Pittsburgh's Racial Demographics: Differences and Disparities

June 2007

The center’s new report Pittsburgh’s Racial Demographics: Differences and Disparities is the most comprehensive study ever done on quality-of-life issues for multiple racial and ethnic groups in Pittsburgh—African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Whites.

The data focus on family issues, education, economic conditions, intergroup relations, mental health, and criminal justice, and compare Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area to the United States.

The information in the report will go a long way toward helping us as a community plot strategies, make policy decisions, and, in the process, potentially improve the quality of life for our fellow citizens, irrespective of race.

It is our hope to update this report every three years, particularly if the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (which is designed to replace the decennial census) produces regular, reliable data by race for cities, counties, and regions.

The report is available for download in pdf format:

Cover, Title Page, and Table of Contents

Executive Summary

1—Introduction

2—Families, Youth, and the Elderly

3—Education

4—Economic Disparities

5—Intergroup Relations

6—Mental Health

7—Criminal Justice

Appendix 1.1—Map 1: African American Population in
the City of Pittsburgh, 2000

Appendix 1.2—Map 2: African American Population
in Allegheny County, 2000 (1.2 mb)

Appendix 1.3—Map 3: African American Population
in the Pittsburgh Region, 2000 (2.3 mb)

Appendices 2-7—Tables

 

Complete Report (7.25 mb)