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.