| Sortable List of Dissimilarity Scores | ||||||||
| [1990 rank in red] | ||||||||
| Rank | Area Name | white/black | white/hispanic | white/asian | black/hispanic | black/asian | hispanic/asian | |
| 1 | Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA | 47.4(260) | 77.9( 1) | 39.7(198) | 46.5(199) | 42.3(252) | 62.2( 25) | |
| 2 | Reading, PA MSA | 64.2( 79) | 75.6( 2) | 35.9(128) | 23.0(279) | 47.0(143) | 58.9( 48) | |
| 3 | New York, NY PMSA | 85.3( 6) | 72.9( 5) | 57.1( 50) | 55.7(104) | 79.7( 17) | 60.9( 46) | |
| 4 | Bridgeport, CT PMSA | 77.6( 27) | 71.3( 3) | 37.9(233) | 22.8(276) | 52.9(176) | 47.5(145) | |
| 5 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA | 60.9(100) | 70.2( 14) | 47.5( 35) | 26.8(303) | 43.2(249) | 44.4(238) | |
| 6 | Hartford, CT MSA | 70.6( 49) | 70.1( 4) | 35.5(255) | 45.1(163) | 58.4(144) | 60.3( 17) | |
| 7 | Springfield, MA MSA | 69.6( 70) | 68.4( 8) | 38.6(150) | 43.4(127) | 59.2(110) | 62.0( 12) | |
| 8 | Newark, NJ PMSA | 84.1( 4) | 68.4( 6) | 38.7(246) | 60.4( 46) | 78.3( 10) | 62.2( 7) | |
| 9 | Chicago, IL PMSA | 83.7( 3) | 67.4( 10) | 46.5( 91) | 77.0( 3) | 83.7( 4) | 66.0( 8) | |
| 10 | Lowell, MA-NH PMSA | 51.0(254) | 67.4( 18) | 59.1( 12) | 25.8(281) | 32.9(308) | 36.0(314) | |
| 11 | Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA | 69.3( 44) | 67.1( 16) | 51.5( 83) | 53.5( 73) | 67.3( 86) | 58.3( 81) | |
| 12 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA | 57.1(151) | 66.9( 11) | 38.6(181) | 29.0(243) | 47.1(212) | 57.1( 19) | |
| 13 | Boston, MA-NH PMSA | 72.1( 42) | 66.8( 19) | 47.1(108) | 43.4(185) | 58.7(127) | 53.6(114) | |
| 14 | Lancaster, PA MSA | 59.9( 90) | 66.1( 7) | 36.0(226) | 16.1(331) | 50.2(190) | 55.1( 33) | |
| 15 | Waterbury, CT PMSA | 66.1(102) | 65.8( 15) | 26.9(331) | 21.2(283) | 50.8(153) | 49.2( 56) | |
| 16 | New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA | 75.4( 32) | 65.8( 12) | 29.7(263) | 42.9(165) | 64.9( 97) | 60.9( 6) | |
| 17 | Worcester, MA-CT PMSA | 57.5(152) | 65.1( 13) | 47.1(101) | 28.1(310) | 37.7(265) | 44.8(189) | |
| 18 | Tyler, TX MSA | 56.0(186) | 64.9( 24) | 33.3(256) | 40.8(190) | 60.2(131) | 69.1( 4) | |
| 19 | Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA | 75.3( 18) | 64.7( 9) | 45.0(106) | 58.8( 31) | 67.0( 55) | 59.6( 22) | |
| 20 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA | 85.9( 5) | 63.2( 25) | 50.2( 65) | 77.4( 4) | 62.0( 56) | 53.4(165) | |
| 21 | Brockton, MA PMSA | 68.3(164) | 62.6( 42) | 43.0(208) | 14.9(329) | 35.6(285) | 36.1(245) | |
| 22 | Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA | 74.2( 58) | 62.4( 31) | 27.1(323) | 21.5(315) | 61.1( 94) | 47.6( 66) | |
| 23 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA | 33.9(327) | 62.3( 27) | 23.8(293) | 55.7( 94) | 30.9(274) | 49.5(250) | |
| 24 | Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA | 75.8( 15) | 62.2( 17) | 38.9(217) | 44.0(180) | 72.2( 22) | 59.2( 18) | |
| 25 | San Francisco, CA PMSA | 70.4( 71) | 62.1( 37) | 56.9( 33) | 53.1(111) | 55.8(177) | 51.1(137) | |
| 26 | York, PA MSA | 68.7( 22) | 61.9( 21) | 33.8(234) | 15.3(300) | 57.5(113) | 52.6( 53) | |
| 27 | Houston, TX PMSA | 70.5( 87) | 61.8( 38) | 51.4( 78) | 51.7( 83) | 60.9(142) | 61.6( 38) | |
