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Continuity and Change in Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Transitions: 1980–2020

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  • Wenquan Zhang

    (Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI 53190, USA)

  • John R. Logan

    (Department of Sociology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA)

Abstract

Since the 1980s, several studies have reported a decline in all-White neighborhoods and a rising number of racially mixed neighborhoods, including what have been called multiethnic “global” neighborhoods. Previous research has shown that these changes between 1980 and 2010 partly reflected the rapidly rising shares of Hispanics and Asians in urban areas. However, they also showed that there had been a substantial change in the pattern of settlement, resulting in many transitions to greater diversity than could have been expected from this demographic shift. We update their analysis to 2020, comparing transitions in the 1980–2000 period to those in 2000–2020, to test whether the earlier observed trends have continued, intensified, or weakened. We also quantify the impact of residential changes on the numbers of persons in each racial/ethnic group who live in each type of neighborhood.

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  • Wenquan Zhang & John R. Logan, 2025. "Continuity and Change in Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Transitions: 1980–2020," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-16, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:14:y:2025:i:9:p:508-:d:1731335
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    1. Matthew Hall & Laura Tach & Barrett A. Lee, 2016. "Trajectories of Ethnoracial Diversity in American Communities, 1980–2010," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 42(2), pages 271-297, June.
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