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<br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />Figure 1: Racial Dot Map of Pleasanton (2020) <br />Universe: Population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census State Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, 2020 <br />Census of Population and Housing, Table P002. <br />Note: The plot shows the racial distribution at the census block level for City of Pleasanton and vicinity. Dots in each census <br />block are randomly placed and should not be construed as actual placement of people. <br />There are many ways to quantitatively measure segregation. Each measure captures a different aspect <br />of the ways in which groups are divided within a community. One way to measure segregation is by <br />using an isolation index: <br />• The isolation index compares each neighborhood’s composition to the jurisdiction’s <br />demographics as a whole. <br />• This index ranges from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate that a particular group is more isolated <br />from other groups. <br />• Isolation indices indicate the potential for contact between different groups. The index can be <br />interpreted as the experience of the average member of that group. For example, if the <br />isolation index is .65 for Latinx residents in a city, then the average Latinx resident in that city <br />lives in a neighborhood that is 65% Latinx. <br />Within City of Pleasanton the most isolated racial group is white residents. Pleasanton’s isolation index <br />of 0.457 for white residents means that the average white resident lives in a neighborhood that is <br />45.7% white. Other racial groups are less isolated, meaning they may be more likely to encounter other <br />racial groups in their neighborhoods. The isolation index values for all racial groups in Pleasanton for <br />the years 2000, 2010, and 2020 can be found in Table 1 below. Among all racial groups in this <br />jurisdiction, the white population’s isolation index has changed the most over time, becoming less <br />segregated from other racial groups between 2000 and 2020.