Inner Cities Chicago New York Racial Segregation In 2000, residential segregation (as measured by the dissimilarity index) indicates that the following proportion of each racial population was geographically segregated from Whites. African Americans (64%); Latinos (51%) and Asians (41%). The U.S. Census Bureau. Racial and Ethnic Segregation in the United States: . By John Iceland, Daniel H. Weinbert and Erika Steinmetz. Census 2000 Special Reports. Issued August CENSR-3. Available on-line at: 7 8 9 Neighborhood Segregation = Socioeconomic isolation Over 3.1 million African Americans lived in Concentrated Poverty Neighborhoods in 2000, Blacks and Latinos represent nearly 3 out of 4 residents in these neighborhoods Nearly 1 out of 10 Blacks lived in a concentrated poverty neighborhood in 1999, compared to 1 out of 100 Whites Whites only make 30% of people living in high poverty neighborhoods, although they represent 55% of the total population living in poverty 10 Low percentage of African Americans = yellow. High percentage of African Americans = brown gentrification Favela in Brazil Slum in Cairo Shacks on a sand dune in Peru Slum in Mumbai