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Table 7-1


Table 7-1. Descriptive Statistics for Residential Segregation Indexes for American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asians and Pacific Islanders, Blacks, and Hispanics: 1980, 1990 and 2000
(Weighted averages)
Index and Race/Ethnicity ALL METROPOLITAN AREAS SELECTED METROPOLITAN AREAS
1980 1990 2000 1980 1990 2000

Dissimilarity Index
American Indians and Alaska Natives 0.373 0.368 0.333 0.414 0.404 0.390
Asians and Pacific Islanders 0.405 0.412 0.411 0.422 0.424 0.433
    Asians
 NA NA 0.416 NA NA 0.437
    Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
 NA NA 0.427 NA NA 0.443
Blacks or African Americans 0.727 0.678 0.640 0.730 0.682 0.645
Hispanics or Latinos 0.502 0.500 0.509 0.511 0.508 0.517

Isolation Index
American Indians and Alaska Natives 0.082 0.102 0.103 0.177 0.188 0.205
Asians and Pacific Islanders 0.233 0.264 0.306 0.292 0.330 0.395
    Asians
 NA NA 0.300 NA NA 0.386
    Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
 NA NA 0.204 NA NA 0.290
Blacks or African Americans 0.655 0.614 0.591 0.662 0.622 0.601
Hispanics or Latinos 0.454 0.508 0.552 0.477 0.531 0.585

Delta Index
American Indians and Alaska Natives 0.695 0.685 0.676 0.673 0.674 0.699
Asians and Pacific Islanders 0.741 0.753 0.743 0.733 0.742 0.735
    Asians
 NA NA 0.747 NA NA 0.739
    Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
 NA NA 0.712 NA NA 0.687
Blacks or African Americans 0.834 0.816 0.793 0.835 0.816 0.793
Hispanics or Latinos 0.774 0.769 0.764 0.778 0.772 0.767

Absolute Centralization Index
American Indians and Alaska Natives 0.622 0.619 0.611 0.627 0.646 0.658
Asians and Pacific Islanders 0.701 0.700 0.683 0.700 0.693 0.672
    Asians
 NA NA 0.687 NA NA 0.678
    Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
 NA NA 0.582 NA NA 0.533
Blacks or African Americans 0.753 0.743 0.722 0.755 0.745 0.724
Hispanics or Latinos 0.725 0.716 0.689 0.731 0.720 0.695

Spatial Proximity Index
American Indians and Alaska Natives 1.197 1.244 1.077 1.376 1.466 1.164
Asians and Pacific Islanders 1.057 1.083 1.096 1.071 1.104 1.124
    Asians
 NA NA 1.098 NA NA 1.127
    Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
 NA NA 1.050 NA NA 1.071
Blacks or African Americans 1.435 1.400 1.374 1.441 1.406 1.381
Hispanics or Latinos 1.200 1.225 1.232 1.210 1.236 1.246
Note: Selected Metropolitan Areas are those with at least 10 tracts and 3 percent or 20,000 or more of the racial/ethnic group in 1980. Higher values indicate more segregation; the reference group is White non-Hispanic. Segregation estimates are weighted by the size of the applicable minority group population.
NA=Not Available
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 1980, 1990, and 2000 Summary File 1.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: October 31, 2011