Communities

Nassau County, NY, a once nearly all-White suburb of New York City, has grown increasingly diverse over the past 30 years, with people of color now comprising 44.2% of the county’s overall population. Black and Brown people are concentrated, though, in the county’s center, in what is often referred to as Nassau’s “corridor of color,” which is surrounded by many nearly all-White communities. This is among the reasons Nassau is considered one of the most racially segregated counties in the United States. For Nassau’s Black and Brown populations, segregation has led to unequal housing, education, medical, and social services—and, according to our preliminary research, news coverage as well.