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Segregation in Knoxville September 23, 2010 1:34 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Touchy Subjects
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Based on 2000 census data, this is how Knoxville is segregated. Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Gray is Other, and each dot is 25 people. [Source, Flickr – Eric Fischer, Race and ethnicity]

Race and ethnicity: Knoxville

And here’s Memphis:

Race and ethnicity: Memphis

And Nashville:

Race and ethnicity: Nashville

 

[Source, Atlantic Wire, Mapping the Segregation of U.S. Cities]

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