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Title: Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Large Urban Areas in the U.S., 1980-2020

Citation Type: Miscellaneous

Publication Year: 2023

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ISSN: 1556-5068

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.4621551

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Abstract: The racial and ethnic diversity of 56 of the largest urban areas has increased dramatically from 1980 to 2020. The average share of the population White dropped from three-quarters to a little over half while the average Latino share nearly tripled. The mean value of an index of diversity jumped from 49 to 74 over the same period. Urban areas with the highest levels of diversity had much less than half of the population White with varying mixes of Blacks, Latinos, and Asians. Areas with the lowest diversity had high percentages of their populations White with one exception (El Paso with a large Latino population). In 1980, average diversity in the suburban periphery was far lower than in the urban core, especially for areas in the Northeast and Midwest. Suburban diversity increased substantially by 2020 in all regions, but remained far lower in the Northeast and Midwest.

Url: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4621551

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Authors: Ottensmann, John R.

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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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