The Residential Segregation of Hispanic Subgroups: 1980-2010

John Iceland, Pennsylvania State University
Daniel H. Weinberg, U.S. Census Bureau
Lauren A. Hughes, Pennsylvania State University

Iceland and Weinberg (2002) analyzed data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 censuses to examine the extent of changes in racial and ethnic residential segregation in the last 2 decades of the 20th century. As they note, “Segregation can result from, among other factors, voluntary choices people make about where they want to live or from the involuntary restriction of choices, such as through discrimination in the housing market, or from a lack of information about residential opportunities.” Others have looked at changes over the 2000-2010 decade using data from the 2010 decennial census. In contrast, we will examine the segregation of Hispanic subgroups, specifically those with the following origins: Cuban, Dominican, Guatemalan, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Salvadoran. The residential patterns of each group over the 1980-2010 or 1990-2010 period will be compared to those of non-Hispanic Whites, to other Hispanics as a whole, and to the other Hispanic subgroups.