This study examined the digital divide in San Diego County (California), conducting background research, reviewing published studies, and surveying county residents on computer ownership, computer use, and demographics. Results indicated that computer skills were fast becoming essential. Nationally, it was projected that 60 percent of jobs…

Minorities contributed to all of metro Chicago's net population growth during the 1990s, with consistently high segregation levels for blacks and increasing segregation rates for suburban Latinos. With the number of whites declining in the city and unchanged in the suburbs, Latinos have been the overwhelming driver of population growth. Asians…

This paper examines patterns of racial change and segregation over the 1990s in the Boston metropolitan area and in three sub-areas, emphasizing whites, blacks, Asians, and Latinos. Soaring minority populations have transformed the city of Boston into a majority-minority urban core and made several satellite cities increasingly multiethnic. The…

This paper examines patterns of racial change and segregation over the 1990s in the San Diego metropolitan area, the city of San Diego, and the suburbs, emphasizing whites, blacks, Asians, and Latinos. Minorities contributed to all of metro San Diego's net population growth during the 1990s, with consistently high segregation levels for urban…

This document consists entirely of 132 tables which present statistics on the projected population size of 12 racial and ethnic groups in California: non-Hispanic Whites; Blacks; Hispanics; Chinese; Filipinos; Asian Indians; Japanese; Koreans; Southeast Asians; Vietnamese; Other Asians; and other groups. An accompanying report deals with these…

This report is a follow-up to another, Population Change and California's Future, which presented projections of the population of different ethnic racial groups in California up to the year 2030. Two sets of statistics are presented in this report. The first set extends projections from the year 2030 to the year 2080. It is projected that…

Describes employment characteristics and employment settings of American Psychological Association Members. Examines characteristics of respondents in each setting, underemployment, time spent in various activities, and salaries. Discusses employment trends and the continuing need for data on employment and utilization of pscyhologists.…

Provides data on bachelor's degrees awarded to minority students in 1999-2000. Tables include total minority degrees and degrees awarded to African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Hispanics by type of school (uses Carnegie classification). Another table presents top disciplines by race/ethnicity. (EV)

America's demography in the new century will be affected by the aging baby boom generation and by new immigrants. Focus on just the national implications of aging baby boomers and the new immigrants is inadequate. This policy brief takes a regional perspective, examining recent trends and population statistics and making the case that aging baby…

This paper addresses the important but relatively understudied problem of immigrants' use of transfer payments. First it documents differentials in the propensity of natives and immigrants to receive public assistance income using 1980 census data. Descriptive tabulations revealed considerable differences between Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and…

This paper investigates the influence of racial and ethnic composition of labor markets on earnings inequality among Black, Hispanic, Asian, and white men to determine whether the influence of minority regional concentration on earnings differs by educational level. Consistent with other studies, this analysis, based on the 1980 Public Use…

The report reflects the employment status of women and minorities among companies with 100 or more employees in the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas of: Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Dallas; Denver; Detroit; Houston; Los Angeles-Long Beach; Memphis, Tennessee-Arkansas; Miami; Newark; New Orleans; New York; Philadelphia,…

This study used data from the Census of Population 1990 and 2000 to investigate economic inequalities between racial and ethnic groups, particularly blacks and Hispanics. It examined people's household incomes and the quality of their neighborhoods. Non-Hispanic Blacks remained the lowest-income minority group, with household incomes only 63.7…

This report describes race and Hispanic origin in the United States and discusses their distributions at the national level. It is based on the Census 2000 Redistricting Summary File. Census 1990 questions on race and Hispanic origin were changed for Census 2000, because the federal government considers race and Hispanic origin to be two separate,…

Detailed interviews with immigrant students in the California school system indicate that the schools are not meeting the challenge of providing these students with an education adequate to prepare them to be productive members of American society. The first section presents demographic data and background information on immigrant children and…