More Americans Live in Economically Segregated Neighborhoods

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More Americans Live in Economically Segregated Neighborhoods Than 30 Years Ago

Racial segregation in U.S. neighborhoods is on the decline, but income level is increasingly an indicator of where people live. Gwen Ifill talks to Pew Research Center's Paul Taylor about a recently released study on the connections between income inequality and neighborhood segregation.

AIR DATE 8/1/12

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