US2010

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area

Data for the Metropolitan Statistical Area

This MSA includes the following Metropolitan Divisions:
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division

In this Metropolitan area:
Counties:Bucks County,Burlington County,Camden County,Cecil County,Chester County,Delaware County,Gloucester County,Montgomery County,New Castle County,Philadelphia County,Salem County
Principal Cities:Camden, NJ,Philadelphia, PA,Wilmington, DE

Measuring Neighborhood Inequality

We measure neighborhood inequality with a series of exposure indices (P*). Exposure indices refer to the neighborhood characteristics experienced by the average household or person of a given group. For example, if the value for median household income for blacks is $30,000, this indicates that the average black household lives in a neighborhood where the median household income is $30,000. Similarly, if the value for percent homeowner for whites is 75%, this indicates that the average white household lives in a neighborhood where 75% of the residents own homes.

Are There Racial Differences in Neighborhood Characteristics?

The following table shows a series of exposure indices for each group calculated for key social and economic indicators representing various neighborhood characteristics. In this table, data are provided for households, and households have been classified by the race/ethnicity of the household head.

INDICATORS OF INCOME

		Median HH Income	Per Capita Income	% Below poverty
Non-Hispanic White	1990	$65,651	$28,991	7.1
	2000	$70,985	$33,134	7.4
	2005-09 ACS	$72,967	$34,367	8.0
Non-Hispanic Black	1990	$42,853	$19,503	21.5
	2000	$44,971	$22,333	20.7
	2005 -09 ACS	$45,220	$22,490	21.6
Hispanic	1990	$43,446	$19,116	24.4
	2000	$46,805	$21,722	22.8
	2005 -09 ACS	$47,918	$22,796	22.3
Asian	1990	$60,409	$27,920	11.5
	2000	$63,805	$31,163	12.3
	2005 -09 ACS	$66,990	$32,630	11.8

INDICATORS OF HUMAN CAPITAL

		% College Educated	% Professional	% Unemployed
Non-Hispanic White	1990	24.8	36.1	4.8
	2000	31.0	39.4	4.9
	2005 -09 ACS	35.9	39.7	6.7
Non-Hispanic Black	1990	15.2	28.4	11.6
	2000	17.9	29.9	11.3
	2005 -09 ACS	21.4	28.7	14.2
Hispanic	1990	14.1	25.7	11.7
	2000	16.9	27.4	11.4
	2005 -09 ACS	21.1	27.0	14.2
Asian	1990	26.8	37.5	6.2
	2000	31.8	40.1	6.7
	2005 -09 ACS	36.5	39.7	7.9

INDICATORS OF HOUSING

		% Vacant Housing	% Homeowners
Non-Hispanic White	1990	5.9	72.0
	2000	4.7	73.3
	2005 -09 ACS	6.2	74.2
Non-Hispanic Black	1990	12.8	61.7
	2000	10.9	61.5
	2005 -09 ACS	13.2	60.7
Hispanic	1990	10.8	61.9
	2000	10.3	62.7
	2005 -09 ACS	10.6	62.2
Asian	1990	7.8	65.7
	2000	6.2	66.0
	2005 -09 ACS	7.6	68.2

INDICATORS OF IMMIGRATION

		% Foreign Born	% Recent Immigrants	% Language other than English
Non-Hispanic White	1990	5.3	1.7	9.0
	2000	7.0	2.8	11.0
	2005 -09 ACS	8.6	2.6	12.4
Non-Hispanic Black	1990	4.3	1.9	9.7
	2000	6.5	2.8	12.3
	2005 -09 ACS	8.5	2.9	13.9
Hispanic	1990	5.9	2.7	24.9
	2000	8.7	4.1	26.6
	2005 -09 ACS	11.3	3.9	27.3
Asian	1990	8.0	3.4	13.3
	2000	10.4	4.6	16.2
	2005 -09 ACS	12.2	4.0	17.5

