Historically, Florida population became a boom in 1920s. During this time period, Florida was known as “Great land boom”. In the 1920s, people had time and money to invest in new land; Florida also had cooperative government system; job opportunities were high because of real estate and agricultural practice. As Florida's population continues to boom, immigration has become a major factor to Florida’s population growth. As of today, Florida is the third largest state with a population of 20 million people. According to Census Bureau, 55% of population are white, 23% Hispanics/ Latinos, 16% Blacks, and 4% others. Because Florida is located southeast of United States, it attracts foreigners such as Hispanics and Latinos to immigrant to Florida.
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Florida alone is already a populous state, in addition to the rapid increase of immigrants, it is causing an immense traffic infrastructure. Florida has 5.5% of nation’s population, but just 2.8% are road mileages ( Martin, Bouvier, Leonard). A typical American owns about 2-5 cars per family. An immigrant family owns about 1-2 cars. As population increase, people are more likely to buy more vehicles for the family which will cause more traffic issues. With Florida population, the plans of widening roads and adding lanes are unable to keep up with the population growth. During 1980s, the number of lane miles in Florida has ascended by 14.8 percent as the population rate is increasing by 32 percent. This would require adding 168,000 lanes miles by the year of 2020 ( Martin, Bouvier, Leonard). Bigger cities like Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Orlando are examples of problematic traffic. Taking longer to get to one destination due to traffic jam and higher chance of car accidents. Also, busy traffics in larger cities with larger population are vexatious for ambulances, firetrucks, and policemen. Florida will not be able to maintain the traffic structure if population growth is dramatically …show more content…
Public schools continue to teach students about the importance of teen development; however, the situation of high fertility rates still continues to raise. Health classes should continue to be a requirement for all students and build a better foundation of teen pregnancy and importance of family planning. Many Asian countries have separate gender schools, unlike in America, majority of schools are coeducational schools. Having separate gender schools like all boy school and all girl school would help prevent teen pregnancy and a lower fertility rate. On the other hand, immigration has become a major contribution in Florida these past years. Federal government should take responsibility to control the immigration laws. According to statistics, Federal government spends an estimated $195 million on education, 32 million on prison, and 2.7 million on medicaid cost ( Martin, Bouvier, Leonard). Federal government should restrict the education and medicaid cost to higher cost for foreign migrants. However, education should still be provide to non-english speaking students. To help the bilingual programs at schools, volunteer opportunities should be offered to high school students who have the bilingual skills, or students who are in a foreign language classes should be encouraged to help the ELL
Florida alone is already a populous state, in addition to the rapid increase of immigrants, it is causing an immense traffic infrastructure. Florida has 5.5% of nation’s population, but just 2.8% are road mileages ( Martin, Bouvier, Leonard). A typical American owns about 2-5 cars per family. An immigrant family owns about 1-2 cars. As population increase, people are more likely to buy more vehicles for the family which will cause more traffic issues. With Florida population, the plans of widening roads and adding lanes are unable to keep up with the population growth. During 1980s, the number of lane miles in Florida has ascended by 14.8 percent as the population rate is increasing by 32 percent. This would require adding 168,000 lanes miles by the year of 2020 ( Martin, Bouvier, Leonard). Bigger cities like Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Orlando are examples of problematic traffic. Taking longer to get to one destination due to traffic jam and higher chance of car accidents. Also, busy traffics in larger cities with larger population are vexatious for ambulances, firetrucks, and policemen. Florida will not be able to maintain the traffic structure if population growth is dramatically …show more content…
Public schools continue to teach students about the importance of teen development; however, the situation of high fertility rates still continues to raise. Health classes should continue to be a requirement for all students and build a better foundation of teen pregnancy and importance of family planning. Many Asian countries have separate gender schools, unlike in America, majority of schools are coeducational schools. Having separate gender schools like all boy school and all girl school would help prevent teen pregnancy and a lower fertility rate. On the other hand, immigration has become a major contribution in Florida these past years. Federal government should take responsibility to control the immigration laws. According to statistics, Federal government spends an estimated $195 million on education, 32 million on prison, and 2.7 million on medicaid cost ( Martin, Bouvier, Leonard). Federal government should restrict the education and medicaid cost to higher cost for foreign migrants. However, education should still be provide to non-english speaking students. To help the bilingual programs at schools, volunteer opportunities should be offered to high school students who have the bilingual skills, or students who are in a foreign language classes should be encouraged to help the ELL