The hypothesis that racial or ethnic minority groups that are residentially segregated from the majority group in a racially or ethnically mixed society are less likely to be assimilated than those who are residentially integrated is empirically assessed. Data are used from the 1980 census of population for 139 Texas cities with large Hispanic populations. The results do not provide support for the hypothesis; rather, they suggest that other ecological context factors and social structural factors are the key determinants of ethnic identification.
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