Demographic Studies

Discrimination in the 21st Century: How Civil Rights Policies Can Best Embrace the Growing Mixed-Race Population

This report catalogues the growth of the modern mixed-race population in the United States and highlights the many complications this population presents for the future of civil rights law and policy.

The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the School-Age Population in the U.S.

This research projects the racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population over the next 3 decades, and finds that it is rapidly changing in response to decades of sustained large-scale immigration.

American Indian and Alaska Native Populations: Envisioning the Future

This report presents population projections of the racially-identified American Indian and Alaska Native population from the present to 2050 using a traditional demographic method that has been modified to account for net response change – one of the most significant data-related challenges.

California’s Demographic Future: Ethnic & Racial Change in the School-Age Population

What should schools and educators across California expect over the coming decades? How is the school-age population (ages 5-18) expected to change with respect to its ethnic and racial composition, generational status, home language, and educational attainment? Employing an innovative microsimulation model, the authors project a small increase in the number of California’s school-age children in 2050 and very little change in ethnoracial diversity due to the current state of heterogeneity across the state.

California’s Geography of Opportunity: Intergenerational Mobility in the Golden State

In anticipation of the next twenty-five years of civil rights policy in California, this work investigates social mobility in the Golden State between the last two generations to gain insight into which groups could be best served by civil rights policy interventions.