Tag: William H. Frey

  • At its optimistic best, America has embraced its identity as the world’s melting pot. Today it is on the cusp of becoming a country with no racial majority, and new minorities are poised to exert a profound impact on U.S. society, economy, and politics.

  • In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites Associated Press 2013-04-29 Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama…

  • No longer your father’s electorate The Los Angeles Times 2012-11-08 Paul West, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Even more than the election that made Barack Obama the first black president, the one that returned him to office sent an unmistakable signal that the hegemony of the straight white male in America is over. The long drive…

  • No longer your father’s electorate Los Angeles Times 2012-11-08 Paul West, Washington Bureau Obama’s reelection marks a turning point in American politics: With the growing power of minorities, women and gays, it’s the end of the world as straight white males know it. WASHINGTON — Even more than the election that made Barack Obama the…

  • More children identify as ‘biracial’: just a choice or a good thing? The Washington Post 2012-04-26 Mary C. Curtis It’s been happening for a while — census data show it. The number of mixed-race babies has quickly grown in the last decade, a trend that’s no surprise in an increasingly diverse country. Men and women…

  • Number of biracial babies soars over past decade The Washington Post 2012-04-26 Carol Morello, Demographics Reporter The number of mixed-race babies has soared over the past decade, new census data show, a result of more interracial couples and a cultural shift in how many parents identify their children in a multiracial society. More than 7…

  • America’s Diverse Future: Initial Glimpses at the U.S. Child Population from the 2010 Census Brookings State of Metropolitan American Number 29 (2011-04-06) 14 pages William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program For some time, Americans have been aware that “new minorities”—particularly Hispanics, Asians, and people of more than one race—are becoming a more important…

  • In Census, Young Americans Increasingly Diverse The New York Times 2011-02-04 Sabrina Tabernise WASHINGTON — Demographers sifting through new population counts released on Thursday by the Census Bureau say the data bring a pattern into sharper focus: Young Americans are far less white than older generations, a shift that demographers say creates a culture gap…

  • Neighborhood Segregation in Single-Race and Multirace America: A Census 2000 Study of Cities and Metropolitan Areas Fannie Mae Foundation 2002 45 pages William H. Frey University of Michigan and the Milken Institute Dowell Myers University of Southern California This report accompanies the release of detailed racial segregation indices for 1,246 individual U.S. cities with populations…

  • Multiracial no longer boxed in by the Census USA Today 2010-03-02 Haya El Nasser Jennifer Harvey was raised by her white mother and white stepfather in what she calls “a Caucasian world.” Harvey never met her father but she knew he was black and Cuban. That made her Hispanic, white and black. “Blacks think I’m…