Race and ethnicity patterns in the United States are significantly impacted by migration flows. Historically low migration rates into the Pittsburgh region have resulted in low overall diversity rates and an extremely small Hispanic community. The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area is much less racially and ethnically diverse than its benchmark peers. According to the latest... More

The demographic portrait of the seven-county Pittsburgh region’s population is becoming less white and more diverse, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates. From 2012 to 2017, Allegheny County’s Asian population increased 23.9 percent to 48,396 residents, and the county’s Hispanic population grew 20.3 percent to 25,647 people. Conversely, Allegheny County’s African American population... More