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Atlases of America and Southern California
The Changing Ethnic Quilt of Southern California: Ethnic
Distributions in 2010 and Changes 1990-2010
New 2010 maps, graphs, and tables of Southern California: 34 ethnic groups, income, segregation, and poverty. These new maps show ethnic groups changes 1990-2010 as well as update maps in our 1997 book, The Ethnic Quilt.
Contents
Note: * indicates interpretative text included. For groups without an *, detailed explanations of the settlement pattern can be found in The Ethnic Quilt, which is available at this same web site.
Title Page and Introduction *
Data Source and Map Design *
Ethnic Populations in Southern California Counties *
Distribution of Ethnic Groups in the United States *
Cities: Total Population, Ethnic Percentages, and Household Income *
Largest Ethnic Population in Each Tract *
Ethnic Diversity *
Poverty *
Ethnic Group Incomes and Change *
Residential Separation of Ethnic Groups (Segregation) *
Whites *
English Ancestry
Russian Ancestry
Arab Ancestries
Armenian Ancestry
Iranian Ancestry
English Ancestry
Russian Ancestry
Arab Ancestries
Armenian Ancestry
Iranian Ancestry
American Indians
Blacks *
Belizean Ancestry
Jamaican Ancestry
Nigerian Ancestry
Asians *
Chinese
Taiwanese
Japanese
Filipino
Korean
Asian Indian
Pakistani
Cambodian
Thai
Indonesian
Vietnamese
Samoan
Hispanics (Latinos) *
Mexican
Guatemalan
Salvadoran
Cuban
Puerto Rican
Honduran
Nicaraguan
Colombian
Peruvian
Conclusion *
We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity
A book based on the 1980 census that explains the county patterns of settlement for 67 ethnic groups in U.S. counties. PDF files of scanned pages are available by chapter.
Cover and Introductory Material (8mb)
Chapter 1. Quality of the 1980 Census Data on Ethnicity (7.8mb)
Chapter 2. Data Selection and Map Design (7mb)
Chapter 3. Understanding the Map Patterns (4.8mb)
Chapter 4. Early North American Origin (10.8mb)
Chapter 5. Western European Origin (14.5mb)
Chapter 6. Northern European Origin (11mb)
Chapter 7. Eastern European Origin (29mb)
Chapter 8. Southern European Origin (10.7mb)
Chapter 9. Middle-Eastern Origin (7.8mb)
Chapter 10. African Origin (6.2mb)
Chapter 11. Mid and South American Origin (31.8mb)
Chapter 12. Asian and Pacific Islander Origin (47.5mb)
Chapter 13. Patterns
Chapter 14. References (8.7mb)
Chapter 15. Reference Maps (8.5mb)
Chapter 16. Index (2.7mb)
Appendix 3 of individual 1980 county ethnic populations not included.
The Ethnic Quilt: Population Diversity in Southern California
A book based on 1990 census data for 34 ethnic groups in greater Los Angeles, California. It describes through maps the patterns of the ethnic groups and explains with tables and graphs their socio-economic status. PDF files of scanned pages are available by chapter.
Cover Material Table of Contents Introduction
Chapter 1. The Concept and the Data
Chapter 2. Urban Patterns and Ethnic Transformation
Chapter 3. Distributions: Whites and Blacks
Chapter 4. Distributions: American Indians and Hispanics
Chapter 5. Distributions: Asians and Pacific Islanders
Chapter 6. Narrowing the Gap
Chapter 7. Probing the Income Gap
Chapter 8. Ethnic Niches at Work
Chapter 9. A Multiethnic Society?
Chapter 10. Conclusion References Index
Changing Faces, Changing Places: Mapping Southern Californians
An atlas that shows population patterns in greater Los Angeles Census 2000 tracts. Dot maps illustrate increases and decreases in the populations of major race and Hispanic groups.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Census 2000 Data
Chapter 3. Getting Oriented
Chapter 4. Whites and Blacks
Chapter 5. Latinos and American Indians
Chapter 6. Asians and Pacific Islanders
Chapter 7. General Patterns
Chapter 8. Conclusion
Chapter 9. References
Chapter 10. Back Cover - Comments
An Atlas of Population Patterns in Metropolitan Los Angeles and Orange Counties, 1990
An atlas of major ethnic groups in Los Angeles and Orange counties in 1990. Maps show percent of total population that is ethnic while others show change in number from 1980.
1. Percent Asian
2. Asian population change, 1980-1990
3. Percent black
4. Black population change, 1980-1990
5. Percent Hispanic
6. Hispanic population change, 1980-1990
7. Percent white
8. White population change, 1980-1990
9. Ethnic diversity
10. Ethnic diversity change, 1980-1990
California Population Change, 2010
A series of dot and choropleth maps showing change by numbers of persons and by percent between the years of 2000 and 2010 within California census county divisions.
Explanatory text for the maps
1. Graph: Percent CA population change by decade
2. Graph: Components of CA population change, 2000-2010
3. Total population change and home value, 2000
4. Asian population change
5. Black population change
6. Hispanic population change
7. White population change
8. Ethnic populations, 2010
9. Powerpoint presentation
Service Area Research Project: Enrollment at California State University, Northridge, 1995
Part of an attempt to display the demographics of the CSU Northridge service area in 1995. These data reflect enrollment patterns shortly after the Northridge earthquake in January 1994.
Introduction and Contents for the Service Area Research Project
Chapter 1. CSUN Student Attendance
Chapter 2. College Market - Persons Attending College
Chapter 3. College Market Attraction - Percentage of Persons 18 and Older Enrolled in a College
Chapter 4. CSU, Northridge Market Penetration - Percent of All Students Attending CSU, Northridge
Greater Boston Ethnic Atlas
An atlas of the greater Boston, Massachusetts area based on Census 2000 showing the percent of total population that belongs to the largest ethnic groups.
1. Cities and Tracts
2. Median Household Income
3. Asian Indians
4. Chinese
5. Vietnamese
6. Brazilians
7. Cape Verdeans
8. Haitians
9. Dominicans
10. Mexicans
11. Puerto Ricans
12. English Ancestry
13. Irish Ancestry
14. Italians
15. Predominant Ethnic Group
Paper: Boston’s Emerging Ethnic Quilt: A Geographic Perspective [pdf file]
