De facto segregation in the United States

How to read this data:

The following data comes from the 2000 U.S. Census. It shows what percentage of any given race's population would have to be relocated for the indicated races to be of equal size in that city. For instance, the first example shows that, for Black and White to be the same size, in Chicago, 84.6% of the Black population would have to move in order for the city to have an equally-sized White population...

Black and White

1. Chicago, 84.6 %
2. New York, 82.2
3. Atlanta, 81.5
4. Washington, 79.7
5. Cleveland, 77.3
6. Newark, 76.7
7. Philadelphia, 76.4
8. Baltimore, 71.1
9. Houston, 70.9
10. Los Angeles, 70.6

Latino and White

1. Oakland, 69.9%
2. New York, 67.1
3. Los Angeles, 65.6
4. Philadelphia, 64.3
5. Long Beach, 61.1
6. Milwaukee, 60.9
7. Dallas, 60.6
8. San Diego, 60.1
9. Washington, 59.4
10. Chicago, 59.2

Asian and White

1. New Orleans, 57.9%
2. Newark, 55.4
3. Long Beach, 51.7
4. Detroit, 51.0
5. St. Paul, 50.6
6. Oakland, 50.3
7. Pittsburgh, 50.1
8. New York, 49.2
9. Philadelphia, 48.6
10. Atlanta, 48.1

Other cities where large percentages of the population (x) would have to be uprooted to be the size of that city's white population:

San Francisco:
where x =
Black: 56.1%,
Hispanic: 53.1%,
Asian: 40.2%.

Seattle:
Black: 57.3%,
Hispanic: 34.5%,
Asian: 45.3%.

Boston:
Black: 69.8%,
Hispanic: 53.3%,
Asian: 39.6%.

St. Louis:
Black: 68.4%,
Hispanic: 30.3%,
Asian: 40.7%.

Phoenix:
Black: 49.2%,
Hispanic: 57.7%,
Asian: 23.8%.

Source: U.S. Census


More segregation data:

Courtesy of Ersys:



Chicago, IL


New York, NY


Atlanta, GA


Washington, D.C.


Cleveland, OH


Newark, N.J.


Philadelphia, PA


Baltimore, MD


Houston, TX


Los Angeles, CA


Seattle, WA


Miami, FL