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Table 6-5


Table 6-5. Percent Change in Residential Segregation Indexes for Hispanics or Lationos in Large Metropolitan Areas: 1980-2000
  Dissimilarity Index Isolation Index Delta Index
1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-2000
MSA /PMSA Name Percent Change Percent Change Percent Change Rank Percent Change Percent Change Percent Change Rank Percent Change Percent Change Percent Change Rank
Atlanta, GA MSA 16.7% 46.5% 71.0% 1 39.8% 236.2% 370.1% 2 2.3% 0.8% 3.2% 6
Baltimore, MD PMSA -7.5% 18.7% 9.8% 21 -26.8% 65.7% 21.2% 33 -0.2% 2.4% 2.1% 8
Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA -3.5% -1.7% -5.2% 33 20.0% 11.2% 33.3% 24 -1.2% -1.8% -3.0% 27
Boston, MA-NH PMSA -1.0% 7.3% 6.2% 23 20.7% 24.9% 50.8% 18 0.6% 1.9% 2.6% 7
Chicago, IL PMSA -2.6% -1.2% -3.8% 30 11.4% 13.0% 25.9% 30 1.3% -3.6% -2.3% 24
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 27 13.3% 19.3% 35.1% 22 -0.6% -1.6% -2.2% 23
Dallas, TX PMSA 2.7% 7.8% 10.7% 17 30.7% 34.4% 75.7% 13 0.9% -1.4% -0.5% 19
Denver, CO PMSA -4.7% 7.6% 2.5% 25 4.8% 28.3% 34.5% 23 -1.5% -1.5% -3.0% 26
Detroit, MI PMSA -3.8% 14.6% 10.3% 19 22.4% 90.9% 133.6% 9 -3.2% -1.0% -4.1% 30
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA -1.2% 19.5% 18.1% 12 76.3% 117.5% 283.4% 3 55.7% 1.2% 57.5% 1
Hartford, CT MSA -0.6% -3.8% -4.4% 32 15.9% 0.6% 16.7% 35 -1.5% -3.9% -5.3% 35
Houston, TX PMSA -1.0% 11.6% 10.5% 18 16.0% 25.4% 45.4% 20 -2.2% -3.1% -5.2% 34
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA -2.5% 15.4% 12.5% 15 4.6% 69.3% 77.1% 12 2.5% -1.1% 1.4% 10
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 6.6% 3.3% 10.2% 20 18.7% 9.2% 29.6% 27 -0.9% -0.2% -1.1% 21
Miami, FL PMSA -4.2% -12.7% -16.4% 36 17.4% 7.8% 26.6% 28 -1.3% -2.3% -3.6% 29
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 2.4% 5.6% 8.2% 22 39.7% 49.0% 108.2% 10 0.1% -1.0% -0.9% 20
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA -2.5% 31.0% 27.8% 9 14.0% 178.6% 217.6% 7 1.4% -0.9% 0.5% 15
Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 13.8% 10.9% 26.2% 10 65.0% 53.7% 153.5% 8 3.1% 1.7% 4.9% 5
New Orleans, LA MSA 18.3% 14.2% 35.1% 6 18.3% 18.9% 40.7% 21 1.3% 0.0% 1.3% 11
New York, NY PMSA 0.7% 1.6% 2.3% 26 10.1% 6.5% 17.2% 34 -2.5% -1.9% -4.3% 31
Newark, NJ PMSA 0.0% -2.9% -2.9% 29 17.9% 11.0% 30.8% 26 -2.4% -2.2% -4.5% 32
Oakland, CA PMSA 6.4% 20.8% 28.5% 8 33.2% 46.0% 94.5% 11 -0.9% -0.2% -1.1% 22
Orange County, CA PMSA 17.4% 10.4% 29.6% 7 43.0% 22.1% 74.5% 14 1.4% -0.6% 0.8% 14
Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA -0.8% -3.6% -4.4% 31 21.3% 0.7% 22.2% 32 -2.2% -1.1% -3.2% 28
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA -6.8% 7.2% -0.1% 28 3.6% 26.6% 31.1% 25 -0.2% 1.0% 0.9% 13
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 23.2% 33.6% 64.7% 2 113.0% 143.1% 417.9% 1 1.2% 8.7% 10.0% 2
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 23.5% 10.1% 36.0% 5 148.4% 51.4% 276.1% 4 5.9% 2.6% 8.7% 3
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA -6.0% 18.5% 11.4% 16 19.5% 35.2% 61.5% 15 -1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 16
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA -13.2% 19.6% 3.7% 24 -36.6% 94.7% 23.5% 31 -2.0% -1.0% -2.9% 25
San Antonio, TX MSA -7.0% -5.1% -11.8% 35 -1.5% 2.4% 0.8% 36 -0.9% -4.3% -5.2% 33
San Diego, CA MSA 8.3% 11.8% 21.0% 11 26.5% 24.4% 57.4% 17 -0.3% 1.9% 1.6% 9
San Francisco, CA PMSA 9.4% 7.3% 17.4% 13 32.9% 20.8% 60.5% 16 0.0% -0.4% -0.5% 18
San Jose, CA PMSA 5.9% 7.2% 13.5% 14 24.4% 21.0% 50.6% 19 5.0% 1.8% 6.9% 4