| 28 | Orange County, CA PMSA | 40.5(278) | 61.6( 43) | 41.4(242) | 43.0(210) | 38.2(260) | 52.9(139) | |
| 29 | Salinas, CA MSA | 50.3(183) | 61.3( 33) | 41.0(225) | 56.9( 12) | 28.5(276) | 53.5( 70) | |
| 30 | Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA | 78.7( 8) | 60.6( 22) | 37.3(167) | 73.5( 2) | 78.1( 9) | 64.1( 21) | |
| 31 | Ventura, CA PMSA | 46.5(230) | 60.5( 34) | 29.6(282) | 36.6(269) | 30.3(291) | 49.5(152) | |
| 32 | Dallas, TX PMSA | 62.5(103) | 60.2( 41) | 47.9(112) | 51.2(117) | 64.4(107) | 63.5( 41) | |
| 33 | Rochester, NY MSA | 72.5( 56) | 59.9( 23) | 39.2(203) | 30.5(259) | 63.6(135) | 53.5( 73) | |
| 34 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA | 80.0( 10) | 59.9( 28) | 41.6(109) | 64.6( 8) | 71.2( 14) | 54.7( 15) | |
| 35 | Trenton, NJ PMSA | 70.7( 46) | 58.5( 20) | 37.3(247) | 46.2(182) | 76.2( 20) | 63.4( 5) | |
| 36 | Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA | 72.2( 24) | 58.3( 29) | 37.7(222) | 39.5(191) | 57.5(111) | 51.7( 89) | |
| 37 | New Bedford, MA PMSA | 49.8(219) | 58.1( 47) | 28.1(264) | 24.2(301) | 41.4(197) | 48.2( 59) | |
| 38 | Decatur, AL MSA | 63.4( 97) | 57.3(253) | 43.4( 30) | 42.2( 66) | 59.1( 40) | 61.6( 86) | |
| 39 | Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA | 56.3(161) | 56.9( 40) | 43.2(221) | 41.7(174) | 45.4(207) | 60.9( 37) | |
| 40 | Bakersfield, CA MSA | 51.7(193) | 56.8( 36) | 43.1(144) | 47.6(131) | 47.2(213) | 50.4( 68) | |
| 41 | Atlanta, GA MSA | 70.3( 54) | 56.7(146) | 48.1( 99) | 57.0( 41) | 63.9( 90) | 42.4(278) | |
| 42 | San Diego, CA MSA | 57.7(150) | 56.4( 61) | 48.4( 64) | 41.2(196) | 42.9(253) | 47.6(174) | |
| 43 | Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA | 65.0( 83) | 56.2( 32) | 53.0(138) | 41.8(172) | 61.7(146) | 39.8(188) | |
| 44 | San Antonio, TX MSA | 52.3(197) | 56.1( 30) | 32.9(271) | 51.6( 86) | 41.9(244) | 57.4( 51) | |
| 45 | San Jose, CA PMSA | 44.2(255) | 56.0( 60) | 45.4(166) | 36.3(278) | 34.1(315) | 48.0(233) | |
| 46 | Denver, CO PMSA | 65.3( 94) | 55.2( 54) | 30.5(259) | 54.6( 18) | 54.9(186) | 48.8(181) | |
| 47 | Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA | 46.4(208) | 55.2( 59) | 26.0(309) | 31.4(266) | 43.5(227) | 54.4( 97) | |
| 48 | Erie, PA MSA | 67.7( 80) | 55.0( 39) | 40.3(137) | 22.7(316) | 55.5(106) | 49.0( 27) | |
| 49 | South Bend, IN MSA | 64.5( 86) | 54.7( 58) | 35.9(178) | 37.3(208) | 64.3( 59) | 60.8( 26) | |
| 50 | Waco, TX MSA | 61.3(146) | 54.5( 63) | 41.6(230) | 33.4(230) | 61.4(173) | 57.5( 96) | |
| 51 | Athens, GA MSA | 57.6(204) | 54.3(221) | 46.6( 60) | 37.3(162) | 58.0(164) | 59.2(220) | |
| 52 | Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA | 65.8( 91) | 54.2( 72) | 42.6(163) | 55.1( 71) | 62.8(124) | 39.7(267) | |
| 53 | Yakima, WA MSA | 41.1(224) | 54.0( 45) | 28.5(232) | 46.6( 40) | 38.2(228) | 51.0(104) | |
| 54 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA | 76.3( 48) | 54.0(134) | 60.6( 4) | 50.8(135) | 61.1(125) | 37.1(170) | |
| 55 | Danbury, CT PMSA | 56.0(178) | 53.8( 86) | 36.4(265) | 17.8(322) | 27.8(313) | 29.5(325) | |
| 56 | Jamestown, NY MSA | 52.0(187) | 53.7( 35) | 33.5(193) | 29.7(237) | 53.9(196) | 57.4( 34) | |
| 57 | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA | 63.9(104) | 53.7(169) | 50.5( 46) | 41.6(109) | 54.0(137) | 54.3(129) | |
