This article examines the effect of the shift of White and the growth of ethnic groups on cities' housing variables in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan areas. The effect of the shift of White and the growth of ethnic groups is considered as an important fact to fully explain the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan cities' housing characteristics with an adequate range of empirical data. Accordingly, the major purpose of this article is to scrutinize the shift of White and the growth of ethnic groups by analyzing 57 cities' housing variables, using a cross-sectional data set from Census Bureau 2000-2010 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Findings are as follows: the shift of White and the growth of ethnic groups (Hispanic and Asian) except Black affect the rate of growth of housing units in the 57 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan cities between 2000 and 2010. Also, the rate of Hispanic growth decreases the rate of growth of median housing value because of indicating the negative coefficient. For the rate of growth of home-ownership, all parameters are not any statistically significant in all significant levels in the 57 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan cities. For the change rate of gross rent fee, Black growth affects the decrease of gross rent fee as indicated by the negative coefficient; however, the Asian growth rate increases the change rate of gross rent fee in the 57 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan cities. These findings should be simultaneously considered by housing policy makers or planners as they try to carry out desirable metropolitan housing conditions with White and ethnic growth. □ Key Words: Housing, Metropolitan, Ethnic Groups, White, Growth Rate
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