Census Data Mapper Map & Analysis - October 2013.

LINK to this map on Google Drive.

       Family sizes are large (3.13 to 4.74) around large cities, South-West U.S., South U.S., and East United States. The large cities that have large families are, Minneapolis MN, Denver CO, Las Angeles CA, Houston TX, Chicago IL, Atlanta GA, Miami FL, Washington DC, Philadelphia PA, and Boston MA. In the cases of Minneapolis, Denver, Atlanta, Washington, Boston, Chicago, and Miami, the large families are clustered around the city, not every where in that state. In the South-West U.S. the states I am referring to are California, half of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. When I say South U.S., I am talking about most of New Mexico, Texas, southern Louisiana, and most of Atlanta. In the East U.S. the parts with the largest families are, mid South Carolina, mid North Carolina, all of New Jersey, and the Eastern cities I have already named. Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico also have large families throughout their whole regions.
       Many factors contribute to family size across the United Staes. In some cases of large families around the cities could be that a lot of the time the people that are living around cities are wealthier and are able to afford having more children. Also it could just be that many people live in cities so there are more opportunities for large families to live there. In the cases of families in a not as populated farming areas, they could be large because the rely on their children for working on a farm or some sort of labor. Sometimes the families are small because they are popular retirement areas for the elderly, that would mean that the elderly do not have children living with them.
       There are many impacts of family size on a community. Some impacts of family size could be schools. If there were large families with many children clustered around a city, that city would have to build bigger or more schools to compensate for the load children. It could help some businesses in ways like children spending their money at popular malls or businesses. Also when thinking of the future, there would be many adults the need jobs at once so businesses could hire more people. This could also be a challenge because if many people need jobs and there are not enough to go around then some people would have to move or be unemployed. In places with small families businesses could focus more on popular adult companies. Families that are moving will consider what neighborhood they are moving to would be like. Families that have children would normally like having other children in their new neighborhood. That could also be true with smaller families, if a couple is retiring then they might want to be in a neighborhood with people of their own age. You could use all these factors to utilizes the best parts of the city the their advantage.