Governing Magazine has compiled a list of the 50 biggest cities with the highest percentage of gentrifying Census tracts from the 2000 Census to 2009-2013. Not too many surprises, with Portland and D.C. at the top. San Francisco can’t really gentrify because it didn’t have many poor neighborhoods to start with. It’s more undergoing aristocratization.

Eligible Tracts Gentrifying Gentrified Tracts Not Gentrified Rich in 2000 Total Portland, OR 58.1% 36 26 80 142 Washington, DC 51.9% 54 50 75 179 Minneapolis, MN 50.6% 39 38 39 116 Seattle, WA 50% 7 7 118 132 Atlanta, GA 46.2% 30 35 62 127 Virginia Beach, VA 46.2% 6 7 86 99 Denver, CO 42.1% 24 33 87 144 Austin, TX 39.7% 25 38 119 182 Sacramento, CA 30% 15 35 54 104 New York, NY 29.8% 128 301 1723 2152 Oakland, CA 29.3% 24 58 31 113 Philadelphia, PA 28.7% 84 209 90 383 Albuquerque, NM 28.1% 9 23 95 127 San Diego, CA 27.5% 22 58 202 282 Baltimore, MD 23.2% 39 129 32 200 Long Beach, CA 22.4% 11 38 62 111 Fort Worth, TX 21.5% 17 62 71 150 Omaha, NE 21.4% 12 44 75 131 Nashville, TN 21.1% 12 45 96 153 Boston, MA 21.1% 12 45 122 179 San Francisco, CA 18.8% 3 13 180 196 Houston, TX 18.4% 35 155 271 461 Colorado Springs, CO 17.6% 6 28 61 95 Chicago, IL 16.8% 54 268 473 795 Jacksonville, FL 16.2% 11 57 95 163 Charlotte, NC 15.8% 9 48 137 194 Los Angeles, CA 15.1% 51 287 661 999 Phoenix, AZ 14.2% 20 121 214 355 Oklahoma City, OK 13.2% 9 59 128 196 Raleigh, NC 13% 3 20 59 82 Kansas City, MO 12.8% 10 68 70 148 Miami, FL 12.8% 5 34 58 97 Indianapolis, IN 12.2% 12 86 109 207 Columbus, OH 12.2% 11 79 117 207 Milwaukee, WI 12.1% 16 116 77 209 Mesa, AZ 12.1% 4 29 77 110 San Antonio, TX 11.7% 14 106 165 285 Fresno, CA 11.4% 5 39 69 113 Wichita, KS 11.4% 5 39 57 101 Louisville, KY 10.6% 7 59 97 163 Dallas, TX 10.2% 13 114 167 294 San Jose, CA 10% 7 63 125 195 Memphis, TN 8.8% 7 73 91 171 Tucson, AZ 8.3% 4 44 74 122 Tulsa, OK 7% 3 40 80 123 Cleveland, OH 6.7% 10 139 28 177 Detroit, MI 2.8% 7 243 46 296 Las Vegas, NV 2% 1 48 100 149 El Paso, TX 0% 0 27 104 131 Arlington, TX 0% 0 19 52 71

Governing reports:

Distinct differences emerge between neighborhoods that gentrified and those that haven’t. Neighborhoods gentrifying since 2000 recorded population increases and became whiter, with the share of non-Hispanic white residents increasing an average of 4.3 percentage points. Meanwhile, lower-income neighborhoods that failed to gentrify experienced slight population losses and saw the concentration of minorities increase. They have also experienced different economic fates: Average poverty rates climbed nearly 7 percent in already lower-income tracts that didn’t gentrify, while dropping slightly in gentrifying neighborhoods. Neighborhood Type Tract Count Total Population Change White Non-Hispanic Share of Population Percentage-Point Change Poverty Rate Percentage-Point Change Gentrifying Tracts 948 6.5% +4.3 -0.7 Gentrification-Eligible Tracts Not Gentrifying 3,802 -2.4% -5.0 +6.7 All Tracts (includes ineligible tracts) 11,829 +9.7% -4.5 +3.6 NOTE: Figures represent average changes for each group. Results shown for all tracts in the 50 largest cities with at least 500 residents.

It would be interesting to know how many Census tracts in each city that were not eligible for gentrification in 2000 now are — i.e., how many deteriorated.

Here are maps of all 50 cities.

Here’s their methodology.