Race, Immigrants, and Residence

A New Racial Geography of Washington, D.C

Bibliographic Data

ID9851660
AuthorsSamantha Friedman (0000-0001-8412-9618), Audrey Singer, Marie Price (0000-0002-9367-6944), Ivan Cheung
Year2005
Volume95
Issue2
Pages210-230
Publication date2005-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1931-0846.2005.tb00363.x
OpenAlexW2087882813
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited34

This study examines the residential patterns of immigrant newcomers within a relatively new immigrant destination, Washington, D.C. Particular attention is given to how these patterns are shaped by the newcomers' race and ethnicity. Our analysis is based primarily upon data on immigrant flows from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service for the 1990–1998 period. Evidence from our study suggests a racial and ethnic hierarchy to the residential location of Africans, Asians, Europeans, and Latin Americans, providing some support for the pattern expected in the place‐stratification model. When their residential patterns are compared with those of non‐Hispanic blacks, we find that African newcomers are more likely to settle among blacks than are other regional‐origin groups. However, Africans are also found to reside in multiethnic zip codes where large numbers of newcomers are concentrated. The findings suggest that race is an important but not exclusive factor in explaining the residential choices of recent immigrants

Census · Demographic economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Hierarchy · Immigration · Latin Americans · Naturalization · Political science · Population · Race (biology) · Residence · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies