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SEGREGATION: DISSIMILARITY INDICES

Texas Cities Ranked by White/Black Dissimilarity Index
Rank City Black Population White Population Total Population Dissimilarity Index
1. Houston city 487,851 601,851 1,953,631 75.5
2. Dallas city 304,824 410,777 1,188,580 71.5
3. Weslaco city* 32 3,961 26,935 67.8
4. Tyler city 22,155 46,486 83,650 65.4
5. Port Arthur city 25,118 18,387 57,755 64.0
6. Midland city 7,811 57,603 94,996 63.5
7. Amarillo city 10,067 118,821 173,627 63.0
8. Fort Worth city 106,988 244,966 534,694 62.5
9. Beaumont city 51,928 48,595 113,866 62.2
10. Lubbock city 16,907 122,330 199,564 61.4
11. Longview city 16,126 48,028 73,344 61.2
12. Austin city 64,259 347,554 656,562 60.9
13. Pharr city* 33 4,136 46,660 59.6
14. Texarkana city 12,816 20,220 34,782 59.5
15. Missouri City city 20,149 20,448 52,913 58.4
16. Bryan city 11,520 33,943 65,660 57.5
17. Waco city 25,477 58,096 113,726 57.2
18. Conroe city 4,015 20,060 36,811 55.7
19. Texas City city 11,268 20,804 41,521 55.0
20. Lancaster city 13,654 8,703 25,894 55.0
21. Lufkin city 8,603 17,567 32,709 54.7
22. Nacogdoches city 7,442 18,524 29,914 54.6
23. Socorro city* 30 729 27,152 54.2
24. Wichita Falls city 12,705 71,782 104,197 54.0
25. San Antonio city 74,778 364,357 1,144,646 53.5
26. McKinney city 3,876 38,854 54,369 53.2
27. Deer Park city* 360 23,048 28,520 53.1
28. Odessa city 5,165 46,179 90,943 52.2
29. Galveston city 14,422 25,277 57,247 52.0
30. San Juan city* 29 1,166 26,229 51.4
31. Brownsville city* 276 10,826 139,722 51.2
32. Corpus Christi city 12,404 106,901 277,454 50.8
33. Victoria city 4,453 28,917 60,603 49.5
34. Temple city 8,818 34,176 54,514 49.3
35. Cleburne city 1,130 19,220 26,005 48.6
36. Pasadena city 2,068 66,923 141,674 48.0
37. Big Spring city 1,258 12,210 25,233 47.4
38. San Angelo city 4,013 52,934 88,439 45.0
39. Mission city* 115 8,033 45,408 45.0
40. Paris city 5,729 18,332 25,898 44.5
41. Harlingen city* 425 14,410 57,564 44.2
42. Abilene city 9,947 79,712 115,930 43.9
43. Richardson city 5,586 63,850 91,802 43.7
44. Baytown city 8,726 33,328 66,430 43.5
45. Irving city 19,254 92,445 191,615 42.4
46. Kingsville city 1,045 6,666 25,575 42.3
47. La Porte city 1,941 22,529 31,880 42.0
48. Hurst city 1,447 29,320 36,273 41.9
49. Georgetown city* 932 21,763 28,339 41.2
50. Huntsville city 9,114 19,384 35,078 41.0
51. Denton city 7,255 55,585 80,537 40.6
52. Laredo city* 276 8,891 176,576 39.8
53. El Paso city 15,768 103,422 563,662 39.5
54. College Station city 3,647 51,362 67,890 39.0
55. Arlington city 45,061 198,591 332,969 39.0
56. Haltom City city 1,054 26,306 39,018 38.7
57. Duncanville city 8,837 20,388 36,081 37.7
58. Euless city 2,943 31,468 46,005 37.3
59. Edinburg city* 196 4,772 48,465 36.6
60. New Braunfels city* 468 22,793 36,494 36.2
61. Farmers Branch city* 639 15,360 27,508 35.0
62. Friendswood city* 774 24,548 29,037 34.9
63. Sherman city 3,884 25,485 35,082 34.7
64. Cedar Hill city 10,727 16,317 32,093 33.6
65. Grand Prairie city 16,948 60,118 127,427 33.2
66. McAllen city* 487 17,924 106,414 33.2
67. Sugar Land city 3,242 38,526 63,328 32.7
68. DeSoto city 17,067 16,818 37,646 32.3
69. Mesquite city 16,422 81,388 124,523 32.2
70. Mansfield city 1,214 22,513 28,031 32.2
71. Coppell city 1,161 28,285 35,958 31.6
72. Garland city 25,326 114,985 215,768 31.2
73. Lake Jackson city* 998 20,476 26,386 29.9
74. Grapevine city* 952 34,425 42,059 29.5
75. Del Rio city* 339 5,648 33,867 29.4
76. San Marcos city 1,860 19,165 34,733 28.4
77. Bedford city 1,698 39,338 47,152 28.3
78. Plano city 10,989 161,543 222,030 28.2
79. Keller city* 384 24,809 27,345 26.8
80. Carrollton city 6,713 67,078 109,576 26.7
80. Round Rock city 4,560 40,113 61,136 26.7
82. Pearland city 1,968 27,629 37,640 26.5
83. North Richland Hills city 1,472 46,255 55,635 25.0
84. Frisco city 1,229 27,433 33,714 23.8
85. Allen city 1,889 36,239 43,554 22.4
86. Cedar Park city* 822 20,584 26,049 21.0
87. Lewisville city 5,628 53,706 77,737 20.8
88. League City city 2,297 34,807 45,444 20.4
89. Rowlett city 3,959 34,417 44,503 19.2
90. Killeen city 28,267 34,570 86,911 16.9
91. Flower Mound town 1,461 44,055 50,702 13.3
92. Copperas Cove city 5,875 17,946 29,592 12.4
93. The Colony city 1,358 20,552 26,531 8.0

* 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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