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SEGREGATION: DISSIMILARITY INDICES

Michigan Cities Ranked by White/Black Dissimilarity Index
Rank City Black Population White Population Total Population Dissimilarity Index
1. Flint city 66,231 50,020 124,943 76.8
2. Saginaw city 26,440 26,372 61,799 76.4
3. Taylor city 5,721 55,338 65,868 69.9
4. Dearborn Heights city 1,224 52,032 58,264 64.2
5. Detroit city 771,966 99,921 951,270 63.3
6. Southgate city* 624 27,382 30,136 61.7
7. Allen Park city* 211 27,174 29,376 61.5
8. Madison Heights city* 559 27,516 31,101 59.7
9. Grand Rapids city 39,401 123,537 197,800 58.6
10. Oak Park city 13,622 13,813 29,793 58.0
11. Roseville city 1,247 44,477 48,129 56.9
12. Lincoln Park city* 810 35,701 40,008 56.9
13. Warren city 3,676 124,936 138,247 56.8
14. St. Clair Shores city* 434 60,544 63,096 54.8
15. Jackson city 7,069 26,204 36,316 54.8
16. Battle Creek city 9,440 38,761 53,364 53.3
17. Wyandotte city* 144 26,421 28,006 52.8
18. Dearborn city 1,225 82,893 97,775 52.6
19. Inkster city 20,267 7,379 30,115 51.6
20. Kalamazoo city 15,757 53,589 77,145 51.3
21. Burton city 1,073 27,538 30,308 49.3
22. Pontiac city 31,416 22,875 66,337 48.8
23. Westland city 5,823 74,116 86,602 48.4
24. Eastpointe city 1,594 31,094 34,077 47.2
25. Bay City city* 972 32,333 36,817 47.0
26. Muskegon city 12,582 23,231 40,105 46.7
27. Livonia city* 945 94,651 100,545 45.2
28. Port Huron city 2,451 27,326 32,338 43.6
29. Royal Oak city* 910 56,421 60,062 43.1
30. Ann Arbor city 9,906 82,975 114,024 38.7
31. Lansing city 25,498 73,105 119,128 38.1
32. East Lansing city 3,410 36,919 46,525 38.1
33. Holland city* 819 24,543 35,048 37.9
34. Sterling Heights city 1,602 111,743 124,471 36.7
35. Southfield city 42,259 30,025 78,296 36.5
36. Portage city 1,649 40,220 44,897 34.9
37. Wyoming city 3,205 55,801 69,368 34.8
38. Rochester Hills city 1,650 59,917 68,825 32.6
39. Kentwood city 4,040 35,740 45,255 32.1
40. Midland city* 749 38,416 41,685 31.9
41. Garden City city* 330 28,438 30,047 31.2
42. Mount Pleasant city* 946 22,822 25,946 26.6
43. Farmington Hills city 5,681 67,250 82,111 26.5
44. Novi city* 899 40,777 47,386 26.2
45. Troy city 1,678 65,809 80,959 22.5

* 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).

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