INDICATORS OF ISOLATION AND INTEGRATION

		% Members of Own Group	% Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic White	1990	86.7	86.7
	2000	82.0	82.0
	2005 -09 ACS	78.8	78.8
Non-Hispanic Black	1990	58.7	35.0
	2000	54.7	34.7
	2005 -09 ACS	51.2	35.3
Hispanic	1990	19.8	52.0
	2000	21.5	47.7
	2005 -09 ACS	22.4	46.5
Asian	1990	4.3	75.5
	2000	6.2	69.5
	2005 -09 ACS	7.7	67.7

Ratio of Minority to White Values

This table shows the ratio of each minority group value to that of whites for every indicator shown in the first table. These ratios represent disparities between minority and white groups. For example, if the ratio of black to white median household income is .65, this indicates that the average black household lives in a neighborhood where the median household income is only 65% of that in the average white household's neighborhood.

INDICATORS OF INCOME

		Median HH Income	Per Capita Income	% Below Poverty
Black	1990	0.65	0.67	3.04
	2000	0.63	0.67	2.79
	2005 -09 ACS	0.62	0.65	2.71
Hispanic	1990	0.66	0.66	3.45
	2000	0.66	0.66	3.07
	2005 -09 ACS	0.66	0.66	2.80
Asian	1990	0.92	0.96	1.62
	2000	0.90	0.94	1.65
	2005 -09 ACS	0.92	0.95	1.48

INDICATORS OF HUMAN CAPITAL

		% College Educated	% Professional	% Unemployed
Black	1990	0.61	0.79	0.59
	2000	0.58	0.76	0.53
	2005 -09 ACS	0.60	0.72	0.54
Hispanic	1990	0.57	0.71	0.68
	2000	0.55	0.70	0.58
	2005 -09 ACS	0.59	0.68	0.56
Asian	1990	1.08	1.04	0.32
	2000	1.02	1.02	0.31
	2005 -09 ACS	1.02	1.00	0.30

INDICATORS OF HOUSING

		% Vacant Housing	% Homeowners
Black	1990	2.17	0.86
	2000	2.30	0.84
	2005 -09 ACS	2.13	0.82
Hispanic	1990	1.83	0.86
	2000	2.17	0.86
	2005 -09 ACS	1.71	0.84
Asian	1990	1.33	0.91
	2000	1.31	0.90
	2005 -09 ACS	1.22	0.92

INDICATORS OF IMMIGRATION

		% Foreign Born	% Recent Immigrants	% Language other than English
Black	1990	0.81	1.12	1.08
	2000	0.92	1.01	1.12
	2005 -09 ACS	0.99	1.13	1.13
Hispanic	1990	1.13	1.63	2.76
	2000	1.24	1.46	2.42
	2005 -09 ACS	1.31	1.52	2.21
Asian	1990	1.52	2.06	1.47
	2000	1.47	1.63	1.48
	2005 -09 ACS	1.42	1.55	1.42

INDICATORS OF ISOLATION AND INTEGRATION

		% Members of Own Group	% Non-Hispanic White
Black	1990	0.68	0.40
	2000	0.67	0.42
	2005 -09 ACS	0.65	0.45
Hispanic	1990	0.23	0.60
	2000	0.26	0.58
	2005 -09 ACS	0.28	0.59
Asian	1990	0.05	0.87
	2000	0.08	0.85
	2005 -09 ACS	0.10	0.86

Sources of Neighborhood Inequality

Neighborhood inequalities may result from discrimination based on race, class, or nativity. To understand if racial group disparities in neighborhood characteristics are due to class or nativity, we examine neighborhood characteristics of groups who share an income class or a birth status. Click on the buttons below to link to a series of pages for this metro area exploring the effects of race, income class, and nativity on neighborhood inequality. The first button links to a page that provides the income class distribution for each group in 1990, 2000 and 2005-2009 (where data are provided for households). From there, you may link to another page that shows the effect of income class on group disparities in neighborhood characteristics. The second button links to a page that provides the nativity distribution for each group in 1990, 2000, and 2005-2009 (for nativity, all data are provided for persons, rather than households). From there, you may link to another page that shows the effect of nativity on group disparities in neighborhood characteristics.