[PW] Re: population distribution by elevation?

[Bruce Fetter]

Michael J. Lowrey wrote:
    I don't know at the scale of the US, but for the world, see Joel 
Cohen, "Hypsographic demography: The distribution of human population by 
altitude," /Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/ 95 (1998) 
14009-14. If this doesn't work, you might try emailing Cohen at 
Rockefeller University. Bruce Fetter

> On 12/8/06, John Ptak <jfptak at thesciencebookstore.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for the population distribution of the U.S. according to 
>> elevation, distributed nationally or regionally--that is, "the 
>> population of the U.S. living at elevations of 7,000-7,500 (feet 
>> above sea level) in 2000 was ___" .
>> I've been looking around at teh Census data but with no luck as yet.  
>> Any pointers?  Thanks!  John Ptak
>
>
> My demography professor, Dr. Bruce Fetter, had some data like that,
> but I can't remember in what venue they appeared. I am forwarding this
> to him as well as to the rest of you here at Project Wombat*, in hopes
> he will be able to provide leads to the information.
>
> *"Project Wombat is an e-mail discussion list for difficult reference
> questions."
>