Geographic Concentration of Affluence and Poverty in 100 Metropolitan Areas, 1990

The geographic concentration of poverty and affluence is examined for the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Concentration of poverty and affluence are uncorrelated, but metropolitan areas can be classified into five types based on six indices of concentration and affluence. The types differ significan...

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Published in:Urban Affairs Quarterly 1996-11, Vol.32 (2), p.186-216
Main Authors: Coulton, Claudia J., Chow, Julian, Wang, Edward C., Su, Marilyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affluence
Classification
Distribution
Economic conditions
Economic geography
Economic inequality
ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC GROUPS
Geographic Distribution
Geographic variations
Geography
Income Inequality
Metropolitan Areas
Poverty
RACE RELATIONS
Racial segregation
Spatial Analysis
U.S.A
United States
Urban Affairs
Urban conditions
URBAN, IN ANY CONTEXT
USA
Wealth
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Summary:The geographic concentration of poverty and affluence is examined for the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Concentration of poverty and affluence are uncorrelated, but metropolitan areas can be classified into five types based on six indices of concentration and affluence. The types differ significantly in their racial and ethnic segregation, the relative advantage of the central city as compared to the suburbs, and the economic inequality in the population. Cities in which both affluence and poverty are highly concentrated differ along all dimensions from cities of the more egalitarian type.
ISSN:1078-0874
0042-0816
1552-8332
DOI:10.1177/107808749603200203