Maintained/created by: The Heller School (Brandeis University)
Website: http://www.diversitydata.org/
Geographic unit of data: U.S. city
Keywords: 20-80 Poverty Ratio, assault, burglary, business firms, business ownership, car, commuting, conventional home loan, crime, disabilities, diversity, domestic migration, economic opportunity, education, employment, ethnicity, food stamps, GINI index, gun, health care, health insurance, healthcare, home affordability, home loan, home ownership, household crowding, housing, housing stock, immigrants, income inequality, international migration, language, larceny, low birth weight, metropolitan, mortgage lending, motor vehicle theft, murder, neighborhood, neighborhood poverty, overcrowding, physical environment, population density, poverty, prenatal care, preterm birth, private vehicle, public housing, public transportation, race, racial income inequality, rape, residential integration, residential sprawl, robbery, Robin Hood Index, safe neighborhoods, school enrollment, segregation, smoking, subsidized housing, travel congestion, unemployment, vacancy, violence
Abstract:
Background
Users can obtain descriptions, maps, profiles, and ranks of U.S. metropolitan areas pertaining to quality of life, diversity, and opportunities for racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. The Diversity Data project operates a website for users to explore how U.S. metropolitan areas perform on evidence-based social measures affecting quality of life, diversity and opportunity for racial and ethnic groups in the United States. These indicators capture a broad definition of quality of life and health, including opportunities for good schools, housing, jobs, wages, health and social services, and safe neighborhoods. This is a useful resource for people interested in advocating for policy and social change regarding neighborhood integration, residential mobility, anti-discrimination in housing, urban renewal, school quality and economic opportunities. The Diversity Data project is an ongoing project of the Harvard School of Public Health (Department of Society, Human Development and Health).
Data Notes
Users can obtain a description, profile and rank of U.S. metropolitan areas and compare ranks across metropolitan areas. Users can also generate maps which demonstrate the distribution of these measures across the United States. Demographic information is available by race/ethnicity.
Data are derived from multiple sources including: the U.S. Census Bureau; National Center for Health Statistics’ Vital Statistics Natality Birth Data; National Center for Education Statistics; Union CPS Utilities Data CD; National Low Income Housing Coalition; Freddie Mac Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index; Neighborhood Change Database; Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University; Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMD); Dr. Russ Lopez, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health; HUD State of the Cities Data Systems; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; and Texas Transportation Institute. Years in which the data were collected are indicated with the measure. Information is available for metropolitan areas. The website does not indicate when the data are updated.