American Human Development Indicators: California Historical Trends....................................................................................................... 140 HD Index by Nativity, Gender, and Race and Ethnicity............................................. 140 HDI by Eight Economic Regions and Regions by Race and Ethnicity...................... 141 HDI by 233 Census Neighborhood and County Groups............................................ 142 HDI by Top Five Metro Areas..................................................................................... 152 California Regions and Metro Areas: Constituent Counties.................................... 153 Geographic Designations in the Indicator Tables: american human development index: california
Economic Regions: The eight economic regions are based on the California state government’s Economic Strategy Panel. Each region is made up of counties that share similar economic, demographic, and geographic features. See page 153 for the list of counties in each region. Census Neighborhood and County Groups: These groups are developed by the U.S. Census Bureau and are called Public Use Microdata Areas. They typically range in population from 100,000 to 200,000 people. The 233 areas in California have been named by the American Human Development Project by county followed by the specific neighborhood(s) covered within that county. In sparsely populated areas, they can include several contiguous counties. Metro Areas: California’s top five major metropolitan areas are home to nearly three in four Californians; they include Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, and Riverside–San Bernardino. The White House Office of Management and Budget defines the boundaries of metropolitan areas; they include the central city that typically gives the metropolitan area its name and the surrounding counties that have significant economic and social ties to that city. Unless indicated, the source of all data in the following tables is: Life Expectancy at Birth: Calculated by the American Human Development Project using mortality data from the California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics, and population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2006–2008. All Other Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Data are from 2009 except for the Census Neighborhood and County Groups, which use threeyear pooled data from 2007–2009 due to the small sample size.
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