2000 Rank

1990 Rank

Area Name

2000 Segregation

1

1

Detroit, MI PMSA

86

2

4

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA

86

3

5

New York, NY PMSA

85

4

3

Newark, NJ PMSA

84

5

2

Chicago, IL PMSA

84

6

6

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA

79

7

14

Miami, FL PMSA

78

8

8

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA

78

9

11

Birmingham, AL MSA

78

10

7

St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

77

11

10

Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA

77

12

9

Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA

75

13

23

Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA

74

14

13

Indianapolis, IN MSA

73

15

24

New Orleans, LA MSA

73

16

28

Baton Rouge, LA MSA

72

17

16

Boston, MA-NH PMSA

72

18

19

Baltimore, MD PMSA

71

19

18

Pittsburgh, PA MSA

71

20

15

Kansas City, MO-KS MSA

71

21

29

Houston, TX PMSA

71

22

22

Atlanta, GA MSA

70

23

12

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA

69

24

17

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA

69

25

27

Oakland, CA PMSA

68

26

31

Mobile, AL MSA

67

27

20

Jackson, MS MSA

67

28

25

Columbus, OH MSA

67

29

21

Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA

66

30

30

Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA

66

31

26

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA

66

32

34

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA

64

33

32

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA

64

34

37

Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA

63

35

33

Dallas, TX PMSA

63

36

35

Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA

62

37

39

Nashville, TN MSA

62

38

36

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA MSA

61

39

38

Orlando, FL MSA

60

40

43

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA

60

41

44

Sacramento, CA PMSA

58

42

40

San Diego, CA MSA

58

43

42

Columbia, SC MSA

57

44

41

Jacksonville, FL MSA

56

45

46

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA

51

46

45

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA

51

47

49

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA

51

48

47

Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA

50

49

48

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA

49

50

50

Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA

47