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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: Urban Geogr. 2017 Aug 16;39(4):519–545. doi: 10.1080/02723638.2017.1360039

Table 1:

Mean Entropy and Group Share of Major Tract Categories in US Metro Areas, 1990–2010

Category Year N Entropy White Black Latino Asian NatAm Other
LDW 1990 21,538 0.183 0.918 0.027 0.031 0.019 0.004 0.001
LDW 2000 15,553 0.229 0.904 0.027 0.034 0.026 0.006 0.004
LDW 2010 11,287 0.257 0.889 0.03 0.042 0.031 0.006 0.002
LDB 1990 2,697 0.163 0.051 0.917 0.026 0.004 0.002 0.001
LDB 2000 2,668 0.189 0.038 0.917 0.03 0.006 0.004 0.004
LDB 2010 2,480 0.211 0.039 0.907 0.039 0.007 0.005 0.003
LDL 1990 672 0.248 0.083 0.03 0.867 0.016 0.002 0.002
LDL 2000 932 0.256 0.069 0.031 0.877 0.017 0.003 0.003
LDL 2010 1,175 0.249 0.059 0.034 0.882 0.02 0.003 0.002
LDA 1990 9 0.272 0.087 0.021 0.031 0.861 0 0
LDA 2000 12 0.293 0.07 0.02 0.045 0.86 0.002 0.003
LDA 2010 31 0.324 0.074 0.012 0.078 0.832 0.002 0.002
MDW 1990 7,846 0.506 0.646 0.127 0.15 0.068 0.007 0.002
MDW 2000 10,901 0.54 0.644 0.115 0.143 0.079 0.01 0.01
MDW 2010 13,202 0.546 0.635 0.112 0.151 0.089 0.009 0.004
MDB 1990 1,735 0.503 0.241 0.591 0.135 0.027 0.004 0.002
MDB 2000 2,329 0.538 0.218 0.597 0.137 0.031 0.007 0.01
MDB 2010 2,702 0.547 0.204 0.592 0.156 0.035 0.007 0.005
MDL 1990 1,815 0.539 0.227 0.123 0.575 0.067 0.005 0.003
MDL 2000 3,053 0.567 0.212 0.122 0.58 0.068 0.007 0.01
MDL 2010 4,216 0.569 0.208 0.129 0.579 0.073 0.007 0.005
MDA 1990 240 0.628 0.251 0.075 0.184 0.484 0.003 0.002
MDA 2000 481 0.619 0.227 0.05 0.184 0.523 0.005 0.011
MDA 2010 746 0.601 0.22 0.048 0.186 0.537 0.004 0.005
HD 1990 190 0.768 0.283 0.226 0.265 0.201 0.014 0.011
HD 2000 816 0.786 0.299 0.209 0.255 0.194 0.013 0.031
HD 2010 906 0.774 0.29 0.224 0.254 0.202 0.012 0.017

Notes: LDW:Low Diversity White; MDW:Moderate Diversity White; LDB: Low Diversity Black; MDB:Moderate Diversity Black; LDA: Low Diversity Asian; MDA: Moderate Diversity Asian;

LDNA: Low Diversity Native American; MDNA: Moderate Diversity Native American; LDO: Low Diversity Other; MDO: Moderate Diversity Other; LDL: Low Diversity Latino; MDL: Moderate Diversity Latino; HD: High Diversity.