Segregation of Elementary Students in Metropolitan Regions, 1999-2000, (Index of Dissimilarity)
[1989 rank in red]

RankArea Name white/black white/hispanic white/asian black/hispanic black/asian hispanic/asian
1Reading, PA MSA 68.8( 47)79.9( 9)42.3(221)41.1(264)54.2(131)62.8( 54)
2Bridgeport, CT PMSA 80.6( 8)79.3( 3)37.8(159)25.9(294)56.9(132)55.6(186)
3Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA 52.3(194)78.0( 6)44.2(180)46.3(209)52.3(194)64.5( 34)
4Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 64.3( 54)75.5( 20)60.2( 21)32.1(265)42.0(263)44.0(248)
5Lowell, MA-NH PMSA 53.9(204)74.5( 31)63.9( 19)33.5(249)36.0(256)44.3(174)
6Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 81.2( 20)74.1( 17)49.1(147)77.8( 64)78.3( 47)76.4( 50)
7Hartford, CT MSA 70.4( 42)74.1( 5)35.6(250)50.2(145)58.4(125)65.4( 33)
8Newark, NJ PMSA 82.3( 4)72.6( 7)42.5(238)64.6( 74)78.1( 12)67.1( 17)
9New York, NY PMSA 80.6( 13)72.3( 24)58.0( 99)54.7(152)75.9( 33)60.8(109)
10Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 74.8( 24)71.9( 11)48.6(151)62.6( 61)68.0( 43)67.5( 22)
11Boston, MA-NH PMSA 70.7( 39)71.5( 29)54.5( 77)48.8(206)55.8(144)59.8( 93)
12Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 76.1( 29)71.4( 18)48.6( 92)57.5( 79)73.5( 26)69.5( 23)
13Chicago, IL PMSA 83.9( 7)71.2( 19)48.7(134)77.4( 14)84.4( 8)69.6( 32)
14Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA 57.0(125)71.0( 15)42.7(262)26.4(283)47.6(203)59.7( 42)
15Springfield, MA MSA 74.2( 55)70.4( 33)44.3(191)34.2(186)55.5( 82)55.2( 67)
16Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 84.0( 6)70.1( 12)44.0(212)47.5(182)79.2( 20)67.1( 21)
17Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 66.8( 48)69.3( 44)52.2(133)55.9(105)66.2( 80)61.2(141)
18Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 78.2( 44)69.2( 46)50.2(132)70.5( 72)55.7(114)63.8(133)
19Orange County, CA PMSA 42.6(233)69.1( 66)44.5(243)48.9(179)41.1(251)55.7(197)
20Brockton, MA PMSA 70.4(111)69.0( 37)52.1(144)24.2(311)39.0(299)43.0(265)
21Lancaster, PA MSA 65.5( 72)68.7( 26)40.9(253)17.4(327)56.7(140)57.1( 71)
22Wheeling, WV-OH MSA 57.1(172)68.5( 1)59.5( 36)73.9( 1)66.5( 59)56.6( 1)
23Rochester, NY MSA 75.8( 34)68.1( 34)44.0(188)30.0(258)67.2( 98)60.9( 91)
24New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA 72.1( 27)67.5( 21)33.8(288)46.1(136)59.5( 61)62.3( 27)
25Utica-Rome, NY MSA 68.0( 41)67.5( 35)52.8(102)26.7(279)47.0(174)42.7(194)
26Waterbury, CT PMSA 66.2( 95)67.2( 48)30.6(292)23.0(288)48.4( 90)46.5( 78)
27Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA 73.6( 28)67.0( 28)53.5( 75)49.3(123)82.0( 27)77.4( 25)
28Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA 76.0( 19)66.2( 59)53.1( 44)83.4( 3)72.9( 14)75.2( 11)
29Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA 65.4( 50)66.1( 10)63.0( 49)57.2( 9)64.7( 60)74.5( 77)
30York, PA MSA 73.6( 14)65.9( 36)44.7(266)17.5(312)63.9( 81)61.2(123)
31Florence, AL MSA 51.4(218)65.5( 69)53.3( 14)73.0(167)51.1(158)76.8( 26)
32Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA 75.8( 69)65.3(175)67.2( 9)53.1(169)61.9(142)40.4(218)
33Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA 76.2( 12)65.1( 30)43.3(211)49.1(225)63.9( 75)57.0(130)
34Houston, TX PMSA 70.2( 92)65.0( 84)53.8(105)52.8(112)62.1(120)62.9( 89)
35Tyler, TX MSA 52.9(166)64.9( 41)36.4( 98)40.0(173)59.7( 70)68.6( 5)
36Erie, PA MSA 72.8( 32)64.7( 39)48.8(244)24.3(315)61.3( 68)49.1( 86)
37Danbury, CT PMSA 64.8(100)64.5( 95)42.4(182)16.8(321)31.1(302)29.3(326)
38Athens, GA MSA 60.9(176)64.4(199)58.9( 43)40.9(200)38.4(262)60.5(315)
39Worcester, MA-CT PMSA 58.7(132)63.0( 65)53.4(114)25.5(261)37.0(252)46.6(159)
40Charleston, WV MSA 65.9( 77)62.7( 22)59.2( 29)68.2( 12)70.1(100)61.1( 9)
41San Francisco, CA PMSA 71.6( 45)62.4( 82)64.2( 28)49.5(217)49.3(255)51.0(223)
42Jamestown, NY MSA 55.7(164)62.1( 52)37.9(206)34.3(286)58.6(200)66.2(102)
43Green Bay, WI MSA 46.5(206)62.0(196)59.5( 34)39.0(187)34.8(204)42.0(286)
44Salinas, CA MSA 50.1(154)61.8(116)41.6(229)64.1( 49)30.4(322)57.7(122)
45Gadsden, AL MSA 75.1( 23)61.7( 43)62.6( 22)68.4( 59)78.2( 25)77.3( 46)
46Trenton, NJ PMSA 73.6( 21)61.7( 27)39.2(294)53.4(146)79.6( 23)66.3( 19)
47Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA 62.7( 87)61.7( 47)41.4(234)45.3(160)56.5(127)63.4( 53)
48Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA 70.1( 59)61.5( 72)45.6(186)36.2(150)57.4(109)55.0( 81)
49Dallas, TX PMSA 62.1( 97)61.4( 88)50.8(131)53.3(125)65.7( 63)64.0( 84)
50Tallahassee, FL MSA 59.9(144)61.2(