| 58 | Sioux City, IA-NE MSA | 44.6(160) | 53.6(103) | 43.5( 90) | 32.7(248) | 25.2(215) | 21.7(273) | |
| 59 | Utica-Rome, NY MSA | 65.2( 88) | 53.5( 50) | 44.7(139) | 31.1(244) | 44.4(195) | 41.2(176) | |
| 60 | Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA MSA | 37.0(237) | 53.5( 52) | 26.3(262) | 42.0(256) | 32.8(255) | 57.5(135) | |
| 61 | Nashua, NH PMSA | 33.5(331) | 53.5(109) | 32.5(294) | 31.8(306) | 33.0(288) | 53.3(197) | |
| 62 | Naples, FL MSA | 64.3( 92) | 53.5( 26) | 25.4(292) | 34.4(209) | 57.6(200) | 51.4( 78) | |
| 63 | Green Bay, WI MSA | 40.3(293) | 53.2(167) | 50.2( 11) | 32.0(271) | 29.6(262) | 27.8(274) | |
| 64 | Santa Fe, NM MSA | 33.6(321) | 53.1( 88) | 32.3(290) | 39.0(245) | 41.3(246) | 50.0(119) | |
| 65 | Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA | 57.1(169) | 52.8( 69) | 41.5(175) | 32.4(222) | 57.0(181) | 60.8( 62) | |
| 66 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA | 62.8(124) | 52.8( 65) | 43.7(148) | 50.0(103) | 49.7(158) | 51.9( 83) | |
| 67 | Oakland, CA PMSA | 67.7( 65) | 52.7(118) | 46.4(135) | 40.4(149) | 53.5(203) | 44.1(259) | |
| 68 | Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA | 69.3( 25) | 52.7( 83) | 38.9(253) | 57.3( 22) | 63.1( 51) | 47.3(202) | |
| 69 | Birmingham, AL MSA | 77.6( 26) | 52.7(128) | 48.8( 42) | 66.9( 13) | 77.7( 11) | 53.8(106) | |
| 70 | Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA | 68.5( 35) | 52.6( 77) | 27.5(291) | 38.0(193) | 68.9( 26) | 56.7( 77) | |
| 71 | Tucson, AZ MSA | 39.9(274) | 52.4( 51) | 26.0(322) | 39.4(234) | 33.8(293) | 53.8(132) | |
| 72 | Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ PMSA | 50.1(225) | 52.4( 57) | 31.3(191) | 38.9(177) | 50.5(206) | 46.5(100) | |
| 73 | Fresno, CA MSA | 57.9(174) | 52.3( 56) | 49.6( 22) | 47.1(159) | 37.9(231) | 44.5(113) | |
| 74 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSA | 41.4(273) | 52.0( 85) | 29.8(249) | 41.5(216) | 34.2(286) | 37.6(282) | |
| 75 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA | 59.9(163) | 51.9(159) | 45.0( 79) | 40.2(134) | 45.4(171) | 43.8(261) | |
| 76 | Bryan-College Station, TX MSA | 54.5(231) | 50.6( 82) | 45.8( 45) | 25.8(292) | 67.8( 49) | 69.8( 3) | |
| 77 | Amarillo, TX MSA | 61.7(113) | 50.2( 78) | 56.2( 3) | 38.5(150) | 61.9(157) | 57.7( 16) | |
| 78 | Gary, IN PMSA | 85.3( 1) | 50.1( 49) | 34.2(195) | 69.5( 6) | 84.1( 1) | 59.0( 29) | |
| 79 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA | 76.6( 19) | 50.1( 90) | 37.0(252) | 45.0(123) | 69.9( 35) | 50.7(122) | |
| 80 | Racine, WI PMSA | 62.5( 72) | 50.1( 67) | 27.9(287) | 21.8(290) | 59.0( 93) | 51.3(110) | |
| 81 | Omaha, NE-IA MSA | 65.9( 57) | 50.0(138) | 29.8(277) | 60.4( 29) | 63.7(108) | 52.4(180) | |
| 82 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA | 63.8( 95) | 50.0(140) | 51.5( 96) | 37.5(143) | 37.6(234) | 39.4(262) | |
| 83 | Des Moines, IA MSA | 57.1( 99) | 49.7(190) | 36.3(172) | 33.1(116) | 32.8(266) | 28.6(265) | |
| 84 | Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA | 75.1( 13) | 49.7( 44) | 41.5( 63) | 50.2( 91) | 72.9( 12) | 57.3( 14) | |
| 85 | Syracuse, NY MSA | 73.5( 23) | 49.7( 92) | 42.5(131) | 42.9(107) | 65.7( 46) | 50.9( 88) | |
