Segregation in Houston Finding edges
Harris County (Houston) Percent White
Harris County (Houston) Percent Black
Harris County (Houston) Percent Hispanic/Latino
WHITE HISPANIC BLACK
Harris County (Houston)
black-white edge black- hispanic edge ethnic shatterbelt
Comparison of Segregation ► Austin Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 46% Black 52% ► Travis County Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 49% Black 57% ► Houston Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 56% Black 67% ► San Antonio Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 51% Black 50% source: Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research
Comparison of Segregation ► Austin Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 46% Black 52% ► Travis County Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 49% Black 57% ► Detroit Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 46% Black 85% ► Lawrence, MA Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 75% Black 42% source: Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research
Comparison of Segregation ► Austin Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 46% Black 52% ► Travis County Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 49% Black 57% ► Missoula, MT Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 14% Black 20% ► Lawrence, KS Index of Dissimilarity Hispanic 19% Black 27% source: Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research
Comparison of Segregation ► On a ranking of 331 cities in the US from most to least segregated Austin comes out #87 on the Hispanic-white (non-Hispanic) segregation list (moderately bad) Austin comes out #166 on the black-white segregation list (just about average) ► Missoula, MT comes out near the bottom (best) on both lists ► Newark, NJ is near the top (worst) of both lists ► The often berated “yuppie” values apparently include ethnic tolerance source: Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research