Racial Diversity and Segregation: Comparing Principal Cities, Inner-Ring Suburbs, Outlying Suburbs, and the Suburban Fringe

  • RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • February 2023,
  • 9
  • (1)
  • 26-51;
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.1.02

Figure 4.

Figure 4.
Figure 4.

Average Index of Dissimilarity, by Residence and Race

Source: Authors’ tabulation.

Note: Estimates weighted by the share of the reference group’s metropolitan population in each MSA (MSA-wide estimates) or the reference group’s MSA-component population (such as suburban fringe) in each component (component-level estimates). Reference groups are listed first in each pair.

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    Racial Diversity and Segregation: Comparing Principal Cities, Inner-Ring Suburbs, Outlying Suburbs, and the Suburban Fringe
    • RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
    • Feb 2023,
    • 9
    • (1)
    • 26-
    • 51;
    • DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2023.9.1.02

Keywords

suburbs, exurbs, segregation, diversity, race