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
1Owensboro, KY MSA 58.6(123)43.3( 8)85.5(107)65.0( 44)76.9(139)93.8( 3)
2Baton Rouge, LA MSA 66.6(157)54.9( 4)71.8( 3)64.4( 10)58.3( 89)56.2(172)
3Hattiesburg, MS MSA 61.5(145)49.3( 67)69.2( 20)43.6( 24)73.6( 7)47.9( 16)
4Jonesboro, AR MSA 66.8( 65)43.4( 74)68.8( 72)42.9(151)34.5(107)50.0(104)
5Lafayette, IN MSA 47.8(269)46.7(271)68.0( 17)44.6(227)72.1(119)82.2(100)
6Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA 75.8( 69)65.3(175)67.2( 9)53.1(169)61.9(142)40.4(218)
7Amarillo, TX MSA 59.5(173)54.9(163)67.1( 6)44.5(230)71.8(126)69.0( 51)
8Tuscaloosa, AL MSA 54.8(190)42.2(131)64.7( 32)46.7( 96)57.9(123)62.9(242)
9Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA 47.7(261)34.8(161)64.3( 11)62.1( 42)67.9( 30)66.3(144)
10San Francisco, CA PMSA 71.6( 45)62.4( 82)64.2( 28)49.5(217)49.3(255)51.0(223)
11Lowell, MA-NH PMSA 53.9(204)74.5( 31)63.9( 19)33.5(249)36.0(256)44.3(174)
12Alexandria, LA MSA 47.4(295)44.2( 57)63.2( 2)56.4( 28)58.9( 40)69.3( 35)
13Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA 65.4( 50)66.1( 10)63.0( 49)57.2( 9)64.7( 60)74.5( 77)
14Jackson, TN MSA 38.1(139)59.7( 42)63.0( 46)61.8( 46)52.0( 32)67.4( 14)
15Wausau, WI MSA 47.4(104)39.8(192)62.7( 7)47.9(198)52.7( 38)61.0( 56)
16Lexington, KY MSA 47.3(219)47.4(166)62.6( 53)44.2(113)84.4(149)77.2(164)
17Gadsden, AL MSA 75.1( 23)61.7( 43)62.6( 22)68.4( 59)78.2( 25)77.3( 46)
18State College, PA MSA 45.9(107)49.7( 23)62.1( 5)36.0(308)36.0(293)32.1(322)
19Johnstown, PA MSA 72.0( 15)50.1( 32)61.7( 42)56.1(132)86.6( 1)44.4( 36)
20Decatur, AL MSA 61.5(146)57.9( 61)61.7( 41)56.5(156)47.7(173)64.3(134)
21Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 69.8( 53)54.4(225)61.5(108)49.0(129)42.1(208)49.0(270)
22New Orleans, LA MSA 71.3( 73)55.2( 86)61.0( 12)64.2( 69)68.9( 44)48.3( 96)
23Sheboygan, WI MSA 42.1(138)46.4(165)60.7( 37)22.1(215)32.9(113)36.8(249)
24Mobile, AL MSA 64.6(143)46.0(145)60.6( 10)63.9( 18)67.2( 22)62.9( 13)
25Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 64.3( 54)75.5( 20)60.2( 21)32.1(265)42.0(263)44.0(248)
26Terre Haute, IN MSA 63.3( 88)46.7( 38)59.8( 15)45.2( 56)72.4( 37)68.2( 47)
27Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA 70.6( 63)53.2(172)59.7( 51)35.4(272)55.5(154)47.3(190)
28Birmingham, AL MSA 77.8( 22)54.3( 77)59.7( 62)76.6( 5)78.8( 10)58.5(173)
29Bloomington, IN MSA 52.9(182)43.5(190)59.7( 18)31.4(287)61.2(222)39.8(310)
30Wheeling, WV-OH MSA 57.1(172)68.5( 1)59.5( 36)73.9( 1)66.5( 59)56.6( 1)
31Green Bay, WI MSA 46.5(206)62.0(196)59.5( 34)39.0(187)34.8(204)42.0(286)
32Charleston, WV MSA 65.9( 77)62.7( 22)59.2( 29)68.2( 12)70.1(100)61.1( 9)
33Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 52.3(252)53.3(233)59.0( 74)47.4(165)51.9(237)57.0(150)
34Athens, GA MSA 60.9(176)64.4(199)58.9( 43)40.9(200)38.4(262)60.5(315)
35Lake Charles, LA MSA 67.7( 83)32.4( 51)58.6( 8)54.8( 4)59.8( 5)53.7( 52)
36Victoria, TX MSA 41.6(236)35.3(272)58.3( 25)23.5(317)62.4( 29)58.6( 45)
37New York, NY PMSA 80.6( 13)72.3( 24)58.0( 99)54.7(152)75.9( 33)60.8(109)
38Danville, VA MSA 39.3(314)35.9(120)58.0( 39)49.4(135)51.1(150)59.3( 72)
39Madison, WI MSA 56.9(135)46.7(257)57.9( 56)29.6(237)35.1(257)28.1(259)
40Ann Arbor, MI PMSA 65.6( 81)52.7( 83)57.7( 78)66.2( 15)59.4(180)64.3( 31)
41Champaign-Urbana, IL MSA 51.0(217)50.7(129)57.3( 83)44.9(196)38.1(261)41.5(303)
42Cumberland, MD-WV MSA 47.6(212)42.7( 54)57.2(154)46.5(267)58.6(229)56.9(115)
43Sacramento, CA PMSA 59.2(120)47.3(229)56.8( 59)33.1(275)31.8(297)35.1(297)
44Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA 59.3(127)42.8(244)56.8( 65)40.2(259)26.6(311)43.6(256)
45Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA 59.6(121)51.6( 40)56.5( 27)50.7( 35)53.3( 84)54.3( 70)
46Eau Claire, WI MSA 37.6(171)35.6(109)56.4( 24)46.9( 38)40.1(232)54.0( 8)
47Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 82.1( 18)46.8(138)56.4( 76)67.6( 27)76.2( 46)55.8(170)
48Altoona, PA MSA 51.5(153)50.5(177)56.1(178)51.3( 82)64.1( 87)60.2(195)
49Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR MSA 48.6(266)37.4(242)56.0( 52)41.3(126)60.0(122)53.1(199)
50Peoria-Pekin, IL MSA 79.7( 16)49.2(