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Questions: In your own words, explain the concept of ethnicity. 2. Given current U.S. population trends, by what year will ‘white, non-Hispanic’ no longer be the majority of the U.S. population? 3. By 2050, ‘African-American Alone’ and ‘Asian Alone’ population categories will exceed how many people in the U.S.? How does your answer to Question 3, explain your answer to Question 2? Regionally, where do states have a higher percentage of African-American citizens? Why do you think that’s the case? Regionally, where do states have the highest percent change in African-American population as a percentage of the region’ population? Why do you think that’s the case? Regionally, where do states have a higher percentage of Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander citizens? Why do you think that’s the case? Regionally, where do states have the highest percent change in Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population as a percentage of the region’ population? Why do you think that’s the case? Now, review the types of residential segregation as explain by geographers Massey and Denton. The, analyze the following U.S. cities and identify which types or types of segregation based upon the previous slide are existent. Record your answers on the bottom of your answer sheet you are turning into me

U.S. Population by Race 2050. White, non-Hispanic population no longer the majority 2000. Census option of one or more than one race

Residential Segregation The “degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another, in different parts of the urban environment.” – Massey and Denton

How cities can be residentially segregated: Douglass Massey & Nancy Denton Unevenness Overrepresented and/or underrepresented in some areas Exposure Rarely sharing a neighborhood with majority Concentrated Physically occupying only a small area Centralized Spatially centralized around an urban core Clustered Either tightly clustered to form one large enclave or scattered but clustered

Residential Segregation Analyze the following U.S. cities and identify which types or types of segregation based upon the previous slide are existent. Record your answers on the bottom of your answer sheet you are turning into me.

Chicago, IL (one dot equals 25 people and is color-coded based on race/ethnicity: White is pink African American is blue Hispanic is orange Asian is green

Los Angeles, CA

Racial segregation in Los Angeles County DISCUSSION: * What do you think are the most and least segregated cities in the United States for White/Anglos? NOTE: Unlike for African-Americans, Asian-Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics, the U.S. Census Bureau does not provide a listing of most/least segregated metropolitan areas for Anglos [see following slides]. Reference: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/housing_patterns/pdftoc.html Figure 12.2a (p. 335)

Racial segregation in Los Angeles County DISCUSSION: * What do you think are the most and least segregated cities in the United States for African-Americans? ANSWER according to the U.S. Census Bureau and 2000 data: # most = Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA; Detroit, MI PMSA; Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA; St. Louis, MO-IL MSA # least = Orange County, CA PMSA; San Jose, CA PMSA; Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA # SOURCE: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/housing_patterns/pdf/ch5.pdf Figure 12.2b (p. 335)

Racial segregation in Los Angeles County DISCUSSION: * What do you think are the most and least segregated cities in the United States for Asian/Pacific Islanders? ANSWER according to the U.S. Census Bureau and 2000 data: # most = San Francisco, CA PMSA; San Diego, CA PMSA; New York, NY PMSA; San Jose, CA PMSA & Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA # least = Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA; Baltimore, MD PMSA; Newark, NJ PMSA; Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA # SOURCE: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/housing_patterns/pdf/ch4.pdf Figure 12.2c (p. 335)

Racial segregation in Los Angeles County DISCUSSION: * What do you think are the most and least segregated cities in the United States for Hispanics? ANSWER according to the U.S. Census Bureau and 2000 data: # most = New York, NY PMSA; Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA; Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA # least = Baltimore, MD PMSA; St. Louis, MO-IL MSA; Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA; Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA # SOURCE: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/housing_patterns/pdf/ch6.pdf Figure 12.2d (p. 335)

Ethnic Groups in Los Angeles

Milwaukee, WI

New York City, NY

Buffalo, NY

Baltimore, Maryland