1. The Kerner Commission Plus Four Decades: What Has Changed? What Has Not?
Reynolds Farley
The University of Michigan
Population Studies Center
Institute for Social Research
426 Thompson
Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 1, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Presentation prepared for the session of Plenary Session of the American Sociological Association, 40th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report organized by Professor Paul A. Jagowsky

2. Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women Aged 25 to 34
Reporting a High School Education

3. Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women Aged 25 to 34
Reporting a Four-Year College Education

4. Average Duncan Occupational Prestige Scores for Employed Persons Aged 25 to 59

5. Per Capita Annual Hours of Employment for Native-Born Non-Hispanics
Aged 25 to 59; 1968 to 2007

6. Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanic Children Under Age 18
Below the Poverty Line; 1968 to 2007
Recession Periods

7. Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanic Adults Over Age 65
Below the Poverty Line; 1968 to 2007
Recession Periods

8. Percent of Native-Born, Non-Hispanic Men and Women
Aged 25 to 59 Employed; 1968 to 2007

9. Median Wage and Salary Earnings for Native-Born Non-Hispanics Reporting Earnings

10. Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanic Households Owning their Residence

11. Per Capita Income Reported by Persons Aged 25 to 59 (constant 2007 Dollars)

12. Median Income of Households Headed by Native-Born Non-Hispanics
(shown in constant 2007 Dollars)

13. Percent of Native-Born Non-Hispanics Below the Poverty Line; 1968 to 2007
Recession Periods

14. Economic Status of Native-Born Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks: 1968 to 2007
Non-Hispanic Blacks
Poor (Incomes Below Poverty Line)
Near Poor (Incomes 100% to 199% of Poverty Line)
Middle Class (Incomes 200% to 499% of Poverty Line)
Comfortable (Incomes at Least Five Times the Poverty Line)

15. Number of Blacks Elected to Serve in Congress: 1966 to 2006

16. Married to Black Men, and Percent of
Percent of Married Spouse Present, Native-Born, Non-Hispanic White Women Aged 25 to 34
Married to Black Men, and Percent of
Similar Black Women Married to White Men
Percent of Married Spouse Present, Native-Born, Non-Hispanic White Men Aged 25 to 34
Married to Black Women, and Percent of
Similar Black Men Married to White Women

17. Racial Attitudes of National Samples of Whites; General Social Survey, 1972 to 2004

18. with a Second Major Race; American Community Survey: 2000 to 2008
Percent of Persons Identifying with One Major Race Who Went On To Identify
with a Second Major Race; American Community Survey: 2000 to 2008

19. Twelve Largest Multiple Races in 2008, their Percent Change in Size
Since 2000 and Their Median Age in 2007

20. Races Reported by the Hispanic Population: Census 2000 and ACS 2008

21. States where Non-Hispanic Whites were a Numerical Minority in 2008
Hawaii, District of Columbia, New Mexico, California and Texas
Additional States where Non-Hispanic Whites were a Numerical Minority in 2008 among the School Age Population (Under age 18)
Arizona, Nevada, Florida and Mississippi
Additional States where Non-Hispanic Whites were a Numerical Minority in 2008 among the Pre-School Population (Under age 6)
Maryland, Georgia, Delaware and New York

22. Percent of White and Black Wives and Husbands Under Age 30 Married to a Spouse of the Other Race, 1950 to 2007

23. Percent of Children Under Age 18 in Married Couple Families with Parents of Different Races

24. Indexes of Dissimilarity; 2000 and 2007
Racial Residential Segregation in Metropolises of Two Million or More, Measured by
Indexes of Dissimilarity; 2000 and 2007
Hispanics
Hispanics
Blacks
Blacks