Table 1.

Variables used in analysis of suburbanization and segregation.

Variable	Definition
Suburbanization
Level of Suburbanization	Percentage of group living in MSA’s suburbs
Relative Suburbanization	Ratio of minority to white suburbanization
Segregation
Residential Segregation	Minority-White Dissimilarity Index
Spatial Isolation	Minority-Minority P* Index
Minority Characteristics
Percent Minority	Percentage of Blacks or Hispanics in MSA
Minority Percent Foreign Born	Percentage of Blacks or Hispanics who are Foreign Born
Relative Minority Income	Ratio of Minority-to White Household Income
Relative Minority Education	Ratio of Minority to White Percent College Educated
Metropolitan Characteristics
Anti-Black Index	Relative Frequency of Google Searches for word “Nigger”
Anti-Latino Index	Relative Frequency of Google Searches for “Illegal Alien”
MSA Population Size	Log of Total Metropolitan Population
Percent Suburban in 1970	Percent of MSA Population Living in Suburbs in 1970
Zoning Restrictiveness	Reverse-Coded IV from Rothwell and Massey (2009)
Percent Foreign Born	Percentage of Total Population Born Outside the US
Percent Aged 65+	Percentage of Population Aged 65 or Older
Log Military Population	Log of Persons in Military Quarters per 100,000 Persons
Median Year Housing Built	Median Year that Housing Was Built
Percent Homeowner	Percent of Homes That Are Owned
Violent Crime Rate	Violent Crimes per 100,000 Persons
Patent Rate	Patents per 100,000 Persons