What's interesting...........is that northern cities are becoming less segregated while a number of southern cities are becoming more segregated.
| Source: William H. Frey analysis of 1990, 2000, and 2010 Censuses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Largest Metros (Total Population of 500,000 or more): Black White Segregation Indices sorted by 2010 Segregation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Black-White | | | | 2010 | | | | Name | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | Change 1990-2000 | Change 1990-2010 | Change 2000-2010 | Total Population | Share NH Black | | | | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 82.8 | 83.3 | 81.5 | 0.6 | -1.2 | -1.8 | 1,555,908 | 16.4% | | | | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 80.9 | 80.2 | 78.0 | -0.7 | -2.9 | -2.2 | 18,897,109 | 16.1% | | | | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 84.4 | 81.2 | 76.4 | -3.2 | -8.0 | -4.8 | 9,461,105 | 17.1% | | | | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 87.6 | 85.7 | 75.3 | -1.9 | -12.3 | -10.4 | 4,296,250 | 22.6% | | | | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 82.8 | 78.2 | 74.1 | -4.7 | -8.7 | -4.0 | 2,077,240 | 19.7% | | | | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 80.1 | 78.0 | 73.2 | -2.1 | -6.9 | -4.8 | 1,135,509 | 11.8% | | | | St. Louis, MO-IL | 77.2 | 74.1 | 72.3 | -3.1 | -4.9 | -1.8 | 2,812,896 | 18.3% | | | | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 75.9 | 73.7 | 69.4 | -2.2 | -6.5 | -4.3 | 2,130,151 | 11.9% | | | | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 75.2 | 71.0 | 68.4 | -4.2 | -6.8 | -2.6 | 5,965,343 | 20.2% | | | | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 72.7 | 70.0 | 67.8 | -2.8 | -4.9 | -2.1 | 12,828,837 | 6.7% | | | | Syracuse, NY | 73.0 | 71.4 | 67.8 | -1.6 | -5.2 | -3.6 | 662,577 | 7.7% | | | | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 69.2 | 69.6 | 67.5 | 0.4 | -1.6 | -2.1 | 916,829 | 10.1% | | | | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 74.7 | 72.7 | 67.5 | -2.1 | -7.2 | -5.2 | 565,773 | 10.6% | | | | Dayton, OH | 76.6 | 73.0 | 66.4 | -3.6 | -10.2 | -6.6 | 841,502 | 14.8% | | | | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 74.4 | 72.1 | 66.4 | -2.4 | -8.0 | -5.7 | 1,756,241 | 14.8% | | | | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 70.3 | 69.1 | 65.8 | -1.2 | -4.5 | -3.3 | 1,128,047 | 28.1% | | | | Pittsburgh, PA | 70.8 | 68.9 | 65.8 | -1.9 | -5.1 | -3.2 | 2,356,285 | 8.3% | | | | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 74.3 | 71.1 | 65.7 | -3.2 | -8.6 | -5.4 | 549,475 | 9.8% | | | | Baltimore-Towson, MD | 71.4 | 68.2 | 65.4 | -3.2 | -5.9 | -2.8 | 2,710,489 | 28.4% | | | | Toledo, OH | 74.4 | 71.2 | 65.3 | -3.3 | -9.1 | -5.8 | 651,429 | 13.2% | | | | Rochester, NY | 67.4 | 67.9 | 65.3 | 0.5 | -2.0 | -2.5 | 1,054,323 | 11.0% | | | | Springfield, MA | 68.5 | 67.2 | 65.3 | -1.4 | -3.3 | -1.9 | 692,942 | 5.8% | | | | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | 71.4 | 69.2 | 64.8 | -2.3 | -6.6 | -4.3 | 5,564,635 | 19.7% | | | | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 69.3 | 66.4 | 64.8 | -2.8 | -4.5 | -1.7 | 1,212,381 | 10.1% | | | | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 72.3 | 69.3 | 64.6 | -3.0 | -7.7 | -4.8 | 528,143 | 13.8% | | | | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 72.7 | 66.7 | 64.3 | -6.0 | -8.4 | -2.4 | 774,160 | 7.8% | | | | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 68.5 | 67.6 | 64.0 | -0.9 | -4.5 | -3.5 | 4,552,402 | 6.6% | | | | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 68.3 | 69.2 | 63.9 | 0.9 | -4.4 | -5.3 | 1,167,764 | 33.6% | | | | New Haven-Milford, CT | 68.1 | 66.7 | 63.7 | -1.3 | -4.3 | -3.0 | 862,477 | 11.8% | | | | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 65.5 | 65.8 | 62.6 | 0.4 | -2.8 | -3.2 | 1,316,100 | 45.5% | | | | Denver-Aurora, CO | 64.8 | 64.2 | 62.6 | -0.5 | -2.2 | -1.6 | 2,487,593 | 5.4% | | | | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 65.5 | 63.8 | 62.3 | -1.7 | -3.2 | -1.5 | 5,582,170 | 25.2% | | | | Columbus, OH | 67.6 | 63.4 | 62.2 | -4.2 | -5.5 | -1.2 | 1,836,536 | 14.7% | | | | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 67.0 | 65.7 | 62.0 | -1.3 | -5.0 | -3.7 | 4,335,391 | 8.1% | | | | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 76.8 | 69.4 | 61.6 | -7.5 | -15.3 | -7.8 | 618,754 | 7.7% | | | | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 65.5 | 65.7 | 61.4 | 0.1 | -4.1 | -4.2 | 5,946,800 | 16.8% | | | | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 61.6 | 62.4 | 61.3 | 0.8 | -0.2 | -1.0 | 870,716 | 7.2% | | | | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 71.4 | 67.3 | 61.3 | -4.1 | -10.1 | -6.0 | 865,350 | 7.7% | | | | Kansas City, MO-KS | 72.9 | 70.9 | 61.2 | -2.0 | -11.7 | -9.7 | 2,035,334 | 12.3% | | | | Akron, OH | 69.0 | 66.0 | 59.7 | -2.9 | -9.2 | -6.3 | 703,200 | 11.9% | | | | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 66.3 | 64.3 | 59.0 | -2.0 | -7.2 | -5.3 | 5,268,860 | 31.9% | | | | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 61.1 | 61.3 | 58.8 | 0.3 | -2.3 | -2.5 | 699,757 | 22.1% | | | | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 68.7 | 63.8 | 58.1 | -4.9 | -10.6 | -5.7 | 1,283,566 | 13.5% | | | | Wichita, KS | 64.2 | 60.5 | 58.0 | -3.7 | -6.2 | -2.5 | 623,061 | 7.5% | | | | Baton Rouge, LA | 59.6 | 60.2 | 57.5 | 0.7 | -2.1 | -2.7 | 802,484 | 35.5% | | | | Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA | 55.7 | 57.9 | 56.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | -1.0 | 2,149,127 | 7.0% | | | | Tulsa, OK | 61.4 | 58.3 | 56.6 | -3.1 | -4.8 | -1.7 | 937,478 | 8.3% | | | | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 62.8 | 59.8 | 56.6 | -3.1 | -6.2 | -3.2 | 6,371,773 | 14.8% | | | | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 60.7 | 58.1 | 56.2 | -2.6 | -4.4 | -1.9 | 1,589,934 | 15.1% | | | | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 69.7 | 64.6 | 56.2 | -5.1 | -13.5 | -8.3 | 2,783,243 | 11.2% | | | | Jackson, MS | 62.4 | 57.5 | 56.0 | -5.0 | -6.5 | -1.5 | 539,057 | 47.5% | | | | Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 74.6 | 67.4 | 55.2 | -7.1 | -19.4 | -12.3 | 702,281 | 6.3% | | | | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 54.3 | 53.8 | 54.7 | -0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 723,801 | 25.2% | | | | Knoxville, TN | 60.8 | 57.2 | 54.1 | -3.6 | -6.7 | -3.1 | 698,030 | 6.3% | | | | Lancaster, PA | 62.9 | 60.4 | 54.0 | -2.5 | -8.9 | -6.3 | 519,445 | 3.1% | | | | Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 54.7 | 54.2 | 53.8 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.4 | 1,758,038 | 23.6% | | | | Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA | 60.5 | 57.2 | 53.5 | -3.2 | -7.0 | -3.8 | 1,600,852 | 4.2% | | | | Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | 65.4 | 59.7 | 53.2 | -5.7 | -12.3 | -6.5 | 563,631 | 2.6% | | | | Jacksonville, FL | 57.5 | 53.9 | 53.1 | -3.6 | -4.4 | -0.8 | 1,345,596 | 21.3% | | | | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 62.3 | 60.1 | 52.9 | -2.3 | -9.4 | -7.2 | 3,279,833 | 7.3% | | | | Worcester, MA | 51.4 | 52.6 | 52.