Chapter 2
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along the Lehigh River. Erie is our fourth
largest city and is located along Lake Erie.
Regarding waterforms, what can you
conclude about all four cities? They are all
located alongwaterforms.
Most people of our state’s population are
native-born
. This means that people
choose to live in the same state they were
born. In fact, Pennsylvania has the largest
number of native-born people in our
country. However, people have moved to
Pennsylvania from every continent except
Antarctica. Many Pennsylvanias are Cau-
casian. Almost one out of 10 people are
African-American.ManyAfrican-Americans
choose to live and work in our large
urban centers.
Some of the people are Hispanic-
Americans. There is also a growing number
of Asian-Americans located in our state. A
very small number of people come from the
many islands located in the PacificOcean.
Our least populated place is Forest
County in the northern Allegheny Plateau.
Ourmost populated county is Philadelphia
in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. When the
colony of Pennsylvania was started, more
than nine out of 10 people lived in rural
areas. Today, about seven people out of 10
live in urban areas.
You have learned that human resources
are the people who live and work in an
area. Let us take a look at kinds of jobs, or
occupations
, that Pennsylvanians have.
Many of the jobs that people performhave
something in common. Because of this,
geographers have organized these jobs into
different groups. There are twomaingroups
of jobs. They are jobs in
industry
that produce products, and jobs that
provide a
service
.
Industry or
Service Jobs
I
ndustrial jobs involve getting natural
resources or making products from
these resources. Mining coal from the
ground is an industrial job. Producing steel,
making DVD players, creating electricity,
and canning foods are industrial jobs.
Peoplewho own a business try tomake a
profit.
Profit
is the amount of money left
after all expenses and bills have been paid.
The ownerswho run theHershey chocolate
factorywork to earn aprofit.However, they
must pay their workers tomake candy bars
and ship them all over the world.
Park rangers guard historic landmarks, such
as the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia.
