published by Jonathan on Thu, 10/20/2005 - 21:27
Detroit may be the most segregated metropolitan area in the U.S., but it's lost the title as the most violent city in the U.S.
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Here are the 2004 totals (for communities with a population over 10,000):
published by Jonathan on Sun, 09/25/2005 - 23:19
Apparently, Detroit is the most segregated metropolitan area in the U.S. "More than 80 percent of Detroit's population is black; in the sprawling suburbs that surround it, less than 4 percent of the population is, according to the most recent surveys by the U.S. Census Bureau. In a region so polarized by skin colors, race is almost inescapable."