Data link roundup (week of February 15, 2013)

The week's top data analysis links...

URBAN ANALYSIS

RCLCO's new report highlights growth hotspots around the United States based on job growth, working population, population growth, and income. Austin, TX tops the list for large metro areas, Raleigh-Cary, NC for midsize, and Bismarck, ND for small metros.

Source: RCLCO

And in a new analysis, newgeography.com documents the relative "age" of major metropolitan areas in the United States, using percent of housing built before/after 1940 as an indicator. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Boston and Providence rank as the nation's "oldest," while Las Vegas and Phoenix are the relative newborns of the bunch.


IMMIGRATION IN THE NEWS

A recent article from the Los Angeles Times does an excellent job of explaining the link between sending-country birth rate and immigration... they just forget that citizens are migrants, not immigrants.

The Atlantic Cities piece on Bosnians in St. Louis is a clever blend of demographic concepts, personal anecdote, foreign affairs, public policy, social network theory, and assimilation theory.


BEST CHART OF THE WEEK

And because it bears repeating...

New research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology offers proof that there is more within-group variation between men and women than there is between-group variation.

Source: Science Daily