Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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school systems have the highest graduation rates which may at least partially account for this pattern. (See
Access to Opportunity on page 42 for more information.)
Figure 5: Households with Children

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Arlington Fair Housing Action Plan

National Origin
National origin is defined as the region or country in which a person was born or from which their ancestors
came. It can also include perceived national origin (for example, if a person is assumed to be from a particular
area because of accent or dress). Although discrimination based on language is not necessarily equivalent to
discrimination based on national origin, language requirements can be related to national origin discrimination 7
and thus a discussion of language is included in this section. This plan used data on foreign-born populations to
evaluate national origin. The Census Bureau defines foreign-born populations as including anyone who is not a
U.S. citizen at birth, including those who become U.S. citizens through naturalization.
Of the 44,992 (± 53) people in Arlington, about 19% (8,383 ± 676) are foreign-born. This figure places
Arlington towards the center of the comparison region by percentage, which ranges from 46% (±2%) in Chelsea
to 8% (±2%) in Wakefield. The aggregated statistic for the region was 26%; in other words, the share of
foreign-born residents across the entire context region is moderately higher than that in Arlington.