| 86 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA | 59.4( 81) | 49.6(143) | 25.4(257) | 37.1( 79) | 51.7(149) | 42.8(148) | |
| 87 | Fort Smith, AR-OK MSA | 54.6(126) | 49.4(273) | 50.0( 21) | 21.4(161) | 32.2(264) | 31.4(206) | |
| 88 | Oklahoma City, OK MSA | 57.0(135) | 49.4(152) | 38.6(164) | 54.3( 82) | 52.6(180) | 52.1(140) | |
| 89 | New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA | 56.3(179) | 49.2( 81) | 26.4(284) | 19.8(327) | 48.7(233) | 47.2(201) | |
| 90 | Corpus Christi, TX MSA | 44.8(199) | 49.1( 62) | 32.1(241) | 38.9(218) | 46.2(226) | 58.4(111) | |
| 91 | Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA | 74.3( 62) | 48.9(182) | 40.1(201) | 52.4( 74) | 69.1( 58) | 46.9(186) | |
| 92 | Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA | 56.6(158) | 48.6( 68) | 34.8(228) | 40.4(206) | 59.6(104) | 54.7( 60) | |
| 93 | Kansas City, MO-KS MSA | 70.9( 43) | 48.4(119) | 34.8(212) | 56.9( 32) | 64.4( 66) | 40.8(231) | |
| 94 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA | 66.8( 89) | 48.3(113) | 39.8(186) | 35.2(166) | 60.8(120) | 49.3(127) | |
| 95 | Longview-Marshall, TX MSA | 48.8(227) | 48.2(173) | 37.1( 54) | 28.4(238) | 52.9(175) | 50.3(126) | |
| 96 | Lubbock, TX MSA | 59.7(127) | 47.9( 53) | 36.5(227) | 37.7(195) | 60.2(119) | 57.7( 11) | |
| 97 | Fitchburg-Leominster, MA PMSA | 37.4(267) | 47.8( 55) | 42.5(183) | 19.1(330) | 19.5(325) | 18.8(324) | |
| 98 | Nashville, TN MSA | 61.6(129) | 47.7(274) | 45.1( 82) | 48.1(100) | 53.2(128) | 39.1(211) | |
| 99 | Detroit, MI PMSA | 85.9( 2) | 47.7(111) | 46.6(133) | 78.0( 1) | 81.7( 8) | 61.0( 52) | |
| 100 | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI MSA | 76.6( 7) | 47.7( 71) | 39.2(123) | 47.6(154) | 76.3( 7) | 54.1( 64) | |
| 101 | Rockford, IL MSA | 65.1( 36) | 47.6( 75) | 40.2(119) | 44.3(122) | 63.9( 31) | 50.7( 36) | |
| 102 | Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL MSA | 63.8( 38) | 47.5( 87) | 26.5(312) | 44.6( 44) | 63.2( 36) | 46.1(125) | |
| 103 | El Paso, TX MSA | 37.8(306) | 47.3( 46) | 24.1(327) | 51.9( 77) | 37.2(303) | 55.4( 63) | |
| 104 | Wichita, KS MSA | 61.0(109) | 47.1(165) | 46.0( 86) | 49.4( 62) | 46.7(208) | 46.4(158) | |
| 105 | Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA | 48.0(180) | 47.0(209) | 29.6(281) | 33.4(211) | 41.3(224) | 42.6(301) | |
| 106 | Columbus, GA-AL MSA | 61.7(165) | 46.9( 48) | 34.5(113) | 47.6(106) | 57.4(170) | 33.2(304) | |
| 107 | Fort Wayne, IN MSA | 72.9( 21) | 46.7(122) | 43.2(125) | 44.7( 92) | 64.4(101) | 46.9(195) | |
| 108 | Odessa-Midland, TX MSA | 49.6(196) | 46.7( 64) | 33.4(235) | 38.0(215) | 55.2(214) | 58.7( 72) | |
| 109 | Reno, NV MSA | 36.1(256) | 46.5(151) | 29.5(285) | 25.4(311) | 25.2(310) | 33.8(311) | |
| 110 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA | 34.0(315) | 46.5( 84) | 38.8(207) | 50.4( 68) | 50.5(219) | 70.9( 24) | |
| 111 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR MSA | 51.4( 51) | 46.3(228) | 43.0( 84) | 63.0( 5) | 51.5( 70) | 39.1(155) | |
| 112 | Victoria, TX MSA | 47.9(228) | 45.7( 76) | 38.7(194) | 18.7(324) | 53.4(165) | 57.4( 32) | |
| 113 | Gadsden, AL MSA | 74.8( 41) | 45.7(157) | 50.2( 13) | 44.2( 27) | 70.0( 3) | 58.6( 2) | |
| 114 | Pine Bluff, AR MSA | 71.2(107) | 45.3( 74) | |||||