A new study published in Ethnicity & Disease (PDF) found that residents of mostly black neighborhoods are more likely to report themselves in poor health (kaisernetwork.org Daily Health Policy Report).

Understanding Diverse Neighborhoods in an Era of Demographic Change focuses on the racial and ethnic diversity of mixed-income urban and suburban neighborhoods.

Health disparities may be more closely tied to neighborhoods and rural/urban differences than to race, according to a post on Science Blog. The post cites an article about heat wave deaths appearing in the August issue of American Sociological Review (Yahoo! news story) and an article about black mortality rates in Harlem and Pitt County, North Carolina in the August issue of Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (Health Behavior News Service story).

The Census Bureau touts Nevada as Population Magnet and Atlanta Area’s Climb to the Top 10 most populous metro areas.

A report summary from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.  Every city with a population of 250,000 or more reported the presence of youth gangs in 2002.

This publication, from the USDA ERS, shows national and regional trends in land use and compares earlier major land-use estimates.

A New York City politician wants to restrict fast food outlets in low-income neighborhoods to fight the obesity epidemic (BBC News, July 12, 2006).

World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision Population Database is now available from the United Nations Population Division. The database allows users to select and download population estimates and projections for urban and rural populations for the years 1950-2030. Publications based on these data are expected later this year.

Where Did They Go? The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America, a new report from the Brookings Institution, analyzes census data and finds that middle-income neighborhoods in metropolitan areas are disappearing faster than middle-income families, suggesting increased disparities between neighborhoods.