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Welcome!
Americans live in many kinds of communities, from diverse urban neighborhoods to small towns and rural areas. The complex patterns of segregation and diversity in these communities shape the lives of the people who call them home. This website is designed to help you explore patterns of racial composition in major US metropolitan areas and individual states. To select a metro area or state, choose its name from one of the drop-down menus below: |
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| Maps of sixteen cities, classified by race and diversity. Overlays show tracts with high concentrations of mixed-race households: | Maps of the 53 largest US metro areas, with populations over 1 million, classified by race and diversity: | Maps of all 50 US states and the District of Columbia, classified by race and diversity: |
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| Transition matrices for the 53 largest US metro areas, with populations over 1 million, showing changes in race and diversity between census years: | Transition matrices for the 50 US states and the District of Columbia, showing changes in race and diversity between census years: |
| Download GIS data for 53 largest US metro areas, in shapefile format: | Download GIS data for the 50 US states and the District of Columbia, in shapefile format: |
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