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Parisi, Domenico; Lichter, Daniel T.; Taquino, Michael C. – Social Forces, 2011
America's changing color line is perhaps best expressed in shifting patterns of neighborhood residential segregation--the geographic separation of races. This research evaluates black exceptionalism by using the universe of U.S. blocks from the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses to provide a "single" geographically inclusive national…
Descriptors: Residential Patterns, Neighborhoods, Racial Segregation, Geographic Location
Mann, Evelyn; And Others – 1982
This report on the Puerto Rican population of New York City is organized into three sections. The first begins by discussing the Puerto Rican population in the context of the growth and distribution of the total population of Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent. Changes in this relationship between 1970 and 1980 are presented. The redistribution of…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Family (Sociological Unit)
Triana, Armando R. – 1980
Comprising 15.6% of the city population and 8.7% of the metropolitan area population in 1979, Hispanics are becoming a major segment of the labor force in Chicago. Based on ethnic composition data for 163 area elementary schools in 1970 and 1979, numbers of Mexicans and South and Central Americans are rising while the population of Puerto Ricans…
Descriptors: Behavior, Cubans, Cultural Differences, Demography
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1982
Key socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of Hispanic Americans are summarized in narrative fashion in the first part of this report, while the second part contains charts and graphs. Hispanic subgroups dealt with are Latin Americans, Cubans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans. Subjects covered include their percentage in the total U.S.…
Descriptors: Age, Demography, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. Population Div. – 1982
This supplemental report to the 1980 U.S. census presents counts of people of Spanish origin by type (Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Other) in the United States, U.S. regions, divisions, and individual states. Counts of the Spanish and non-Spanish populations by races also are provided. In addition, the report evaluates reporting on the 1980…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Ethnic Distribution, Ethnic Studies
Latino Commission of Tri-State, New York, NY. – 1988
This study uses 1980 Census information and post-Census trends to develop an information base for the Latino community in the tri-state region of Southern New York, Northern New Jersey, and Western Connecticut. This reference base provides a demographic and socioeconomic profile of the Latino community in the following categories: (1) the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Ethnic Distribution, Family Characteristics, Family Income
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Massey, Douglas S. – Sociology and Social Research, 1981
In eight urbanized areas Hispanic groups were highly segregated from Blacks, less from non-Hispanic Whites (an exception being northeastern Puerto Ricans, less segregated from Blacks than from Whites); less concentrated within central cities than Blacks; and with much segregation among themselves (significantly related to socioeconomic and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cubans, Dropouts, Ethnic Distribution
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Denton, Nancy A.; Massey, Douglas S. – Social Science Quarterly, 1988
Examines the effect of socioeconomic status on segregation of Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians in 60 metropolitan areas in the United States. Compares indices of education, income, and occupation. Finds that integration is more difficult for Blacks than for Asians and Hispanics despite extensive civil rights legislation in recent decades. (KO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Black Achievement, Blacks
Washington State Office of Financial Management, Olympia. – 1984
As of April 1, 1984, Washington's population was estimated at 4,328,100, an increase of 43,000 over last year's population. This report provides data pertaining to the: official April 1, 1984 population and housing estimates for cities, towns, and counties and components of population change. The following special reports are also presented:…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Birth Rate, Blacks
Boswell, Thomas D.; Curtis, James R. – 1984
This book is a discussion of the major social, economic, political, and geographical topics relating to Cuban settlement and culture in the United States. First, the book examines Cubans as an ethnic minority, as well as some of the events and people that have helped shape the popular images that Americans may have of this group. The focus then…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Art Expression, Cubans, Demography
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Davis, Cary; And Others – Population Bulletin, 1983
With relatively high fertility and growing legal and illegal immigration, the United States' Hispanic population increased by 265% from an estimated 4 million in 1950 to 14.6 million (6.4% of the total population counted in the 1980 census). Hispanics consist of Mexican Americans (60% of the total), concentrated in the Southwest; Puerto Ricans…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Groups, Birth Rate, Census Figures