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Table 2 Black-White residential segregation measures for 231 US Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2000

From: Do measures matter? Comparing surface-density-derived and census-tract-derived measures of racial residential segregation

   

Census Region

 
  

Total

West

Midwest

Northeast

South

p-value1

Metropolitan Statistical Areas

     
 

N

231

33

52

35

111

 

MSA Population

Mean

913,700

1,460,000

841,900

1,322,000

656,000

 
 

Median

436,100

753,200

405,000

629,400

319,400

 

MSA % Black

Mean

13.3

4.5

9.7

8.3

19.2

 
 

Median

9.7

3.5

8.4

6.7

17.6

 

Mean Segregation Index

      
 

Dissimilarity (500 m)2

0.652

0.531

0.688

0.708

0.652

< 0.001

 

Dissimilarity (1000 m)2

0.612

0.490

0.655

0.676

0.608

< 0.001

 

Dissimilarity (2000 m)2

0.566

0.453

0.615

0.640

0.553

< 0.001

 

Dissimilarity (4000 m)2

0.512

0.414

0.568

0.588

0.490

< 0.001

 

Dissimilarity (Tract)3

0.546

0.446

0.612

0.631

0.518

< 0.001

 

Isolation (500 m)2

0.493

0.260

0.479

0.468

0.576

< 0.001

 

Isolation (1000 m)2

0.457

0.235

0.445

0.433

0.536

< 0.001

 

Isolation (2000 m)2

0.411

0.213

0.397

0.386

0.484

< 0.001

 

Isolation (4000 m)2

0.356

0.186

0.338

0.322

0.426

< 0.001

 

Isolation (Tract)3

0.409

0.228

0.415

0.413

0.458

< 0.001

Difference in Dissimilarity Index

     

500 m - Tract

Mean

0.106

0.086

0.076

0.077

0.135

< 0.001

 

25th percentile

0.068

0.061

0.057

0.052

0.095

 
 

Median

0.094

0.077

0.069

0.073

0.124

 
 

75th percentile

0.13

0.104

0.093

0.094

0.172

 

4000 m - Tract

Mean

-0.034

-0.031

-0.044

-0.042

-0.028

0.04

 

25th percentile

-0.055

-0.046

-0.064

-0.073

-0.014

 
 

Median

-0.033

-0.032

-0.045

-0.032

-0.027

 
 

75th percentile

-0.012

-0.016

-0.025

-0.01

-0.003

 

Difference in Isolation Index

     

500 m - Tract

Mean

0.084

0.031

0.065

0.056

0.119

< 0.001

 

25th percentile

0.048

0.015

0.053

0.026

0.081

 
 

Median

0.073

0.03

0.068

0.053

0.111

 
 

75th percentile

0.111

0.04

0.074

0.076

0.154

 

4000 m - Tract

Mean

-0.052

-0.042

-0.077

-0.091

-0.031

< 0.001

 

25th percentile

-0.073

-0.057

-0.096

-0.127

-0.049

 
 

Median

-0.046

-0.036

-0.072

-0.093

-0.027

 
 

75th percentile

-0.024

-0.031

-0.054

-0.056

-0.01

 
  1. 1. P-value from ANOVA analysis of mean values across census regions.
  2. 2. Dissimilarity and isolation indices calculated with a spatial egocentric neighborhood defined by biweight kernel with specified bandwidth.
  3. 3. Dissimilarity and isolation indices calculated with the census tract as the local/neighborhood area of interest
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