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Module 7 Population Distribution and Its%u00a0Consequences 107+363,323+305,180PAVAWVOHINWI MIMNNDSDNEKSOKTXNMAZUTCOWYMTIDWAORCANVILMO KYTN NCSCGA ALMSARLAFLIANYVTNHMEPAVAWVOHINWI MIMNNDSDNEKSOKTXNMAZUTCOWYMTIDWAORCANVILMO KYTN NCSCGA ALMSARLAFLIANYVTNH MANJDEMDRICTMELong IslandSeattle+335,884+753,898+287,626+363,323+305,180 +284,967+303,982+264,446 +270,111 +630,711-18,173-17,751-90,963-74,224-50,220 -20,165-20,064-14,786-17,942TampaShreveport JacksonPhoenixScottsdaleLas VegasRiversidePalm SpringsFort WorthArlington PlanoAustinSan AntonioHoustonChicagoDetroit Flint MurrysvilleJohnstownCleveland-16,672CharlestonHIAKPopulation change, 2010%u20132020Metro area increaseMetro area decreaseLargest county area increase, +69,550 to +595,660Largest county area decrease, -68,373 to -3,170Figure 7.6 Population change in the in the United States by county, 2010 to 2020. What might be the reasons for population losses in many counties in the northeast and Midwest but considerable gains in counties in the south and west? the majority (77 percent) of Russia%u2019s 145 million people live in the European part of the country, which accounts for less than 25 percent of Russia%u2019s land area. The vast Asian part of Russia (Siberia) has only 23 percent of the country%u2019s total population. Likewise, the eastern part of the United States is more densely populated than the western part of the country, but this distribution pattern has been changing. The Snow Belt states, located in the northern and midwestern parts of the country, are losing population, so the U.S. population is increasingly shifting to coastal areas and to the south and southwest Sunbelt states, which stretch from California to Florida ( Figure 7.6 ). The change in U.S. population patterns is shifting the country%u2019s mean center of population , which is the balancing point given the population distribution, TERMS TO KNOW Snow Belt: States located in the northern and midwestern parts of the United States Sunbelt: States in coastal areas and the South and Southwest of the United States mean center of population: The balancing point given the distribution of population %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Do not distribute.