Shifting racial hierarchies: An analysis of residential segregation among multi-racial and mono-racial groups in the United States
Kwon, R.; Kposowa, A.
Population studies 71(1): 83-99
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 1477-4747 PMID: 27871213 DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2016.1254813Document Number: 290841
Multi-racial (mixed-race) people constitute a growing percentage of the United States (US) population. The study reported in this paper used residential segregation measures as a proxy for social distance, to examine whether segregation levels of multi-racial groups differ from those of mono-racial groups in the US in 2010. First, we find that all multi-racial groups considered in the study experience lower levels of segregation at county level than their mono-racial counterparts. However, black-whites and Hispanic-whites experience higher levels of segregation than other multi-racial groups. Second, we find region and minority composition of counties are associated significantly with segregation levels for multi-racial groups, but relative income is not.