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SEGREGATION: DISSIMILARITY INDICES
The dissimilarity index measures the relative separation or integration of groups across all neighborhoods of a city or metropolitan area. If a city's white-black dissimilarity index were 65, that would mean that 65% of white people would need to move to another neighborhood to make whites and blacks evenly distributed across all neighborhoods.
Dissimilarity Indices
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Dissimilarity Index |
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Percent of |
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With Whites* |
Population** |
Total Population |
White* |
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2,460,740 |
59.84% |
Black* |
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68.8 |
1,178,872 |
28.67% |
American Indian* |
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42.2 |
7,739 |
0.19% |
Asian* |
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50.4 |
134,973 |
3.28% |
Native Hawaiian* |
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74.8 |
1,328 |
0.03% |
Other* |
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54.8 |
7,771 |
0.19% |
Two or More Races* |
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39.2 |
51,924 |
1.26% |
White/Black* |
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50.3 |
9,215 |
0.22% |
White/American Indian* |
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38.2 |
8,223 |
0.20% |
White/Asian* |
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41.1 |
7,939 |
0.19% |
White/Other* |
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57.8 |
7,030 |
0.17% |
Other Combinations* |
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19,517 |
0.47% |
Hispanic |
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56.8 |
268,851 |
6.54% |
Total Population |
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4,112,198 |
100.00% |
* Non-Hispanic only.
* When a group's population is small, its dissimilarity index may be high even if the group's members are evenly distributed throughout the area. Thus, when a group's population is less than 1,000, exercise caution in interpreting its dissimilarity indices.
Source: William H. Frey and Dowell Myers' analysis of Census 2000; and the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN). Home | About | Help | Contact | Use Policy
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