Eighty-six percent of white people said their closest friends were white, and 70% of black residents survey reported that their best friends were black.

英訳に間違いが有れば正してください。

白人の86%が自分の親友は白人であると答え、調査した黒人住民の70%は自分の親友が黒人であると報告しました。
Eighty-six percent of white people said their closest friends were white, and 70% of black residents survey reported that their best friends were black.

ヒント
主語の形

答え surveyをsurveyedにする

Eighty-six percent of white people said their closest friends were white, and 70% of black residents surveyed reported that their best friends were black.

residents survey reportedの並びでおかしいと分かる

調査された住民(residents surveyed)が報告したという、人が主語の文。
調査(survey)が報告したという無生物主語でない。

They released results of a resident survey.
彼らは住民調査の結果を発表した。

住民調査という意味の場合residentは単数になる。

“Eighty-six percent of white people said their closest friends were white, and 70% of black residents surveyed reported that their best friends were black.”

引用元
THE CONVERSATION
How dogs help keep multiracial neighborhoods socially segregated
May 22, 2019 10.04pm AEST
http://theconversation.com/how-dogs-help-keep-multiracial-neighborhoods-socially-segregated-116120