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DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 10, 1991                   TAG: 9104100179
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MIAMI                                LENGTH: Short

NEIGHBORHOODS STILL SEGREGATED, STUDY SAYS

Nearly a third of the nation's urban blacks still live in neighborhoods that are at least 90 percent black, according to a study of figures from the Census Bureau, conducted by the Miami Herald.

In a study based on a comparison of 1990 and 1980 figures, the Herald reported Tuesday that more than 9.1 million blacks - or about 30 percent - still live in virtual racial isolation. That was down slightly from 34 percent in 1980, it said. The study also found that 68 percent of the nation's white population lives in nearly all-white neighborhoods, down from 76 percent in 1980.

Sociologists say some of the apparent improvement may be caused by an influx of Hispanics into once mainly black neighborhoods.

by CNB