Data Collection
Mapping and Data Modification
Ethnoracial Groups
Methodology & Sources
Data Collection
Data was collected for the chosen topic areas : Demographic , Economics , Education , Housing , Health , and Public Safety ; the report is broken up into these six sections . Data was collected through a variety of sources , all of which are publicly available . Additional data for comparison cities is used to provide a contextual understanding of Arlington amongst peer cities . The following cities were chosen for their population size and composition : Anaheim , CA ; Aurora , CO ; Irvine , CA ; Mesa , AZ ; Raleigh , NC ; Tampa , FL .
Mapping and Data Modification
Geographic information systems ( GIS ) was utilized to create maps throughout the report to show spatial patterns of data . Data used in the maps were downloaded from their respective sources and uploaded into ArcGIS software to generate the displays .
Data Sources
Ethnoracial Groups
To examine inequity in the City of Arlington , data throughout the report is broken down into the following ethnoracial groups when availible : White ; Black ; Asian or Pacific Islander ; Native American ; Mixed / Other ; Latino .
In these groupings , race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive - their groupings do not overlap . Specifically , the first five groups only represent people of a variety of races who do not identify as Latino , and the sixth group represents people of all races who identify as Latino . These groupings were determined based on availability of ethnoracial data . In the report , People of Color ( POC ) is used to identify all Non-White , Non-Latino persons as a single group .
Data was collected , assembled , and analyzed by the Research and Analytics Team in the City of Arlington ’ s Office of Strategic Initiatives .
Source Dataset
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
SEX BY AGE BY NATIVITY AND CITIZENSHIP STATUS ( Tables B05003A-I ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN ( Table B03001 ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES ( Table DP05 ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
SEX BY AGE BY NATIVITY AND CITIZENSHIP STATUS ( Table B05003I , C05003I , B05003D , C05003D ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
MEDIAN AGE BY RACE / ETHNICITY ( Table B01002A-I , P13A-I ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ( Table DP03 ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME ( Table S1601 ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING HOUSEHOLDS ( Table S1602 ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ( Table S1701 , B17001A-I ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
HOUSEHOLD SIZE BY VEHICLES AVAILABLE ( Table B08201 ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK ( Table B08303 ) |
U . S . Census Bureau , American Community Survey |
SELECTED HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS ( Table DP04 ) |
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