Diversity

With increasingly diverse populations, the nation's large metropolitan areas must offer residential choices to people with different cultures, nationalities, languages, and religions. Like many of its peer regions, the greater Philadelphia region no longer conforms to the conventional view of central cities as "melting pots," surrounded by homogeneous suburbs. These indicators describe the diversity that exists in the central cities that have historically been viewed as the nation's melting pots," and, increasingly, in the region's suburbs.

2006
Indicator 3.1: Residential segregation dividing African-Americans from Whites
Indicator 3.2: Residential segregation dividing Latinos from Whites
Indicator 3.3: Residential segregation dividing Asians from Whites
Indicator 3.4: Contributions by immigrants to population growth
Indicator 3.5: Linguistically isolated immigrants

2005
Indicator 2.1: Income comparison: African-Americans to Whites
Indicator 2.2: Income comparison: Latinos to Whites
Indicator 2.3: Income comparison: Asians to Whites
Indicator 2.4: Concentrations of foreign-born residents
Indicator 2.5: International students

2004
Indicator 2.1: African-American populations in suburban communities
Indicator 2.2: Latino populations in communities
Indicator 2.3: Asian-American populations in communities
Indicator 2.4: Foreign-born populations in the region
Indicator 2.5: Foreign-born populations with college degrees