Mississippi

River• The Great Lakes

(“The Midwest.”)

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Major City: ChicagoThe Windy City

• Located in northeastern Illinois at the southwestern tip of Lake Michigan

• Origin of the name

• Third largest city• Financial, business, and cultural

capital• Skyscrapers: Sears Tower (447m),

one of the world's tallest buildings• Global capital of architecture• The Museum Campus• Climate: extreme, often volatile• Seasons

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Tourist Attractions• The Great Lakes, esp.

Michigan• Mount Rushmore, South

Dakota (Leco)• The Field Museum of

Natural History, Chicago (“Field…”)

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History of the Midwest

• European settlement [17th Cent.]

• American Revolutionary War [1790s]

• Civil War [1861–1865]

• African American migration/Slavery [20C]

(“Midwestern...”)

Music of the Midwest

en.wikipedia.org

•Combination of styles brought by immigrants led to creation of many new musical genres

•Motown and Techno from Detroit

•House Music and Blues from Chicago

•Cleveland is home of Rock and Roll Music—it was first identified there as a new genre, and the R.A.R.H.O.F. is located there

•Famous Midwest singers: Tracy Chapman (pictured) Marilyn Manson The O’Jays

(Midwestern)

•Heavy immigrant influence

•Lots of farmland

•Use of locally grown produce and meat, and dairy products

•Fish used often, fished out of local lakes

•Mild spices and herbs

•Food depends on season

(Food)

Food of the Midwest

en.wikipedia.org

www.foodbycountry.com

Current Events• A massive blizzard esp.

in Indiana• 9-18 inches of snow

(Snowed)• Indiana’s snow removal

budget strained (“Storm Could…”)

• Schools closed (Isiorho)

• Traffic problems (Snowed)

• Power cuts (“Storm Leaves…”)

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Extras

• Perceptions:– “America’s Dairy land”,

Wisconsin

• Reality:– Big Industries; GM,

Ford etc.

• Mainly Car Culture

(Wald)

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Interview of Jacques Bablon

www.clevelandhikingclub.com

“Very ‘typical America’”

“Very flat, boring place”

“No real culture as we think of it in Europe”

“The people were very nice”

“The culture in Cincinnati was really the baseball game”

“There was really not much there”

(Bablon)

Works Cited•Bablon, Jacques. Personal Interview. 21 Feb. 2007.

•“Chicago.” Wikipedia. 11 Feb 2007. The Wikimedia Foundation. 12 Feb 2007. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago>.

•“Field Museum of Natural History.” Wikipedia. Nov 2006. The Wikimedia Foundation. 19 Feb 2007.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Museum>.

•“Food in the United States Midwest Region.”Foodbycountry.com. Food By Country. 22 Feb. 2007. <http://www.foodbycountry.com/Spa

in-to-Zimbabwe-Cumulative-Index/United-States-Midwest-Region.html>

•Isiorho, Ese. “Schools remain closed today.” FortWhyne.com. 14 Feb 2007. 21 Feb 2007. <

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/16697286.htm >.

•Leco, Mike. “South Dakota.” USA Tourist. 2007. 19 Feb 2007.

<http://www.usatourist.com/english/places/southdakota/index.html>.

•“Midwestern United States. ” Wikipedia. Feb 2007. The Wikimedia Foundation. 20 Feb 2007.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States#History>.

•“Snowed In? You’re Not Alone.” The Indy Channel.com. 14 Feb 2007. 21 Feb 2007. <

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/11012220/detail.html >.

•“Storm Could Strain Indy’s Snow Removal Budget.” The Indy Channel.com. 14 Feb 2007. 21 Feb 2007.

<http://www.theindychannel.com/news/11016673/detail.html?subid=22100444&qs=1;bp=t>.

•“Storm Leaves Thousands Without Power.” The Indy Channel.com. 14 Feb 2007. 21 Feb 2007. <

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/10998920/detail.html >.

•“The Midwest.” Infoplease. 2007. Information Please. 19 Jan. 2007. <http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875014.html>.

•U.S. Census Bureau Online. 12 Jan. 2007. The United States Census Bureau. 22 Feb. 2007 <http://www.census.gov/>

•Wald, Adam Christian. PowerPoint Presentation. The Midwest. 2006. <http://www.uni-duisburg-

essen.de/imperia/md/content/amerikanistik/horn_midwest_presentation.pdf>.