A Research Note on Trends in Black Hypersegregation

In this note, we use a consistently defined set of metropolitan areas to study patterns and trends in black hypersegregation from 1970 to 2010. Over this 40-year period, 52 metropolitan areas were characterized by hypersegregation at one point or another, although not all at the same time. Over the...

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Published in:Demography 2015-06, Vol.52 (3), p.1025-1034
Main Authors: Massey, Douglas S., Tannen, Jonathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Censuses
Demography
Geography
Humans
INEQUALITY
Medicine/Public Health
Metropolitan areas
Neighborhoods
Population Economics
Race relations
Racism - statistics & numerical data
Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data
Segregation
Social Sciences
Sociology
Studies
Trends
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
White people
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Summary:In this note, we use a consistently defined set of metropolitan areas to study patterns and trends in black hypersegregation from 1970 to 2010. Over this 40-year period, 52 metropolitan areas were characterized by hypersegregation at one point or another, although not all at the same time. Over the period, the number of hypersegregated metropolitan areas declined by about one-half, but the degree of segregation within those areas characterized by hypersegregation changed very little. As of 2010, roughly one-third of all black metropolitan residents lived in a hypersegregated area.
ISSN:0070-3370
1533-7790
DOI:10.1007/s13524-015-0381-6