| Metropolitics: A regional agenda for community and stability M Orfield Brookings Institution/Lincoln Institute, 1997 | 1192* | 1997 |
| American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality M Orfield Brookings Institution Press, 2002 | 980* | 2002 |
| Deterrence, perjury, and the heater factor: An exclusionary rule in the Chicago criminal courts MW Orfield Jr U. colo. l. Rev. 63, 75, 1992 | 262 | 1992 |
| The exclusionary rule and deterrence: An empirical study of Chicago narcotics officers MW Orfield The University of Chicago Law Review 54 (3), 1016-1069, 1987 | 232 | 1987 |
| America's racially diverse suburbs: Opportunities and challenges M Orfield, TF Luce Housing Policy Debate 23 (2), 395-430, 2013 | 104 | 2013 |
| Land use and housing policies to reduce concentrated poverty and racial segregation M Orfield Fordham Urb. LJ 33, 877, 2005 | 94 | 2005 |
| Valuing America's first suburbs: A policy agenda for older suburbs in the Midwest R Puentes, M Orfield | 91 | 2002 |
| Racial integration and community revitalization: Applying the fair housing act to the low income housing tax credit M Orfield Vand. L. Rev. 58, 1747, 2005 | 84 | 2005 |
| Milliken, Meredith and Metropolitan Segregation M Orfield UCLA Law Review 62, 364, 2015 | 66 | 2015 |
| In through the back door: Social equity and regional governance SA Bollens Taylor & Francis Group 13 (4), 631-657, 2002 | 60 | 2002 |
| Region: Planning the future of the Twin Cities M Orfield, TF Luce U of Minnesota Press, 2010 | 55 | 2010 |
| A missed opportunity: Minnesota's failed experiment with choice-based integration MC Hobday, G Finn, M Orfield Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 35, 936, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| Impediments to the integration of immigrants: A case study in the Twin Cities K Fennelly, M Orfield Twenty-first century gateways: Immigrant incorporation in suburban America …, 2008 | 29 | 2008 |
| Choice, equal protection, and metropolitan integration: The hope of the Minneapolis desegregation settlement M Orfield Law & Ineq. 24, 269, 2006 | 29 | 2006 |
| Urban sprawl R Bruegmann Elsevier, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| Regional educational policy analysis: Rochester, Omaha, and Minneapolis’ inter-district arrangements KS Finnigan, JJ Holme, M Orfield, T Luce, S Diem, A Mattheis, ND Hylton Educational Policy 29 (5), 780-814, 2015 | 21 | 2015 |
| Parcel data for research and policy SM Manson, HA Sander, D Ghosh, JM Oakes, MW Orfield, Jr, WJ Craig, ... Geography Compass 3 (2), 698-726, 2009 | 21 | 2009 |
| High costs and segregation in subsidized housing policy M Orfield, W Stancil, T Luce, E Myott Housing Policy Debate 25 (3), 574-607, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
| The region and taxation: School finance, cities, and the hope for regional reform M Orfield Buff. L. Rev. 55, 91, 2007 | 20 | 2007 |
| 8. The State of Public Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Challenge of Creating Equal Opportunity B Gumus-Dawes, T Luce, M Orfield Educational Delusions?, 159-184, 2013 | 19 | 2013 |