The Racial Resegregation of Los Angeles County, 1940-2000

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Charts 6a HISPANIC NEIGHBORS
Probability that Hispanics, Blacks, Whites, and Asians
will have Hispanic Neighbors in Los Angeles County, 1940-2000
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Hispanics with Hispanics 0.09 0.34 0.31 0.38 0.50 0.58 0.63
Blacks with Hispanics 0.04 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.19 0.34 0.41
Asians with Hispanics 0.05 0.15 0.16 0.24 0.27 0.32 0.24
Whites with Hispanics 0.02 0.04 0.07 0.14 0.18 0.22 0.25
Hispanics with Hispanics
Blacks with Hispanics
Asians with Hispanics
Whites with Hispanics
Chart 6a, “Probability that Hispanics, Blacks, Whites, and Asians will have Hispanic
Neighbors in Los Angeles County, 1940-2000,” shows first of all that all groups have
been increasingly likely to have Hispanic neighbors since 1940.
The most dramatic increase has been in the isolation of Hispanics. By 2000 Hispanics were
63% likely to have only other Hispanic neighbors.
Next most dramatic has been the increase in likelihood that Blacks will have Hispanic
neighbors, a pattern we already explored in Table 5b. However, here we can see that
Blacks have increased their exposure to Hispanics at a higher rate and at greater levels that
either Whites or Asians.
Whites and Asians have the lowest probability of sharing neighborhoods with Hispanics,
and the score for Asians has actually decreased since 1990, from 32% to 24%.
Bear in mind, however, that the “Hispanic Neighbors” perspective is looking at Hispanics
from the outside in. Table 6b shows what Hispanics see from the inside of their
community looking out at Whites, Blacks, and Asians. The story is very different.
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