This study determines major dimensions of social stratification for whites and blacks and explores the existence of distinct social classes. It is based on a survey conducted on 225 white and 206 black household heads in Toledo, Ohio, using a highly structured interview that included variables reflecting major theoretical dimensions of stratification, important indexes, and well established correlates. Eighteen first-order factors were found for whites and 18 for blacks. Five factors matched in the two samples: social status, residence, organization activity, political activity and efficacy, and main support's social status. Other important factors, unique to each sample were: for whites, self-employed and majority group membership, and for blacks, class consciousness and method variance. The present findings indicate that stratification is more complex than anticipated by current conceptualization, previous research, and existing indexes. (Author/AM)