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An Equity Profile of Orange County
0.14
0.19
0.21
0.20
0.28
0.27
0.26
0.24
0.44 0.44
0.38
0.35
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
1980 1990 2000 2016
Multi-Group Entropy Index
0 = fully integrated | 1 = fully segregated
Regional segregation has increased despite decreasing
statewide
Orange County segregation by race/
ethnicity increased overall between 1980
and 2000 but has since leveled off. Orange
County still remains less segregated than
the state of California and the United States
overall.
Segregation is measured by the entropy
index, which ranges from a value of 0,
meaning that all census tracts have the
same racial/ethnic composition as the
entire region overall (maximum
integration), to a high of 1, if all census
tracts contained one group only (maximum
segregation).
Segregation has increased regionally since 1980
Connectedness
69. Residential Segregation, 1980 to 2016, Measured by the Multi-Group Entropy Index
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; Geolytics.
Note: Data for 2016 represent a 2012 through 2016 average. See the "Data and methods" section for details on the residential segregation index calculations.
0.28
0.27
0.26
0.24
0.14
0.19
0.21
0.20
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
United States
California
Orange C ounty
Multi-Group
Entropy
Index
0
= fully
integrated
| 1 =
fully
segregated
