I composed this list a while ago and came across it today. I thought it might be of interest to some of you. Perhaps there is one out on the internet somewhere that we can compare it to to see how far off I am. It uses data from the 2000 US Census.
I've measured integration based on how much each cities population is reflective of the metro Detroit's population. I've only considered blacks and whites. Hispanics are a "gray area" with the Census, and since they are not a large percentage in Detroit, they were not included. Nor were those of mixed race, nor the many other ethnic groups. This may have skewed the results of some cities a bit.
The formula calculated the combined variation of each race's representation from their metro area representations of 68.7% white & 25.1% black. Metro area is defined as the tri-county region.
[P.S. This list also doesn't take into account that there may be segregation within a city.]
I was hoping to include more data, but my frustration got the best of me so I will just list the cities. Also, I had to break the list into 2 posts due to length. The list is from most integrated to most segregated [[I'm speaking of voluntary segregation, of course).
Romulus
Mount Clements
New Haven Village
Lenox Twp
Hamtramck
Auborn Hills
Van Buren Twp
Sumpter Twp
Wayne
Harper Woods
Ecorse
Taylor
River Rouge
Farmington Hills
Redford
Belleville
Westland
West Bloomfield
Canton Twp
Melvindale
Franklin Village
Bloomfield Twp
Troy
Bingham Farms
Northville Twp
Farmington
Clinton Twp
Brownstown Twp
Oak Park
Eastpointe
Romeo
Orchard Lake Village
Novi
Ferndale
Rochester Hills
Southfield Twp
Lake Angelus
Dearborn
Wixom
Leonard Village
Warren
Plymouth Twp
Grosse Pointe Park
Madison Heights
Waterford
Beverly Hills
Cesterfield Twp
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