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SEGREGATION: NEIGHBORHOOD EXPOSURE BY RACE

Unless there is complete integration, the average racial composition of neighborhoods where whites live differs from the average racial composition of neighborhoods lived in by blacks, by Hispanics, or by other groups. To examine this, we calculate the average racial composition of neighborhoods experienced by members of each racial group. These are sometimes referred to as "exposure indices". This is because they show the exposure a given race group experiences with members of their own and each other race (percentaged to 100) in an average neighborhood of the city (or metropolitan area) being examined. In the table below, the first five columns represent the average racial composition of the neighborhood of a person of a given race. The rightmost column shows the racial composition of the metro area or city as a whole.

Exposure Indices for Race & Ethnic Groups
American Native
White* Black* Indian* Asian* Hawaiian* Other* Mixed* Hispanic Total
White* 77.9% 12.5% 0.2% 3.2% 0.0% 0.2% 1.1% 4.9% 100.0%
Black* 26.0% 64.4% 0.2% 2.3% 0.0% 0.2% 1.4% 5.6% 100.0%
Asian* 57.8% 20.2% 0.2% 9.5% 0.1% 0.3% 1.7% 10.3% 100.0%
American Indian* 62.3% 25.8% 0.4% 3.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.3% 6.9% 100.0%
Hispanic 45.2% 24.4% 0.2% 5.2% 0.1% 0.3% 1.6% 23.2% 100.0%
Total Metro Population 59.8% 28.7% 0.2% 3.3% 0.0% 0.2% 1.3% 6.5% 100.0%

* Non-Hispanic only.

Exposure Indices for Selected Multiracial Combinations
Native Native
White* Black* Indian* Asian* Hawaiian* Other* Mixed* Hispanic Total
White/Black* 50.9% 35.7% 0.2% 3.4% 0.0% 0.2% 1.7% 7.8% 100.0%
White/American Indian* 72.5% 16.8% 0.2% 2.8% 0.0% 0.2% 1.6% 6.0% 100.0%
White/Asian* 67.8% 17.2% 0.2% 5.5% 0.0% 0.2% 1.9% 7.2% 100.0%
Total Metro Population 59.8% 28.7% 0.2% 3.3% 0.0% 0.2% 1.3% 6.5% 100.0%

* Non-Hispanic only.

Source: William H. Frey and Dowell Myers' analysis of Census 2000; and the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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