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA 8.0% 46.3% 58.0% 3 49.3% 138.0% 255.4% 5 -0.2% 0.1% -0.1% 17
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA -9.1% -1.9% -10.8% 34 -2.2% 29.2% 26.3% 29 -6.7% -0.1% -6.8% 36
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 31.3% 13.3% 48.8% 4 129.2% 52.1% 248.7% 6 2.2% -0.9% 1.2% 12
  Absolute Centralization Index Spatial Proximity Index Rank of
Change
Ranks
Averaged		  
1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-2000 1980-1990 1990-2000 1980-2000
MSA /PMSA Name Percent Change Percent Change Percent Change Rank Percent Change Percent Change Percent Change Rank
Atlanta, GA MSA 0.4% -4.6% -4.2% 16 1.0% 8.6% 9.8% 12 2
Baltimore, MD PMSA 1.5% -4.3% -2.8% 13 0.1% 0.5% 0.5% 33 22
Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA -3.4% -3.7% -6.9% 23 6.9% 3.8% 11.0% 9 26
Boston, MA-NH PMSA -2.1% 0.4% -1.6% 12 3.0% 4.6% 7.7% 17 15
Chicago, IL PMSA 2.0% -6.4% -4.5% 17 7.6% -0.2% 7.4% 19 28
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 0.7% -0.7% 0.0% 9 3.0% 2.8% 5.9% 23 21
Dallas, TX PMSA 2.9% -1.8% 1.0% 7 4.7% 7.2% 12.3% 6 7
Denver, CO PMSA -1.9% -1.8% -3.6% 15 1.5% 4.5% 6.0% 22 24
Detroit, MI PMSA -4.1% -3.8% -7.7% 25 1.5% 10.0% 11.6% 7 19
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 167.4% -13.2% 132.2% 1 0.7% 5.4% 6.1% 21 3
Hartford, CT MSA -1.9% -7.2% -8.9% 29 9.7% 0.6% 10.3% 11 33
Houston, TX PMSA -4.5% -4.0% -8.3% 27 0.9% 6.4% 7.4% 20 27
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 0.9% 0.6% 1.6% 6 0.3% 4.6% 4.9% 26 10
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA -4.0% -5.1% -8.9% 28 2.6% -2.1% 0.4% 34 31
Miami, FL PMSA -4.1% -5.8% -9.7% 31 -3.1% -8.6% -11.5% 36 34
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA -0.6% -4.8% -5.4% 20 6.6% 16.6% 24.3% 1 12
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 0.5% -0.3% 0.2% 8 0.3% 4.7% 5.1% 25 8
Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA -4.1% -5.1% -9.0% 30 3.0% 5.6% 8.8% 15 9
New Orleans, LA MSA 0.5% -2.1% -1.6% 11 0.2% 0.7% 0.9% 31 16
New York, NY PMSA -2.4% -0.6% -3.0% 14 4.4% 3.8% 8.3% 16 29
Newark, NJ PMSA -5.7% -4.6% -10.1% 32 10.6% 5.8% 17.0% 4 30
Oakland, CA PMSA -2.3% -14.3% -16.2% 34 3.2% 7.8% 11.2% 8 18
Orange County, CA PMSA -7.4% -10.3% -17.0% 36 13.2% 4.3% 18.1% 3 14
Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA -0.9% -4.1% -5.0% 19 9.0% 5.8% 15.4% 5 25
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 3.8% 1.4% 5.2% 3 0.8% 4.5% 5.3% 24 20
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA -1.2% 5.1% 3.8% 5 1.1% 2.5% 3.6% 28 3
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 14.7% -1.0% 13.6% 2 8.7% 13.3% 23.1% 2 1
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 3.4% 0.7% 4.1% 4 0.8% 6.8% 7.6% 18 10
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA -3.6% -2.5% -6.0% 21 0.0% 0.7% 0.7% 32 32
San Antonio, TX MSA -2.0% -5.0% -6.9% 24 -2.5% -0.3% -2.9% 35 36
San Diego, CA MSA -3.3% -3.2% -6.4% 22 4.9% 4.0% 9.1% 14 12
San Francisco, CA PMSA -4.5% -6.4% -10.6% 33 2.0% 1.0% 3.0% 29 23
San Jose, CA PMSA 0.4% -1.2% -0.8% 10 4.5% 4.7% 9.4% 13 6
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA -5.3% -2.9% -8.0% 26 0.3% 1.7% 2.0% 30 17
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA -13.0% -4.2% -16.6% 35 2.6% 2.1% 4.8% 27 35
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA -0.5% -4.3% -4.8% 18 5.4% 5.3% 11.0% 10 5
Note: Includes 36 Metropolitan Areas with 3% or 20,000 or more Hispanics or Latinos and 1,000,000 or more total population in 1980. Higher values indicate more segregation; the reference group is non-Hispanic Whites.
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: September 30, 2011