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SEGREGATION: DISSIMILARITY INDICES

Wisconsin Cities Ranked by White/Black Dissimilarity Index
Rank City Black Population White Population Total Population Dissimilarity Index
1. Franklin city 1,489 26,287 29,494 83.0
2. Milwaukee city 220,432 270,989 596,974 71.4
3. Oshkosh city 1,366 57,749 62,916 59.1
4. Fond du Lac city* 767 38,906 42,203 56.5
5. Racine city 16,349 51,962 81,855 55.5
6. Kenosha city 6,810 71,686 90,352 52.8
7. Wausau city* 205 32,802 38,426 49.3
8. Manitowoc city* 191 31,253 34,053 48.4
9. Superior city* 185 25,677 27,368 47.1
10. West Allis city* 778 56,432 61,254 44.0
11. Madison city 11,987 170,509 208,054 43.3
12. Beloit city 5,428 25,732 35,775 40.9
13. Wauwatosa city* 955 43,935 47,271 40.3
14. Appleton city* 677 63,249 70,087 40.1
15. Menomonee Falls village* 474 31,225 32,647 39.7
16. La Crosse city* 775 47,158 51,818 38.7
17. Green Bay city 1,358 85,134 102,313 38.5
18. Waukesha city* 797 56,191 64,825 38.1
19. West Bend city* 89 27,079 28,152 38.1
20. Eau Claire city* 420 57,308 61,704 35.3
21. Janesville city* 726 55,840 59,498 32.5
22. Sheboygan city* 410 43,189 50,792 31.8
23. New Berlin city* 167 36,265 38,220 31.6
24. Greenfield city* 342 32,512 35,476 30.8
25. Oak Creek city* 503 25,514 28,456 30.7
26. Brookfield city* 316 36,051 38,649 21.8

* 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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