Pierce County

Greetings Classmates, For my class project I have been studying the residents of Pierce County, Washington. As of the last census in 2010 there were 795,225 residents. As of that date, 88.7 % of the population identified as non-Hispanic and 11.2 % Hispanic or Latino (tpcdh.org, 2016)). A majority of Pierce County residents have at least a high school diploma (90%) and have access to health care (88%) (tpcdh.org, 2016). Unfortunately, there is an increase in percent of residents living below…

the county where we noticed that the number of mosquito bites in a given period of time differed depending on the proximity to a body of water, swamps or bush (Pierce, Henry, Blum, & Mueller, 2005). To enhance the information gathered from the various observations that I conducted during the two days, I administered my questionnaire to several residents of Collier County. Every day after conducting research observations I would administer my questionnaires to several residents of the county and…

Gary Ridgway was arrested in 2001 for four murders. He later confessed to killing at least 70 women along Route 99 in south King County, Washington State throughout the 1980’s and the 1990’s. He avoided the death penalty by providing detailed confessions and leading police to the dumping sites of his victims, five whom he dumped in the Green River. Gary Ridgway would bring many of his victims to his home strangled them, and then left them in woodsy, remote sites. His first victims were found…

The Florida metropolis that was evaluated and studied is located in the Florida Treasure Coast, Martin County which includes the smaller communities of Jensen Beach, Stuart, Palm City, Jupiter Island, Seawalls Point, Ocean Breeze, Indiantown, North River Shores, Rio, Port Salerno, Port Maraca, and Hobe Sound. Martin county is nestled between Palm Beach county and St. Lucie County and offers 753 square miles of land, 209 square miles of which is water provided by either the St. Lucie River and…

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of twin suspension bridges that span the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington. The bridges connect the city of Tacoma with the Kitsap Peninsula and carry State Route 16 over the strait. Historically, the name "Tacoma Narrows Bridge" has applied to the original bridge nicknamed "Galloping Gertie", which opened in July 1940 but collapsed because of aeroelastic flutter four months later, as well as the replacement of the original…

(bargaining), and vision for policy (overarching goals), cognitive style (process information) and emotional intelligence (Rockman, Waterman, p. 267). An example of a successful president is Abraham Lincoln. He was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky to parents that were farmers. As he grew up he helped his parents by farming (McPherson, 2000). His parents were very illiterate and the only way he was able to obtain some education was by going to school with his sister Sarah.…

Zora Neale Hurston was born January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. When she was young, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida. In 1904, Zora Neale’s mother died. She spent the rest of her childhood in Eatonville, Florida. Hurston started her education at Howard University in 1918. She acquired courses in Spanish, English, Greek and public speaking. Hurston received an associate degree in 1920. Hurston left Howard in 1924 to join Barnard College. Hurston married Herbert Sheen in 1927.…

there is an emergence of new political parties as well as the downfall of other political parties. In Washington 's Farewell Address, he advised not to split up into political parties because he believed it would cause an irreparable divide in the county (Washington 's Farewell Address). Due to the fact that no one heeded his advice and allowed a political agenda to divide the country, the Constitutional Convention propelled the United States into ever-evolving political parties leading up to…

In recent studies by Santa Clara Law Review Someone is three times more likely to be sentenced to die if the victim is a non-Latino white than an African American and four times more likely to be sentenced if the victim was white instead of Latino(Pierce…

unincorporated suburb in Tacoma, highlighted with unique circumstance. Because of it being an unincorporated suburb, there is no mayor, council, or own police department that a conventional city would have. It gets the majority of its funding from Pierce County, and the lackluster development of Parkland shows how effective it’s support has been. The lack of governance contributes to Parkland being overshadowed and undermined as a slow community with a weak presence . There are key factors that…