Census Data and Methods

Hispanic Homeownership Advancement through Recession and Boom
by Dowell Myers and David Flores-Moctezuma, November 3, 2021
Explains how to use the 5-year ACS files to trace growth of homeownership by cohorts during the Great Recession, then turning upward in the recovery years after 2014. Compares US, LA county, and a gentrifying district  > Journal Article (pdf)

The Truth About White America
Explains the twists and turns in racial trends derived from changes in the 2020 census
by Morris Levy, Richard Alba, and Dowell Myers, October 25, 2021
> The Atlantic IDEAS

Racial Population Projections and Reactions to Alternative News Accounts of Growing Diversity
by Dowell Myers and Morris Levy, May 18, 2018
> Journal Article (pdf)   > Washington Post op-ed

Technical Study: A Summary Period Measure of Immigrant Advancement in the U.S.
by John Pitkin and Dowell Myers, February 2011
> Demographic Research Article

Census Brief: The Changing Household and Family
by Edward Flores and Dowell Myers, May 2011 > Brief (pdf)

Census Brief: Aging in California and Los Angeles County
by Linda Lou and Dowell Myers, May 2011 > Brief (pdf)

Census Brief Appendices
Appendix A-1. Age Composition of Southern California Cities, 2000 to 2010
Appendix A-2. Household Types of Southern California Cities, 2000 to 2010
> Appendices (pdf)

Accuracy of Data Collected by the Census Question on Immigrants’ Year of Arrival
by Dowell Myers, 2004
Working Paper No. PDRG04-01

Overlap: A User Guide to Race and Hispanic Origin in Census 2000
by Dowell Myers and Angela James, 2002
> Race Contours Project Working Paper (pdf)