William H. Frey

Affiliated Programs:

CensusScope

Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN)

Funded Research:

Census Research-Metropolitan Policy Program (Continuation) (Brookings Institution)

Integrating U.S. Census Data Analysis into the Curriculum (NSF)

Minority Suburban Migration (NSF)

US Minority Migration and Metropolitan Change (NICHD)

Ph.D., Brown University

Dr. Frey specializes in migration, population redistribution, and the demography of metropolitan areas. He is currently studying the dynamics of race and status-selective immigration and internal migration dynamics in U.S. metropolitan areas with the 1980-2000 Censuses. He also studies the migration and distribution of the elderly population in the U.S. as well as poverty migration determinants. Frey directs the Social Science Data Analysis Network (www.SSDAN.net) that creates demographic media for educators and policy-makers.

Recent Publications

Books

Frey, William H., Amy Anspach, John DeWitt, and SSDAN Staff. Allyn & Bacon Social Atlas of the United States. Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon. 2007.

Frey, William H., Cheryl First-Bornstein, Tarek Anandan, and Megan Cook. Investigating Change in American Society: Exploring Social Trends with US Census Data, 2nd Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning. 2004.

Frey, William H., Bill Abresch, and Jonathan G. Yeasting. America By the Numbers: A Field Guide to the U.S. Population. New York: The New Press. 2001.

Journal Articles

Frey, William H. "300 Million Americans." Milken Institute Review, First Quarter. 2007.

Liaw, Kao-Lee, and William H. Frey. "Multivariate Explanation of the 1985-1990 and 1995-2000 Destination Choices of Newly Arrived Immigrants in the United States: The Beginning of a New Trend." Population, Space and Place, 13(5):377-399. 2007.

Frey, William H., and Audrey Singer. "Katrina and Rita impacts on Gulf Coast populations: first census findings." Brookings Census 2000 Series, . Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 2006.

Frey, William H. "Housing Crunch: America's Gated Regions." Milken Institute Review, Third Quarter. 2006.

Frey, William H. "Metropolitan America in the New Century." Urban Land, 65 (6) : 99-107. 2006.

Frey, William H. "Immigrants are Everywhere." Milken Institute Review, Second Quarter. 2006.

Frey, William H. "Diversity Spreads Out: Metropolitan Shifts in Hispanic, Asian, and Black Populations Since 2000." Brookings Census 2000 Series, . 2006.

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