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:
Race and diversity
View maps classified by race and diversity. Maps are available for all 50 US states and the District of Columbia, and for the 53 largest US metro areas (with populations over 1 million).
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Poverty
View maps of 53 US metro areas, and highlight neighborhoods with high concentrations of poverty
in 2010. Note: these maps work best with Chrome,
Firefox, or Safari. Internet Explorer may not display the maps correctly. Note: These maps are being transitioned to the Leaflet API. They will be available shortly.
Photo: "Poverty" by Flickr user Kevin T. Houle; used
under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Immigration
View maps of 16 US metro areas, and highlight neighborhoods with high concentrations of immigrants
from each metro area's six largest immigrant populations. Note: these maps work best with Chrome,
Firefox, or Safari. Internet Explorer may not display the maps correctly. Note: These maps are being transitioned to the Leaflet API. They will be available shortly.
Photo: US naturalization ceremony on the summit of Mt Washington, New Hampshire,
6 September 2012. Modified from original photo ("Naturalization Ceremony") by Flickr user Mt. Washington Auto Road; used
under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Mixed-race households
View maps of 16 US metro areas, and highlight neighborhoods with high concentrations of mixed-race households.
Note: these maps work best with Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Internet Explorer may not display the maps correctly.
Note: These maps are being transitioned to the Leaflet API. They will be available shortly.
Photo modified from original ("colored houses") by Flickr user Mario Bollini; used
under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Files available for download
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 zipped shapefile format:
Download GIS data for the 50 US states and the District of Columbia, in zipped shapefile format:
Download tract table data for 53 largest US metro areas, in zipped CSV text format:
Download tract table data for the 50 US states and the District of Columbia, in zipped CSV text format:
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