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Institute releases 2012 Kinder Houston Area Survey

America's most automobile-dependent large city may be heading into a new era, according to the 31^st annual Kinder Houston Area Survey. The findings were released April 24 at a luncheon hosted by the Greater Houston Partnership and the Kinder Institute. Click here to read more from this year’s survey about the remarkable economic and demographic transformations of the Houston area.

Interesting Times: Tracking Houston's Transformations through 30 Years of Surveys - For the past 30 years, Rice sociology professor Stephen Klineberg has been documenting the challenges and illuminating the remarkable transformation of Houston. Watch a clip from this exciting new film and contact the Kinder Institute to request a viewing for your business or organization. Watch the trailer above. 

Joint study shows Houston more diverse

A new report compiled by the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas shows that while the Houston region’s population continues to grow more ethnically diverse there were only small declines in segregation between racial and ethnic groups in the past 20 years. See more about this study here. And to read more about the full analysis of the 1990, 2000 and 2012 census data and explore more key findings from this study, please click here.