INSTITUTE INDEX: Segregation forever?
Over the past five years, percent of the 100 largest U.S. metro areas where racial segregation increased: 25
Percent of those same metro areas where segregation increased for Hispanics: 50
Percent of U.S. whites who live in predominantly white neighborhoods today: 79
That figure in 2000: 81 percent
Percent of U.S. blacks who live in predominantly black neighborhoods today: 44
That figure in 2000: 49 percent
Percent of U.S. Hispanics who lived in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods today: 45
That figure in 2000: 44 percent
Number of years since America's neighborhoods were as integrated as they are today: 100
Of the three most segregated metro areas, number in the South: 0
Of the four least segregated metro areas, number in the South: 3
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Percent of those same metro areas where segregation increased for Hispanics: 50
Percent of U.S. whites who live in predominantly white neighborhoods today: 79
That figure in 2000: 81 percent
Percent of U.S. blacks who live in predominantly black neighborhoods today: 44
That figure in 2000: 49 percent
Percent of U.S. Hispanics who lived in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods today: 45
That figure in 2000: 44 percent
Number of years since America's neighborhoods were as integrated as they are today: 100
Of the three most segregated metro areas, number in the South: 0
Of the four least segregated metro areas, number in the South: 3
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Sue Sturgis
Sue is the editorial director of Facing South and the Institute for Southern Studies.