One way of measuring segregation is the likelihood that a black student will have classmates who are white. Figure 3.28 shows the probability that a black student would have white classmates, by county, during a recent academic year. Do there appear to be any significant regional differences? Can you pick out any differences between urban and rural areas? Discuss possible explanations for a few of the trends that you see in the figure.

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Probability That a Black Student Would Have White Classmates Less than 10% 20%-40% [a 40%-60% 60%-80% More than 80% Counties with no data or no black students