2000 Rank

Area Name

2000 Segregation

 1990 Segregation

1980
Segregation

1

Detroit, MI                                    

85

88

88

2

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI                         

82

83

84

3

New York, NY                                   

82

82

82

4

Chicago, IL                                    

81

84

88

5

Newark, NJ                                     

80

83

83

6

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH                    

77

83

86

7

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN                           

75

77

79

8

Nassau-Suffolk, NY                             

74

77

78

9

St. Louis, MO-IL                                

74

78

83

10

Miami, FL                                      

74

73

81

11

Birmingham, AL                                  

73

74

76

12

Philadelphia, PA-NJ                            

72

77

78

13

Indianapolis, IN                                

71

75

80

14

New Orleans, LA                                 

69

69

72

15

Kansas City, MO-KS                              

69

73

78

16

Memphis, TN-AR-MS                               

69

69

70

17

Baltimore, MD                                   

68

72

75

18

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA                     

68

73

81

19

Houston, TX                                    

68

67

76

20

Pittsburgh, PA                                  

67

71

73

21

Baton Rouge, LA                                  

67

67

71

22

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL                  

67

76

84

23

Boston, MA-NH                                  

66

70

77

24

Atlanta, GA                                     

66

69

77

25

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL             

65

71

79

26

Louisville, KY-IN                               

65

71

74

27

Mobile, AL                                      

64

68

70

28

Columbus, OH                                    

63

68

73

29

Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV                         

63

66

70

30

Oakland, CA                                    

63

68

74

31

Fort Lauderdale, FL                            

62

71

84

32

Jackson, MS                                     

62

70

71

33

Fort Worth-Arlington, TX                        

60

63

78

34

Dallas, TX                                     

59

63

78

35

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

59

62

67

36

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI                     

58

62

68

37

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA                      

57

62

65

38

Orlando, FL                                     

57

61

74

39

Nashville, TN                                   

57

61

66

40

Richmond-Petersburg, VA                         

57

61

65

41

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC              

55

56

62

42

San Diego, CA                                   

54

58

64

43

Jacksonville, FL                                

54

59

69

44

Columbia, SC                                    

52

56

59

45

Charleston-North Charleston, SC                 

47

51

57

46

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC             

46

50

54

47

Riverside-San Bernardino, CA                   

46

45

55

48

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC      

46

49

60

49

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC                  

46

49

52

50

Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC                            

46

46

49