Nation's Most Racially Uniform Cities Are Neighbors

"In a diverse America, two of the most racially uniform cities sit just a few miles apart in Michigan -- one white, one black.With 96.5 percent of its residents listing their race as white, Livonia, Mich., has the highest percentage of whites of any city of 100,000 or more people.Nearby Detroit has the second-highest percentage of blacks, 82.8 percent of its residents."[Thanks to Varkki George for pointing out the editorial error we introduced in the headline. It has now been corrected -- Ed. 16 Aug 2001]