The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee recently published an interesting study which may be of interest list members. The report is called, �Racial Integration in Urban America: A Block Level Analysis of African American and White Housing Patterns.� The full study can be found at http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/ETI/integration/integration.htm
The main finding of the study was that, �much of the United States [including the Minneapolis St. Paul metro area] remains racially segregated, with almost a third of the African American population living on blocks that are more than 90 percent black and over half of the white population living on blocks that are more than 90 percent white.� The study examined census data from cities across the country, including Minneapolis. In the City of Minneapolis, 20% of the population is black. 23% of the City�s 382,000 residents live in on black-white integrated blocks (see study for definition). Of the nation�s 50 largest Cities, the City of Minneapolis ranks 10th in black-white integration. The Minneapolis St. Paul metro area is more white and more segregated than Minneapolis. First, 6.2% of the population in the metro area is black (rank: 80th out of the largest 100). Second, the statistics show that the suburbs are less integrated than Minneapolis. To quote the study, �In Minneapolis, 23 percent of the city population lived on black-white integrated blocks, but in the entire Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan statistical area only 6 percent of residents lived on integrated blocks.� Among other interesting observations, the study found that �The highest degree of black-white integration was observed in the largest cities of the South.� Dave Harstad Whittier __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
