Race, Class, and Segregation Patterns in U.S. Immigrant Gateway Cities

Previous studies have shown some tendency toward increased residential racial and ethnic integration, especially in large West Coast metropolitan areas. They have also shown in limited studies that integration, or at least declines in separation, occur with increases in socioeconomic status. The res...

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Published inUrban affairs review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 667 - 688
Main Authors Clark, William A. V., Blue, Sarah A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2004
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Chicago metropolitan area
Cities
Class
Ethnic groups
Immigrants
Immigration
Los Angeles metropolitan area
Metropolitan Areas
Miami metropolitan area
Migration
New York metropolitan area
Noncitizens
Plural Societies
Race
Racial integration
Racial Segregation
Residential Segregation
San Francisco bay region
Segregation
Segregation, Social
Social aspects
Social Class
Social classes
Social status
Socioeconomic Status
U.S.A
United States
United States of America
Urban conditions
Urban sociology
Urban studies
USA
Western States
Western USA
United States > US
USA
migration
foreign-born
race
segregation
class
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Summary:Previous studies have shown some tendency toward increased residential racial and ethnic integration, especially in large West Coast metropolitan areas. They have also shown in limited studies that integration, or at least declines in separation, occur with increases in socioeconomic status. The results of this study, using recently released 2000 census data for metropolitan areas with large numbers of foreign born, show that indeed separation does decline with increases in socio-economic status though it also varies by geography, education, and income and is significantly variable across different ethnic groups in the large immigrant cities. The research in this study also documents the continuing hierarchy of greater integration of Whites with Asians and Whites with Hispanics than with African Americans. It is clear that the changing patterns of separation have moved beyond Black-White contexts. Still, class clearly matters, as integration is greater at higher education levels, and suburban areas in general are more integrated than urban cores.
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ISSN:1078-0874
1552-8332
DOI:10.1177/1078087404264217