The Shifting City: Houston's Unequal History of Racial Change

Report by Dr. Heather A O'Connell
June 2016

Kinder Institute for Urban Research   (Houston)

Houston is often referred to as the most racially diverse metro area in the country and a harbinger of the types of demographic shifts the nation is likely to face in the future. This report provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of the area’s racial/ethnic composition on a small geographic scale. The analysis uses two new approaches designed to better capture the nuances of this diversity and recent demographic shifts.