Most Segregated Cities in U.S.

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By The Associated Press

November 27, 2002, 6:32 PM EST

Major metropolitan areas ranked in descending order from most segregated to least segregated, according to 2000 census figures. The areas, which include surrounding suburbs, have at least 1 million residents and at least 20,000 blacks.

1. Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wis.

2. Detroit

3. Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio

4. St. Louis

5. Newark, N.J.

6. Cincinnati

7. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y.

8. New York

9. Chicago

10. Philadelphia

11. Kansas City (Kan. and Mo.)

11. New Orleans [the city itself resembles a checkerboard pattern in many neighborhoods but the surrounding parishes, especially those across the lake, are heavily white. I suspect this is true of many, if not all, of the listed cities.]]

13. Indianapolis

14. Baltimore

15. Miami

16. Rochester, N.Y.

17. Boston

17. Pittsburgh

19. Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif.

20. Denver

20. Houston

22. Columbus, Ohio

23. Washington, D.C.

24. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

25. Bergen-Passaic, N.J.

26. Atlanta

26. Riverside-San Bernadino, Calif.

28. Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash.

29. Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.

30. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

31. Hartford, Conn.

32. Dallas

33. Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y.

34. San Francisco

35. Oakland, Calif.

36. San Antonio

37. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.

38. Providence, R.I.-Fall River-Warwick, Mass.

39. San Diego

40. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.

41. Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va.

42. San Jose, Calif.

43. Orange County, Calif.

-- Anonymous, November 27, 2002

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