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The Spatial Concentration of Subsidized Housing - Poverty & Race ...

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only 8 MSA’s). <strong>The</strong> segregation index also does not vary much by MSA populationsize with one exception; MSA’s under 100,000 have a lower segregation score. SeeTables 5.2 - 5.4 for descriptive statistics for subsidized housing segregation.TABLE 5.2Range <strong>of</strong> MSA Segregation Index (D)<strong>Subsidized</strong> <strong>Housing</strong>, <strong>Race</strong>, Ethnicity, and <strong>Poverty</strong> 2000SegregationIndex (D)<strong>Subsidized</strong>-Non-<strong>Subsidized</strong>PercentBlack-Non-BlackPercentHispanic-Non-HispanicPercentPoor-Non-PoorPercent0 - .39 8 2.4 95 28.7 205 61.9 270 81.6.40 - .49 75 22.7 87 26.3 89 26.9 55 16.6.50 - .59 141 42.6 83 25.1 33 10.0 6 1.8.60 - .69 95 28.7 53 16.0 3 .9 0 0.70 - .79 12 3.6 11 3.3 1 .3 0 0.80 and Above 0 0 2 .6 0 0 0 0Total 331 100.0 331 100.0 331 100.0 331 100.0.50 and Above 248 74.9 149 45.0 37 11.2 6 1.8.60 and Above 107 32.3 66 19.9 4 1.2 0 0.0Source: Population by <strong>Race</strong>, Ethnicity and Income: U.S. Census, 2000. <strong>Subsidized</strong> <strong>Housing</strong>: HUD, A Picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>Subsidized</strong><strong>Housing</strong> 2000. Segregation Index calculated using the Index <strong>of</strong> Dissimilarity (D).84

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