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Abstract
Analysis of trends in the suburbanization of whites, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics
reveal that all groups are becoming more suburbanized, though the gap between whites
and minorities remains large. Although central cities have made the transition to
a majority-minority configuration, suburbs are still overwhelmingly white. Levels
of minority-white segregation are nonetheless lower in suburbs than cities. Blacks
remain the most segregated group at both locations. Black segregation and isolation
levels are declining in cities and suburbs, however, while Hispanic and Asian segregation
levels have remained stable and spatial isolation levels have risen. Multivariate
analyses suggest that Hispanics achieve desegregation indirectly by using socioeconomic
achievements to gain access to less-segregated suburban communities and directly by
translating r status attainments into residence in white neighborhoods. Blacks do
not achieve desegregation indirectly through suburbanization and they are much less
able than Hispanics to use their socioeconomic attainments directly to enter white
neighborhoods.