Housing Patterns

• "Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States: 1980-2000" in HTML format
• "Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States: 1980-2000" in PDF format
• Description of Measures of Housing Patterns/Residential Segregation

• Segregation / Housing Pattern Index Tables by Race/Ethnicity:
  • Metropolitan Area/Division (CBSA) (as defined June 6, 2003) Tables
  • Micropolitan Area (CBSA) (as defined June 6, 2003) Tables
  • Metropolitan Area (MSA/PMSA) (as defined June 30, 1999) Tables
  • Place Tables
• Download FTP files and save to your hard drive
  • Metropolitan Area/Division (CBSA) FTP files
  • Micropolitan Area (CBSA) FTP files
  • Metropolitan Area (MSA/PMSA) FTP files
  • Place FTP files
• Download MS Excel files and save to your hard drive
  • Metropolitan Area/Division (CBSA) Excel files
  • Micropolitan Area (CBSA) Excel files
  • Metropolitan Area (MSA/PMSA) Excel files
  • Place Excel files

• The Effects of Using Newly-Defined Metropolitan Area Boundaries When Examining Residential Housing Patterns - October 2003 (182k)
• The Effects of Using Census Block Groups Instead of Census Tracts When Examining Residential Housing Patterns - July 2003 (154k)
• Racial and Ethnic Residential Housing Patterns in Places: 2000 - May 2003 (197k)
• Class Differences in African American Residential Patterns in U.S. Metropolitan Areas: 1990-2000 - May 2003 (152k)
• Beyond Black and White: Metropolitan Residential Segregation in Multi-Ethnic America - August 2002 (75k)
• Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation in the United States: 1980-2000 - May 2002 (108k)
  

• Indexes of housing patterns (also called segregation indexes) for metropolitan areas (as defined on June 30, 1999) were calculated using data from the 1980 and 1990 Summary Tape File (STF) 1A, and Census 2000 Summary File (SF) 1. Metropolitan area indexes are based on Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Primary Statistical Areas (PMSAs) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget on June 30, 1999. Minor Civil Division-based MSAs and PMSAs were used in New England.
• Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSA), which were defined by OMB on June 6, 2003, include metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. Metropolitan and micropolitan areas defined on June 6, 2003 are calculated using Census 2000 data. Metropolitan areas consisting of metropolitan divisions were excluded from our calculations, but metropolitan divisions were included. Only micropolitan areas with at least 10 census tracts, and a minority population of at least 100 for the group in question were considered.
• Place index scores were calculated using Census 2000 Summary File (SF) 1. Only places with 10 or more tracts, a total population of 10,000 or more and a minority population of at least 100 for the group in question were considered. Places, also called cities and towns, include census designated places, consolidated cities, and incorporated places (view the Geography Glossary (420k) for more information on the definition of places and/or MSA/PMSAs as defined on June 30, 1999).
• Indexes for metropolitan areas, micropolitan areas, or places with small minority populations are less reliable than those with larger ones. Random factors and geocoding errors are more likely to play a large role in determining the settlement pattern of group members when fewer members are present, causing these indexes to contain greater variability. Unless otherwise indicated, indexes were calculated using Non-Hispanic Whites as the reference group.

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