1. Segregation in Houston Finding edges

2. Harris County (Houston) Percent White

3. Harris County (Houston) Percent Black

4. Harris County (Houston) Percent Hispanic/Latino

5. WHITE HISPANIC BLACK

7. Harris County (Houston)

8. black-white edge black- hispanic edge ethnic shatterbelt

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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