Today in class we will complete the investigation into demographics and employment in Arlington, Virginia that we began last class.

We agreed at the end of last class that we will choose our own groups for this next project. I'll list some topics (we can brainstorm more in class), and then you form groups of three people to investigate the topic and present your findings.

Here are some topics to get us started:

• Arlington Demographics 1 - Who lives in Arlington? Include population information and distribution on a map of the county. Also include population trends - is the population increasing or decreasing and by how much?
• Arlington Demographics 2 - What is the income distribution in Arlington? Include information on mean, median and mode of individual and family income and income distribution in different parts of the county.
• Arlington Demographics 3 - What is low-income / poverty rate in Arlington? How many people living here are near or below the poverty line? How is the poverty line determined? What are the numbers if you include the working poor?
• Working in Arlington 1 - What are the three top jobs among Arlington residents? Who are the employers that provide these jobs?
• Working in Arlington 2 - What are the jobs held by low-income members of our community? List as many as you can find.

We will have either one or two class periods to work on these investigations. Please don't rush through them. Instead, really dig in to them and try to understand the data you find.