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 798,552 | 3.6% | | | | Bakersfield, CA | 55.8 | 52.0 | 52.6 | -3.8 | -3.2 | 0.6 | 839,631 | 5.4% | | | | Richmond, VA | 55.7 | 53.6 | 52.4 | -2.0 | -3.2 | -1.2 | 1,258,251 | 29.5% | | | | Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 41.6 | 42.6 | 52.2 | 1.0 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 514,098 | 1.5% | | | | Fresno, CA | 52.5 | 53.1 | 51.7 | 0.6 | -0.8 | -1.4 | 930,450 | 4.8% | | | | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 65.2 | 58.6 | 51.6 | -6.7 | -13.7 | -7.0 | 569,633 | 4.7% | | | | Oklahoma City, OK | 60.2 | 55.3 | 51.4 | -4.8 | -8.8 | -4.0 | 1,252,987 | 10.2% | | | | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 58.1 | 55.5 | 51.2 | -2.6 | -6.9 | -4.3 | 3,095,313 | 4.7% | | | | Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 59.1 | 55.9 | 50.7 | -3.2 | -8.4 | -5.2 | 2,134,411 | 15.0% | | | | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 54.1 | 52.1 | 50.1 | -1.9 | -4.0 | -2.1 | 1,716,289 | 7.0% | | | | Madison, WI | 52.1 | 49.9 | 49.6 | -2.2 | -2.6 | -0.3 | 568,593 | 4.5% | | | | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 56.5 | 52.4 | 49.1 | -4.1 | -7.4 | -3.3 | 3,439,809 | 5.4% | | | | San Antonio, TX | 56.1 | 52.8 | 49.0 | -3.3 | -7.1 | -3.8 | 2,142,508 | 6.1% | | | | Columbia, SC | 50.4 | 48.1 | 48.8 | -2.3 | -1.6 | 0.7 | 767,598 | 32.9% | | | | Durham, NC | 45.7 | 46.7 | 48.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 504,357 | 26.7% | | | | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 48.8 | 46.5 | 47.8 | -2.2 | -1.0 | 1.2 | 1,671,683 | 30.6% | | | | Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 54.8 | 52.7 | 47.7 | -2.1 | -7.1 | -5.0 | 670,301 | 9.1% | | | | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 53.6 | 51.7 | 47.2 | -1.9 | -6.4 | -4.5 | 821,173 | 4.3% | | | | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 52.6 | 48.9 | 47.2 | -3.7 | -5.4 | -1.8 | 543,376 | 9.7% | | | | Stockton, CA | 59.9 | 55.1 | 46.9 | -4.8 | -13.0 | -8.2 | 685,306 | 7.1% | | | | Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 63.2 | 51.8 | 46.0 | -11.4 | -17.2 | -5.9 | 2,226,009 | 2.7% | | | | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 43.8 | 46.8 | 45.7 | 3.1 | 1.9 | -1.1 | 4,224,851 | 7.1% | | | | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 43.9 | 44.2 | 45.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 556,877 | 34.9% | | | | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 56.5 | 52.3 | 43.9 | -4.2 | -12.6 | -8.4 | 602,095 | 14.2% | | | | Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 50.6 | 46.3 | 43.6 | -4.3 | -7.0 | -2.6 | 636,986 | 16.5% | | | | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 50.1 | 45.1 | 43.6 | -5.0 | -6.4 | -1.5 | 4,192,887 | 4.6% | | | | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 41.9 | 40.8 | 42.1 | -1.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1,130,490 | 19.8% | | | | Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC | 47.4 | 44.2 | 41.5 | -3.2 | -5.9 | -2.7 | 664,607 | 27.4% | | | | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 43.2 | 41.6 | 40.9 | -1.7 | -2.4 | -0.7 | 1,836,911 | 2.3% | | | | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 33.9 | 48.8 | 40.7 | 14.8 | 6.8 | -8.1 | 774,769 | 0.4% | | | | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 47.8 | 48.9 | 39.9 | 1.1 | -7.9 | -9.0 | 823,318 | 1.6% | | | | Colorado Springs, CO | 44.6 | 43.3 | 39.3 | -1.3 | -5.3 | -4.0 | 645,613 | 5.6% | | | | Salt Lake City, UT | 44.0 | 38.1 | 39.3 | -5.9 | -4.8 | 1.2 | 1,124,197 | 1.3% | | | | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 49.0 | 40.4 | 37.6 | -8.7 | -11.5 | -2.8 | 1,951,269 | 10.0% | | | | Honolulu, HI | 43.4 | 41.4 | 36.9 | -2.0 | -6.4 | -4.5 | 953,207 | 1.9% | | | | Tucson, AZ | 41.7 | 39.8 | 36.9 | -2.0 | -4.8 | -2.9 | 980,263 | 3.2% | | | | Modesto, CA | 36.6 | 34.5 | 32.7 | -2.1 | -3.9 | -1.8 | 514,453 | 2.5% | | | | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 49.8 | 42.0 | 32.0 | -7.8 | -17.9 | -10.0 | 547,184 | 1.1% | | | | Albuquerque, NM | 38.0 | 32.0 | 30.9 | -6.0 | -7.1 | -1.1 | 887,077 | 2.2% | | | | El Paso, TX | 37.5 | 36.2 | 30.7 | -1.3 | -6.8 | -5.5 | 800,647 | 2.6% | | | | Boise City-Nampa, ID | 31.6 | 26.8 | 30.2 | -4.8 | -1.4 | 3.4 | 616,561 | 0.8% | | | | Provo-Orem, UT | 38.6 | 29.4 | 21.9 | -9.2 | -16.7 | -7.5 | 526,810 | 0.5% | | | | | | | | 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