a. What is the total population for your state based on the most recent census statistics available?
Based on the 2009 census, the population of Colorado is 5,024,748.
b. What was the population of Asian and Pacific Islanders in your state in 2000?
128,135 = 2.6% for the former & 4,675 = .1% for the latter.
2. Crime Story
a. Find a site that lists sex offender registries in the U.S. What is the URL?
If anyone out there is concerned for the children in college, which, given that they're in college, you should be if even just a little, you can get a good idea for the sexual offenders in your child's area with this site or this one.
The sites go into detail about the nature of the offender's crimes, whether they be violent sexaul abuses, multiple abuses, etc etc. I checked the immediate area around my home, where I live next to Boulder High School, and found to my lack of surprise that sexual assaults are not unknown. Check it out. You can even see how to use the interactive map to your advantage by clicking here for an example.
3. Crime Story 2
If parents are still concerned about their students and want to see what kind of campus their child is attending, they can easily check several databases about the number of crimes on campus. They can go to the U.S. Department of Education's home page and check for statistics for any individual school. For example, the statistics for the University of Colorado at Boulder can be found here. However, it would be prudent of parents to also check the college or university campus security, as some crimes do not go beyond campus security. For the University of Colorado at Boulder, you can check their statistics page. (Note: if this link just goes to a search page, as it sometimes does, just search "police statistics" and click "campus security.")
In 2008 at CU Boulder, there were 7 forcible sex offenses, or rapes. If you're checking the US Department of Education's page, then there were 59 burglaries on campus in 2008, but according to the CU website, there were only 44. However, CU's page claims there were 446 thefts recorded, while the Department of Education's page doesn't even list that statistic.
4. Political Reporting 1
Opensecrets.org tells us that Michael Bennet’s campaign committee raised $3,661,380 from 2005-2010. Mark Udall’s campaign committee, by contrast raised $12,015,829 from 2005-2010.
5. Political Reporting 2
Governor Bill Ritter Jr. raised $984,026 in campaign contributions, as you can see here. In his last election, Mr. Ritter raised $4,365,475 in campaign contributions. He must've had a lot of donations, because the limit for Colorado is $525.
Tuition costs in 2007-2008 were $16,245
Average public tuition at four-year institutions for fees, room and board in 2007-2008 were $13,424.
Average fees, room and board for four-year public tuition were, in 2007-2008, a startling $30,393.
You can find the information here.
7. Government Statistics 2
Homepage for the state of Colorado: http://www.colorado.gov/
8.
Shoot I was doing this before class, and I realize now that I forgot to do the Crime Story 2. I'm going to go back and do that.
ReplyDelete