title: The Contributions of Places to Metropolitan Ethnoracial Diversity and Segregation: Decomposing Change Across Space and Time.
abstract: Although the trend toward greater ethnoracial diversity in the United States has been documented at a variety of geographic scales, most research tracks diversity one scale at a time. Our study bridges scales, asking how the diversity and segregation patterns of metropolitan areas are influenced by shifts in the racial/ethnic composition of their constituent places. Drawing on 1980-2010 decennial census data, we use a new visual tool to compare the distributions of place diversity for 50 U.S. metro areas over three decades. We also undertake a decomposition analysis of segregation within these areas to evaluate hypotheses about the roles of different types of places in ethnoracial change. The decomposition indicates that although principal cities continue to shape the overall diversity of metro areas, their relative impact has declined since 1980. Inner suburbs have experienced substantial increases in diversity during the same period. Places with large white majorities now contribute more to overall metropolitan diversity than in the past. In contrast, majority black and majority Hispanic places contribute less to metropolitan diversity than in the past. The complexity of the patterns we observe is underscored through an inspection of two featured metropolises: Chicago and Dallas.
authors: Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 601 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA, 16802, USA. csfowler@psu.edu.|Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, 302 Walker Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA. csfowler@psu.edu.
authors: Christopher S
authors: CS
authors: Fowler
authors: Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 601 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.|Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 211 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
authors: Barrett A
authors: BA
authors: Lee
authors: Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 601 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.|Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 211 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.|Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, 409 Carpenter Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
authors: Stephen A
authors: SA
authors: Matthews
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002947:Cities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Diversity; Multiscale; Places; Race/ethnicity; Segregation