THE ETHNIC QUILT

Table of Contents Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. The Concept and the Data
2. Urban Patterns and Ethnic Transformation
3. Distributions: Whites and Blacks
4. Distributions: American Indians and Hispanics
5. Distributions: Asians and Pacific Islanders
6. Narrowing the Gap?
7. Probing the Income Gap
8. Ethnic Niches at Work
9. A Multiethnic Society?
10. Conclusion
References
Index

Graphs

1.1 Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Place

6.1 Men's Income Distribution by Ethnicity, 1959 and 1989
6.2 Difference in Minority-White Income Ratios, 1959 and 1989
6.3 Difference in Minority-White Status Ratios 1960 and 1990

7.1 Difference in Minority-White Income Ratios, Los Angeles and
Orange Counties and the United States, 1959 and 1989
7.2 Income by Class of Employment by Ethnicity for Males, 1989
7.3 Difference in Minority-White Income Ratios, 1989
7.4 Women's Income Distribution by Ethnicity
in Selected Occupations, 1989
7.5 Men's Income Distribution by Ethnicity
in Selected Occupations, 1989

9.6 Socioeconomic Status, 1990
9.7 Cultural Assimilation, 1990
9.17 Rates of Ethnic Intermarriage, 1990

Maps

2.1 Population Distribution, 1990
2.2 Cities and Other Places In and Around Los Angeles
2.3 Land Use, 1990 21
2.4 Major Communities and Streets, Central Los Angeles
2.5 Median Year of Housing Construction, 1990
2.6 Single-Unit Detached Houses, 1990
2.7 Owner-Occupied Housing, 1990
2.8 Persons per Room, 1990
2.9 College Graduates, 1990
2.10 Managers and Professionals, 1990
2.11 Physicians, 1990
2.12 Lawyers, 1990
2.13 Police and Detectives, 1990
2.14 Computing Equipment Manufacturing Workers, 1990
2.15 Aircraft and Missile Manufacturing Workers, 1990
2.16 Theater and Motion Picture Workers, 1990
2.17 Private Household Service Workers, 1990
2.18 Apparel Manufacturing Workers, 1990
2.19 Persons in Poverty, 1990
2.20 Persons Over Age 64, 1990
2.21 Persons Under Age 15, 1990

3.1 Major Shifts in Ethnic Populations After 1940
3.2 Ethnic Population, 1960
3.3 Non-Hispanic White, 1990
3.4 English Ancestry, 1990
3.5 Russian Ancestry, 1990
3.6 Israeli Ancestry, 1990
3.7 Arab ancestries, 1990
3.8 Armenian Ancestry, 1990
3.9 Iranian Ancestry, 1990
3.10 Turkish Ancestry, 1990
3.11 Non-Hispanic White Household Income, 1989
3.12 Black, 1990
3.13 Belizean Ancestry, 1990
3.14 Jamaican Ancestry, 1990
3.15 Nigerian Ancestry, 1990
3.16 Black Household Income, 1989

4.1 American Indian, 1990
4.2 Mexican Origin, 1990
4.3 Guatemalan Origin, 1990
4.4 Salvadoran Origin, 1990
4.5 Cuban Origin, 1990
4.6 Puerto Rican Origin, 1990
4.7 Other Central American Origins, 1990
4.8 Hispanic South American Origins, 1990
4.9 Hispanic Origin Household Income, 1989

5.1 Chinese, 1990
5.2 Japanese, 1990
5.3 Filipino, 1990
5.4 Korean, 1990
5.5 Asian Indian, 1990
5.6 Pakistani, 1990
5.7 Vietnamese, 1990
5.8 Cambodian, 1990
5.9 Laotian, 1990
5.10 Thai, 1990
5.11 Indonesian, 1990
5.12 Samoan, 1990
5.13 Hawaiian, 1990
5.14 Guamanian,1990
5.15 Asian and Pacific Islander Household Income, 1989

9.1 Leading Ethnic Population, 1990
9.2 Second Leading Ethnic Population, 1990
9.3 Ethnic Diversity, 1990
9.4 Asian and Black Populations in Central Los Angeles, 1990
9.5 Hispanic and White Populations in Central Los Angeles, 1990
9.8 Foreign-Born Non-Hispanic White, 1990
9.9 Foreign-Born Black, 1990
9.10 Foreign-Born Mexican Origin, 1990
9.11 Foreign-Born Japanese, 1990
9.12 Persons Immigrating 1980-1990
9.13 Foreign-Born Mexican Origin:
Proficiency in Speaking English, 1990
9.14 Foreign-Born Guatemalan and Salvadoran:
Proficiency in Speaking English, 1990
9.15 Foreign-Born Chinese:
Proficiency in Speaking English, 1990
9.16 Foreign-Born Korean:
Proficiency in Speaking English, 1990
9.18 Non-Hispanic White Intermarriage, 1990
9.19 Black Intermarriage, 1990
9.20 Mexican Origin Intermarriage, 1990
9.21 Japanese Intermarriage, 1990

Tables

A Small Ethnic Groups in Southern California, 1990
2.1 Populations in Group Quarters, 1990
2.2 Ethnic Population Change, 1960 to 1990
2.3 Ethnic-Group Fertility Rates, 1986

3.1 Largest Black Populations in Places, 1920
3.2 Racial and Hispanic Identification amoung Selected African
and Middle American Ancestries, 1990

4.1 American Indian Populations

5.1 Leading Countries of Birth of Chinese Immigrants, 1990
5.2 Characteristics of Chinatown Residents
and All Chinese Immigrants, 1990
5.3 Chinese-Vietnamese in Selected Areas, 1990

6.1 Educational-Attainment Ratios,1960 and 1990
6.2 Occupational-Status Ratios, 1960-1990
6.3 Median-Income Ratios, 1959-1989
6.4 Homeownership Ratios, 1960-1990

7.1 Adjusted Median-Income Ratios of U.S.-Born Men, 1989
7.2 Adjusted Median-Income Ratios of U.S.-Born Women, 1989
7.3 Median-Income Ratios of Men in Selected Occupations, 1989
7.4 Median-Income Ratios of Women in Selected Occupations, 1989
7.5 Ethnic Percentages in Selected Occupations, 1990

8.1 Selected Occupational Niches, 1960 and 1990
8.2 Ethnic Representatives in Detailed Occupations,
1960 and 1990
8.3 Class of Employment, 1990
8.4 Disproportionate Representation on Ethnic Groups
in Selected Occupations, 1990
8.5 Mexican Immigrants and Mexican Americans
in Overrepresented Ocupations, 1990
8.6 Leading Industries of Employment, 1990

9.1 Residential Segregation Between Ethnic Groups, 1990
9.2 Most and Least Ethnically Diverse Urban Places, 1990
9.3 Ethnic Intermarriage Rates, 1990
9.4 Structural Assimilation and Related Characteristics, 1990