Illinois

SEGREGATION: DISSIMILARITY INDICES

Illinois Cities Ranked by White/Black Dissimilarity Index
Rank City Black Population White Population Total Population Dissimilarity Index
1. Pekin city* 857 32,088 33,857 92.4
2. Chicago city 1,053,739 907,166 2,896,016 87.3
3. Park Ridge city* 85 35,307 37,775 74.4
4. Elmwood Park village* 129 21,490 25,405 71.1
5. Joliet city 19,125 64,811 106,221 70.1
6. Mount Prospect village* 979 41,548 56,265 68.2
7. Evanston city 16,449 46,444 74,239 68.1
8. Glenview village* 646 34,778 41,847 68.1
9. Oak Forest city 1,006 24,297 28,051 66.5
10. Northbrook village* 190 29,346 33,435 64.9
11. Lansing village 2,983 23,238 28,332 64.3
12. Addison village* 874 21,540 35,914 62.2
13. Rock Island city 6,741 29,485 39,684 61.5
14. Chicago Heights city 12,305 12,062 32,776 61.0
15. Burbank city* 67 23,515 27,902 60.4
16. Berwyn city* 588 30,476 54,016 60.3
17. Rockford city 25,822 102,678 150,115 60.0
18. Oak Lawn village* 666 49,689 55,245 59.7
19. St. Charles city* 450 25,212 27,896 59.6
20. Granite City city* 616 29,142 31,301 58.9
21. Kankakee city 11,216 13,130 27,491 58.6
22. Elmhurst city* 388 38,706 42,762 58.5
23. Springfield city 17,007 89,510 111,454 58.4
24. North Chicago city 12,853 14,028 35,918 57.8
25. Alton city 7,504 21,825 30,496 57.6
26. Arlington Heights village* 706 66,612 76,031 56.6
27. Maywood village 22,208 1,488 26,987 56.6
28. Downers Grove village* 911 42,777 48,724 56.4
29. Galesburg city 3,402 27,688 33,706 56.2
30. Lombard village 1,125 35,591 42,322 55.2
31. Cicero town* 674 16,787 85,616 55.0
32. Tinley Park village* 923 43,787 48,401 54.9
33. Decatur city 15,846 62,993 81,860 54.5
34. Peoria city 27,783 77,138 112,936 54.3
35. Niles village* 123 24,133 30,068 54.2
36. Hoffman Estates village 2,141 33,789 49,495 53.6
37. Danville city 8,193 23,140 33,904 51.9
38. Champaign city 10,471 48,168 67,518 51.9
39. Calumet City city 20,530 13,421 39,071 50.6
40. Freeport city 3,623 21,399 26,443 50.1
41. Harvey city 23,732 1,903 30,000 50.0
42. Palatine village 1,343 49,029 65,479 49.9
43. Elk Grove Village village* 481 28,599 34,727 49.6
44. Carol Stream village 1,689 29,524 40,438 49.2
45. Woodridge village 2,440 21,671 30,934 49.0
46. Urbana city 5,181 23,811 36,395 48.7
47. Glen Ellyn village* 570 23,476 26,999 48.7
48. Quincy city 1,862 37,332 40,366 48.6
49. East St. Louis city 30,702 363 31,542 47.5
50. Des Plaines city* 558 44,635 58,720 46.9
51. DeKalb city 3,508 29,479 39,018 46.8
52. Schaumburg village 2,479 56,953 75,386 45.4
53. Carpentersville village 1,234 15,862 30,586 44.9
54. Crystal Lake city* 193 34,067 38,000 44.7
55. Wheaton city 1,525 48,494 55,416 43.6
56. Skokie village 2,798 41,549 63,348 43.2
57. Aurora city 15,389 74,457 142,990 42.6
58. Elgin city 6,100 50,831 94,487 41.9
59. Waukegan city 16,354 27,186 87,901 41.6
60. Orland Park village* 367 46,478 51,077 41.4
61. Highland Park city* 488 27,112 31,365 39.7
62. Moline city 1,325 36,030 43,768 39.3
63. Wilmette village* 147 24,343 27,651 39.0
64. Buffalo Grove village* 317 37,121 42,909 38.6
65. Oak Park village 11,685 34,767 52,524 38.4
66. Belleville city 6,377 33,341 41,410 36.9
67. Wheeling village* 799 22,892 34,496 36.0
68. Naperville city 3,828 106,386 128,358 35.6
69. Hanover Park village 2,243 20,474 38,278 35.0
70. Normal town 3,460 39,121 45,386 33.8
71. Bloomington city 5,527 54,011 64,808 32.9
72. Glendale Heights village 1,494 17,409 31,765 31.2
73. Gurnee village 1,442 22,705 28,834 30.7
74. Bartlett village* 706 30,673 36,706 27.7
75. Round Lake Beach village* 740 16,057 25,859 24.8
76. Mundelein village* 464 20,566 30,935 24.6
77. Bolingbrook village 11,324 32,618 56,321 24.4
78. Streamwood village 1,352 25,130 36,407 22.6
79. Dolton village 20,973 3,390 25,614 18.8

* When a group's population is small, its dissimilarity index may be high even if the group's members are evenly distributed throughout the area. Thus, when a group's population is less than 1,000, exercise caution in interpreting its dissimilarity indices.

Source: William H. Frey and Dowell Myers' analysis of Census 2000; and the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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