American Factfinder Interactive Quiz
20 Questions I 9 Attempts I Created By karries 1527 days agoThis quiz is to be taken while the American Factfinder website is open. Students will navigate from the website to the quiz to answer questions. Good luck!
Question Excerpt From American Factfinder Interactive Quiz
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When you select Washington in the "Fast Access to Information" search box and hit "GO", what is the first subcategory you see on the Washington Fact Sheet? |
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| Q.2) | What is the average household size in Washington? |
| Q.3) | What is the average household size in the U.S.? |
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| Q.4) | What percentage of people in Washington (16 years and older) are in the labor force? |
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| Q.5) | What percentage of people in Washington are male? |
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| Q.6) | Now click on the "Business and Government" link in the blue column on the left and select the "Economic Fact Sheet" for Washington. How many employees work in the mining industry? |
| Q.7) | Which industry employs the most people in Washington? (Be sure to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page) |
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| Q.8) | Now click on the "People" link in the blue column on the left and select "Basic Counts/Population". Then, click on the "Persons per Square Mile, map by state" link. Click on Washington state from the map. How many persons per square mile are there in Washington? (the answer box opens in a new window; you may have to wait a few seconds) |
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| Q.9) | Go back to the previous page called "Basic Counts/Population" page and click on Rankings of Total Population for all states link. What is the state with the highest population as of July 1, 2008? |
| Q.10) | How much did Washington's population increase from July 1, 2007 to July 1, 2008? |
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| Q.11) | Next, you need to hit the back button and then click on the "Education" link in the blue column on the left and then choose "Median Earnings by Educational Attainment" and look at the data. Do men or women who have graduated from high school (or have an equivalency) make more money? |
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| Q.12) | According to the chart, how much is it estimated that a woman with a Bachelor's degree makes in a year in Washington? |
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| Q.13) | Now hit the back button to return to the Education page and click on the "School Enrollment" link. Which population group has the highest number of subjects enrolled in public school? |
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| Q.14) | Which population group has the highest number of subjects enrolled in private school? |
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| Q.15) | What percentage of Washington's female population 18 years and over is enrolled in graduate school? |
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| Q.16) | Please hit the back button and return to the Education page. Choose the "Race and Ethnicity" link from the blue column on the left. Next, click on the "Race" link. Which race is estimated to make up the second largest portion of Washington's population? |
| Q.17) | What ethnic group makes up the smallest portion of Washington's population? |
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| Q.18) | Why do the authors of this website put the word "alone" after each ethnic group? |
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| Q.19) | Please hit the back button and click on the "Age and Sex" link. Next click on the link for "Teenagers' Characteristics." What percentage of Washington's white alone, (not Hispanic or Latino) population 16 to 19 years is not enrolled in school and not in the labor force? What percentage is in the labor force? |
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| Q.20) | Hit the back button and return to the "Relationships" page. Now find the "Housing" link in the blue column on the left and choose "Physical Characteristics." Click on the "House Heating Fuel" link under "Structural Characteristics." Do people who rent houses use solar energy or wood more often? |
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