Table 4.
Key variables obtained through linkage to the 2000 and 2010 u.s. Censuses and to the american community survey.
| Category | Variable | 2000 Census | 2010 Census | ACS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics (2 variables) | Percent of non-hispanic blacks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Percent of blacks who are hispanic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Income (7 variables) | Percent with no car | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Percent of poverty | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent on public assistance | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent below poverty | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent of households with income less than 30,000 | ✓ | |||
| Median Household Income | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Less than a high school degree | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Housing (11 variables) | Housing units with a mortgage 50.0 percent or more | ✓ | ||
| Housing units without a mortgage 50.0 percent or more | ✓ | |||
| Median value for all owner occupied housing units | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent of renter occupied housing units | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Percent of housing units vacant | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Percent of crowding | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Census Population | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Percent of female head of households with children | ✓ | |||
| Count of residents 65 and older | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Percent living in the same residence for 5 years or more | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent of urban population | ✓ | |||
| Employment (9 variables) | Percent of Unemployed Men | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Percent in lower social class | ✓ | |||
| Percent of females in management occupations | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent of males in management occupations | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent of females not in labor force | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent of males not in labor force | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Percent of females in professional occupations | ✓ | |||
| Percent of males in professional occupations | ✓ | |||
| Unemployed | ✓ | ✓ |