RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION BY SOCIOECONOMIC-CLASS IN METROPOLITAN MIAMI - 1990

This paper investigates the proposition that socioeconomic status expl ains a significant amount of the residential segregation between Hispa nics, non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and non-Hispanic other s (mainly Asians) in metropolitan Miami. First, we test to determine i f there is significant segregation within each of the four ethnic grou ps and we find that there is, except for Blacks. Although the index of dissimilarity suggests that there is segregation by socioeconomic sta tus within Miami's Black population, map analysis reveals that this is not the case. Furthermore, we find that socioeconomic status is not a n important factor explaining metropolitan Miami's segregation pattern s between these four ethnic groups. When it comes to residential segre gation, Miami is similar to most other American cities. This is a sign ificant finding because several recent studies have suggested that sta ndard assimilation theory does not apply to Miami, and segregation is one aspect of assimilation.