The Region : L.A. 4th in Segregation
Residential segregation of blacks and whites in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is among the highest in American cities where there are at least 250,000 black residents, a University of Michigan sociologist has found. Based on data from the 1980 census, the study by Reynolds Farley shows that Detroit and Chicago are the most racially segregated metropolitan areas in the nation, followed by New York and Los Angeles-Long Beach. Based on a ranking where 0 represents random racial distribution and 100 represents total segregation, Detroit scored 88 and the Los Angeles-Long Beach area scored 81. The average was 79.
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