Examines data taken from a 109-city sample to describe patterns of racial change in the context of segregation decline between 1970 and 1980. Integration occurred more through decline in the proportion of Black residents in areas defined as mostly Black (deconcentration) than through Blacks moving into mostly White neighborhoods (integration).…

Although limited in scope, census data still provide the best general indexes of social change in the United States and where comparable categories over time periods exist the data can provide the basis for making decisions relevant to anticipated changes in the future. Changes from rural to urban residence among blacks in various age groups are…

The increase in Black suburbanization during the 1960s and 70s is examined in the context of racial changes in earlier decades. A sample of 1,114 suburbs are examined, and regional differences between the North and South are described. Racial change occurred with greater relative frequency than in previous decades. (Author/VM)

Reanalyzes data from the classic 1966 Coleman Report. Addresses whether teacher characteristics, including verbal ability and race, influenced students'"synthetic gain scores." Findings support this hypothesis. Verbal scores mattered equally for black teachers and white teachers. Black teachers were associated with higher gain scores for…

Racist violence has followed the migration of minority families to the suburbs as intransigent whites resort to arson and other violence to preserve racially segregated neighborhoods. A study of this phenomenon of "move-in violence" for the years 1985-86 found it to be a serious, under-reported social problem nationwide. In cases where arrests…

During the 1970s, most Black population growth in ten Florida cities occurred in White census tracts contiguous to tracts that were at least half-Black in 1970. Urban renewal and new public housing were influential in reducing the percentage of the Black population living in Black tracts. (Author/MJL)

A 1981 survey showed that while racial minorities made up 15 to 20 percent of the population of Toronto, Canada, the Toronto Board of Education had only 7.9 percent minority employees. In 1987 another survey was completed to determine if the representation of visible racial minorities had changed. This document is the first part of a two part…

Research in 37 neighborhoods in Flint, Michigan, investigated the association between the extent of racial integration in a neighborhood and residents' satisfaction with, awareness of, and attitudes toward various aspects of neighborhood and community life. The influence of demographic factors was also examined. The degree of neighborhood…

The purpose of this paper is to measure on a nationwide basis the proportion of annual (from 1967 to 1971) housing turnover that represented racial succession. Using data obtained from Current Population Surveys, particular emphasis is placed on how the rate of racial succession varied among regions and was different in cities, suburbs, and…

Utilizing data obtained from the 1970 and 1966 June Enumerative Surveys, the U.S. farm population (both operator and nonoperator) was identified by race, tenure, and value of farm products. Data were analyzed in reference to the following questions: (1) How many and what proportion of farm people live on farms of adequate and/or marginal…

Studied is a Baltimore, MD, neighborhood where the racial composition altered drastically over a period of 20 years. How Whites who lived through it interpreted that change is described. Why people saw, and now remember, aspects of change and not aspects of continuity are also examined. (RM)

The 1980 United States Census showed a marked acceleration in the suburbanization of blacks during the 1970s. This study analyzes statistical data from the 1985 American Housing Survey (AHS) National and Metropolitan Files to determine if that pattern of acceleration continued in the 1980s. These sets of data also permitted racial and…

Examines trends in racial composition of the nonmetropolitan southern United States from 1950-1980. Documents percentage changes of Blacks in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Examines uniformity of racial change across counties and over time. Investigates how patterns of White and Black population change have contributed to shifts in racial…

Analyzes population redistribtuion over last decade, focusing on changed rates of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan population growth. Discusses changes produced by migration processes: growing proximity of rural and urban areas; changing nonmetropolitan community age composition; differences in population migration patterns among occupational…

This collection of tables includes data for the 1979-80 California school concerning: (1) enrollment by sex, by racial ethnic group, and by county; (2) enrollment by grade level and by racial ethnic group; (3) high school graduates by racial/ethnic group and by county; (4) district level staff by racial/ethnic group and by county (1979); and (5)…