Sellanious Caesar Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Brown University took the information from the census and compiled these for every city/metropolitan area from 1970 to 2010. Houston city: 1980: Non-Hispanic White: 834,061 (52.3%) Non-Hispanic Black: 436,392 (27.4%) Hispanic: 281,331 (17.6%) Asian: 31,431 (2%) Other: 11,923 (0.8%) Total Population: 1,595,138 1990: Non-Hispanic White: 662,642 (40.6%) Non-Hispanic Black: 447,144 (27.4%) Hispanic: 450,483 (27.6%) Asian: 730,865 (37.4%) Other: 6,158 (0.4%) Total Population: 1,630,553 2000: Non-Hispanic White: 601,851 (30.8%) Non-Hispanic Black: 495,338 (25.4%) Hispanic: 111,379 (5.7%) Asian: 135,131 (6.4%) Other: 14,198 (0.7%) Total Population: 1,953,631 2010: Non-Hispanic White: 537,901 (25.6%) Non-Hispanic Black: 495,792 (23.6%) Hispanic: 919,668 (43.8%) Asian: 135,131 (6.4%) Other: 10,959 (0.5%) Total Population: 2,099,451 Source: http://www.s4.brown.edu/us2010/segregation2010/city.aspx?cityid=4835000 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA: 1980: Non-Hispanic White: 2,065,420 (65.4%) Non-Hispanic Black: 567,677 (18%) Hispanic: 452,117 (14.3%) Asian: 50,732 (1.6%) Other: 21,126 (0.7%) Total Population: 3,157,072 1990: Non-Hispanic White: 2,192,483 (58.2%) Non-Hispanic Black: 657,304 (17.4%) Hispanic: 775,972 (20.6%) Asian: 126,971 (3.4%) Other: 14,436 (0.4%) Total Population: 3,767,166 2000: Non-Hispanic White: 2,274,829 (48.2%) Non-Hispanic Black: 799,936 (17%) Hispanic: 1,353,477 (28.7%) Asian: 247,538 (5.2%) Other: 39,627 (0.8%) Total Population: 4,715,407 2010: Non-Hispanic White: 2,360,472 (39.7%) Non-Hispanic Black: 1,029,880 (17.3%) Hispanic: 2,099,412 (35.3%) Asian: 417,415 (7%) Other: 39,621 (0.7%) Total Population: 5,946,800 Source: http://www.s4.brown.edu/us2010/segregation2010/msa.aspx?metroid=26420 Can check other cities/metros from here: http://www.s4.brown.edu/us2010/segregation2010/Default.aspx?msa=26420 Eric Fischer's maps of Greater Houston in 2000 & 2010 according to information by the U.S Census Bureau. Red = White Blue = Black Orange = Hispanic Green = Asian Yellow = Other/Native American/Pacific Islander Greater Houston in 2000: Greater Houston in 2010: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbha Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 (edited) I've been meaning to post this analysis for a while...Often people talk about the 'diversity' of a population, but what they really mean is that the city/MSA has a large 'non-Hispanic white' population. But, another way of looking at diversity is the variation within the population, without exclusion.One way of measuring this latter form of diversity is to apply a method found elsewhere in the social sciences -- to take a 'sum of squares' of shares (e.g., the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index in economic analysis of supplier concentration).As an example, here's the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA (again, first posted by Sellanious Caesar):2010:Non-Hispanic White: 2,360,472 (39.7%)Non-Hispanic Black: 1,029,880 (17.3%)Hispanic: 2,099,412 (35.3%)Asian: 417,415 (7%)Other: 39,621 (0.7%) Taking the shares and discarding the percentages, we have: 39.7, 17.3, 35.3, 7 and 0.7.Squaring these and summing the resultant figures gives: 3,170.96. A lower number indicates greater variation with the population. To see this, consider two populations: one with 100 groups of 1% each, and the other with two groups with 50% each. The former is 'clearly' more varied, and the index represents this; the first population has an index of (1^2*100 =) 100, while the second population has an index of (50^2*2 =) 5000. Applying this to the data to which Sellanious Caesar has linked and focusing on the largest 10 MSAs in the country, we get the following indices (sorted in ascending order):1. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA -- 3170.962. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA -- 3279.73. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA -- 3310.864. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA -- 3363.455. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA -- 3364.886. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA -- 3549.077. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA -- 3789.648. Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA -- 3801.949. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA -- 4764.810. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA -- 5798.74So, by this measure at least, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA is the most 'racially diverse' major metropolitan area in the country (of the ten largest).Two caveats: (i) I am well aware that this method isn't 'perfect'; it's just (to me) an interesting way of quantifying diversity which I thought others might also find interesting. And, (ii) While I think that there's value to understanding ethnic diversity, I think there's an over-emphasis on racial diversity, which is what the data represents - and thus, this analysis too.Edit: To my knowledge, the method presented above is used in the social sciences with some prevalence, but is not used in the analysis of population diversity; I don't make any claims to have 'invented' this method, but I think this is an interesting application of it. Edited October 1, 2011 by Simbha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utinga Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I've been meaning to post this analysis for a while...Often people talk about the 'diversity' of a population, but what they really mean is that the city/MSA has a large 'non-Hispanic white' population. But, another way of looking at diversity is the variation within the population, without exclusion.One way of measuring this latter form of diversity is to apply a method found elsewhere in the social sciences -- to take a 'sum of squares' of shares (e.g., the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index in economic analysis of supplier concentration).As an example, here's the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA (again, first posted by Sellanious Caesar):2010:Non-Hispanic White: 2,360,472 (39.7%)Non-Hispanic Black: 1,029,880 (17.3%)Hispanic: 2,099,412 (35.3%)Asian: 417,415 (7%)Other: 39,621 (0.7%) Taking the shares and discarding the percentages, we have: 39.7, 17.3, 35.3, 7 and 0.7.Squaring these and summing the resultant figures gives: 3,170.96. A lower number indicates greater variation with the population. To see this, consider two populations: one with 100 groups of 1% each, and the other with two groups with 50% each. The former is 'clearly' more varied, and the index represents this; the first population has an index of (1^2*100 =) 100, while the second population has an index of (50^2*2 =) 5000. Applying this to the data to which Sellanious Caesar has linked and focusing on the largest 10 MSAs in the country, we get the following indices (sorted in ascending order):1. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA -- 3170.962. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA -- 3279.73. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA -- 3310.864. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA -- 3363.455. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA -- 3364.886. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA -- 3549.077. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA -- 3789.648. Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA -- 3801.949. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA -- 4764.810. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA -- 5798.74So, by this measure at least, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA is the most 'racially diverse' major metropolitan area in the country (of the ten largest).Two caveats: (i) I am well aware that this method isn't 'perfect'; it's just (to me) an interesting way of quantifying diversity which I thought others might also find interesting. And, (ii) While I think that there's value to understanding ethnic diversity, I think there's an over-emphasis on racial diversity, which is what the data represents - and thus, this analysis too.Edit: To my knowledge, the method presented above is used in the social sciences with some prevalence, but is not used in the analysis of population diversity; I don't make any claims to have 'invented' this method, but I think this is an interesting application of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 What's the percentage of the Taiwanese American, Korean American & Filipino American populations in Houston as of 2016 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hastings Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 That falls into "other" I think. Apparently the numbers are so small as to not to warrant a specific mention. These groups are almost always excluded in this way but, to their credit, you never hear them cry foul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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