American Diversity: A Demographic Challenge for the Twenty-first Century

List of Figures

Figures vii Figure 1.1 1990 Census Questions on Race, Hispanic Origin, and Ancestry 28 Figure 1.2 Projected Change in Size of Race and Hispanic Groups over Next Five Generations 40 Figure 1.3 Projected Change in Size of Asian Groups over Next Five Generations 40 Figure 4.1 Population Percentages by Race, 1810–2050 100 Figure 4.2 Total Fertility Rates, By Race/Origin: United States, 1960–1995 107 Figure 4.3 Percentage of All Births that Were Black and Non-White, 1960–1990 111 Figure 6.1 Trends in Racial Tolerance 1956–1997 160 Figure 6.2 Residential Segregation from Whites, by Race/Ethnicity, 1990 161 Figure 6.3 Change in Residential Segregation, 1980–1990, by Race 162 Figure 6.4 Asian Residential Assimilation: Segregation of Chinese and Koreans from Whites, 1990, by Place of Birth and Socioeconomic Status 164 Figure 6.5 Processing a Fair Housing Complaint, Post-1988 170 Figure 7.1a Timing of Labor Market Entry: Cumulative Proportions of Young Men Entering First Jobs Based on Liberal and Restrictive Definitions of Employment 199 Figure 7.1b Timing of Labor Market Entry: Cumulative Proportions of Young Women Entering First Jobs Based on Liberal and Restrictive Definitions of Employment 200 Figure 9.1 U.S. Population Pyramids 1990, 2010, and 2050 244 Figure 9.2 Total Population Aged 65 Years and Over: 1990 246 Figure 9.3 Percent Change in Population Aged 65 Years and Over: 1980 to 1990 246 Figure 9.4 Total Population Aged 85 Years and Over: 1990 247 Figure 9.5 Percentage of Persons Aged 65 Years and Over Living Alone: 1990 247 Figure 9.6 Percent of Elderly in Nursing Homes by Age Group: 1990 248 Figure 9.7 Parent Support Ratio 1950–2050 (Persons 85 and over per 100 persons aged 50–64 years old) 249 Figure 9.8 Percent of Elderly Needing Assistance with Everyday Activities by Age Group: 1986 250 Figure 9.9 Percent White Non-Hispanic of the Total Population 65 and Over: 1980 to 2050 251 Figure 9.10 Percentage of the Population that is 65 Years and Over, By Race and Hispanic Origin: 1990 252 Figure 9.11 Elderly Hispanics, by Age and Type of Origin: March 1992 (in thousands) 252 Figure 9.12 Number of Men Per 100 Women, by Age: 1990 253 Figure 9.13 Income of Elderly Householders Living Alone, by Age and Sex: 1990 254 Figure 9.14 Elderly Poor Persons in 1990, by Household Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin 255 Figures viii ...