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By The Associated PressNovember 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
is this a good thing or a bad thing?
-- Anonymous, November 28, 2002