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Since 2011, more than half of all U.S.-born children have been identified as ethnic or racial minorities. By 2020, the total minority population will have grown to 40.7 percent from 30.9 percent in 2000. But change isn’t confined to the next four years. By its estimates, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that no single ethnic group will comprise the majority in the U.S. for the first time in 2044.
Large City Ranking:
1 New York, NY
(69.35)
2 Oakland, CA
(69.26)
3 San Jose, CA
(68.35)
4 Sacramento, CA
(66.50)
5 San Francisco, CA
(66.30)
6 San Diego, CA
(65.52)
7 Boston, MA
(65.40)
8 Los Angeles, CA
(65.22)
9 Long Beach, CA
(65.11)
10 Houston, TX
(64.35)
Funny how low they rank Miami for being "diverse" but I guess they don't count diversity among Hispanic groups as being diversity. They only seem to rank diversity based on white, black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American distributions. Which is kind of the problem with lists like this.
Also, Lawton, OK is the 11th most diverse place in the US?
Funny how low they rank Miami for being "diverse" but I guess they don't count diversity among Hispanic groups as being diversity. They only seem to rank diversity based on white, black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American distributions. Which is kind of the problem with lists like this.
Also, Lawton, OK is the 11th most diverse place in the US?
Lawton is located next to the Fort Sill army base which, like other military sites, has a very mobile population from a wide variety of backgrounds. Also Oklahoma in general has a substantial Native American population which is spread out more evenly than in most states, plus many multiracial residents who classify as partially Native American. So while this small Great Plains city may not have an obviously ethnic character, it is statistically very diverse.
I would guess that if Middle Easterners were categorized as a separate racial group, Dearborn, MI would rank a lot higher than the 252nd of 313 that it does currently - so the data obviously has limitations.
Funny how low they rank Miami for being "diverse" but I guess they don't count diversity among Hispanic groups as being diversity. They only seem to rank diversity based on white, black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American distributions. Which is kind of the problem with lists like this.
I imagine the 10 cities listed also have very diverse Hispanic populations. They also add very diverse Asian populations, a demographic Miami lacks.
Funny how low they rank Miami for being "diverse" but I guess they don't count diversity among Hispanic groups as being diversity. They only seem to rank diversity based on white, black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American distributions. Which is kind of the problem with lists like this.
Also, Lawton, OK is the 11th most diverse place in the US?
Fort Sill Army Base is located in the Lawton area. Military bases bring cultural diversity to any area. So, that along with the fact that many Oklahoma cities have white, black, Hispanic and Native American communities anyway, it isn't that far fetched.
Fort Sill Army Base is located in the Lawton area. Military bases bring cultural diversity to any area. So, that along with the fact that many Oklahoma cities have white, black, Hispanic and Native American communities anyway, it isn't that far fetched.
I looked at the demographics for Lawton out of curiosity:
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The racial makeup of the city was 60.3% White, 21.4% African American, 4.7% Native American, 2.6% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 3.4% from other races, and 4.9% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 12.6% (7.8% Mexican, 2.8% Puerto Rican, 0.3% Panamanian)
That seems fairly diverse, but the only thing that seems unique is that there's a considerable Native American population(which isn't even that large usually outside of certain areas with large reservations). Though it seems like the city is mostly white, with a sizable black, and then smaller Hispanic population(which you can find in a lot of places in the US).
It would be nice to see a report that's ostensibly about ethno-racial diversity actually address the "ethnic" part of the equation. This is why we get these reports declaring Robeson County, NC the most "diverse county in the nation."
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