Dr. King Column

You can find the dataset for the column in the previous post, and you can find the column here:

http://clayton-richmondheights.patch.com/articles/census-data-and-kings-dream-speech-reveal-need-to-address-poverty

I'm planning on using the data in a few other columns too, so here are some highlights:

• Missouri and St. Louis are both ranked 7th as the most segregated state and large metropolitan area, respectively.
• To fully integrate Blacks and Whites residentially in Missouri and St. Louis, almost three quarters of the minority would have to move (or a combination of Black/White movement would have to produce an equal net effect).
• Out of the 74 schools in the St. Louis City school dataset I produced, 51 are at least 75% Black, 36 are at least 90% Black, and 18 are at least 99% Black.
• Without addressing poverty, we cannot really see how much of today's de facto segregation is still a racial issue v. a socioeconomic one.