A Research Note on Trends in Black Hypersegregation

Douglas S. Massey; Jonathan Tannen

doi:10.1007/s13524-015-0381-6

A Research Note on Trends in Black Hypersegregation

Douglas S. Massey, Jonathan Tannen

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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Abstract

In this note, we use a consistently defined set of metropolitan areas to study patterns and trends in black hypersegregation from 1970 to 2010. Over this 40-year period, 52 metropolitan areas were characterized by hypersegregation at one point or another, although not all at the same time. Over the period, the number of hypersegregated metropolitan areas declined by about one-half, but the degree of segregation within those areas characterized by hypersegregation changed very little. As of 2010, roughly one-third of all black metropolitan residents lived in a hypersegregated area.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1025-1034
Number of pages	10
Journal	Demography
Volume	52
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0381-6
State	Published - Jun 13 2015

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Demography

Keywords

African Americans
Dissimilarity
Hypersegregation
Residential segregation
Spatial isolation

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