GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION OF AFFLUENCE AND POVERTY IN 100 METROPOLITAN-AREAS, 1990

The geographic concentration of poverty and affluence is examined for the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Concentration of poverty and afflu ence are uncorrelated, but metropolitan areas can be classified into f ive types based on six indices of concentration and affluence. The typ es differ significantly in their racial and ethnic segregation, the re lative advantage of the central city as compared to the suburbs, and t he economic inequality in the population, Cities in which both affluen ce and poverty are highly concentrated differ along all dimensions fro m cities of the more egalitarian type.