Segregation probably has a larger impact on the health of African Americans than other groups because blacks currently live under a level of segregation that is higher than that of any other immigrant group in U.S. history.62 In addition, the association between segregation and SES varies by minority racial group. For Latinos and Asians, segregation is inversely related to household income but segregation is high at all levels of SES for blacks.66 In the 2000 Census, the highest SES blacks (incomes greater than $50,000) were more segregated than the poorest Latinos and Asians (incomes less than $15,000).66 A study of 6 community areas in Chicago illustrates how increasing household income does not translate into markedly improved neighborhood conditions or health for blacks.67 It found that in two heavily African American areas that varied markedly in income (one having a median income of $38,000 and the other of $18,000), residents of the better off black neighborhood did better than those of the poorer one on only 4 out of 13 health measures. Because of the relatively high levels of disadvantage of
