A Search for the 75 Most Diverse Counties (populations, Atlanta, Los Angeles)
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Wyandotte KS is interesting, I wouldn't have guessed it was so diverse. I've thought of KC as one of those older Midwestern metros that's mainly white/black.
Also that DuPage IL is more diverse (actually significantly so) than Lake IL --- I associate Lake with towns like the Round Lakes that have large Hispanic populations, and places like Waukegan and Zion with large black populations, and I associate DuPage with affluent, sprawling white suburbs. But I guess inner DuPage (Addison, Elmhurst etc.) has been getting more Latino inflow recently, and the affluent, farther-out suburbs like Naperville are close to a lot of tech employers so they've been attracting more Asian inflow.
Lake County is interesting to look at from a economic and race standpoint. It contains a lot of upper middle to very affluent towns(even more so than Dupage IMO) in its southern portion, many in which are over 80% white, while the northern portion is almost polar opposites and at the same time contains a couple of the most racially/ethnically balanced communities with white/black/hispanics coexisting in near equal proportions along the lakefront in North Chicago and Zion, in addition to some Asians (5% in both) and just as many people who identify as multiracial for good measures. Also, it amazes me that Highland Park, Deerfield, Lake Forest, and Lake Bluff's affluence haven't bled into Waukegan(county's largest city and county seat) to make it more like Naperville/Wheaton or even a big Highwood(north shore suburb that's >50% Hispanic). It's like two different counties with an unofficial county line at the border of Lake Bluff and North Chicago, with the southern half looks more like an extension of North/Northwest Cook County.
Will County is also up there in diversity, 3 groups are >10% and the 4th represents an average percentage. Racially/ethnically, it's a close enough microcosm of Illinois and the US. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fa...L,US/PST045219
I'm going to take this in a different direction. Lane county in Oregon ranges from the Pacific Ocean on the west side to the Cascade mountain range on the east. Within 2 hours you can be skiing in powder snow to clamming for littlenecks to harvesting crabs on the reefs. You can fish in pristine rivers like the Middle Fork Willamette (where I live) to fishing for Chinook salmon, Coho, winter and summer Steelhead. You can forage for numerous mushrooms (pay attention to the species!).
The population is mostly white, but I'm seeing more and more people of color, including African American, Hispanic, and many Asian cultures moving here.
To top it off, the weather is great, mild winters and warm, but usually not hot summers. We do get our share of rain, but we are currently experiencing a drought.
Over all, not a bad place to live.
In this post Ill take some of these counties and look at how many have immigrants groups that represent over 1% of the counties population. The larger number of groups, the more diverse the county is.
The number of groups and the specific groups are below.
13 Countries
Hudson, NJ: China, India, Philippines, Egypt, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
12 Countries
Queens, NY: China, Korea, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana
9 Countries
Miami-Dade, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela
Fairfax, VA: China, Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Fort Bend, TX: China, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam, Nigeria, El Salvador, Mexico, and Venezuela
Union, NJ: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
8 Countries
Broward, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela
Orange, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela
Bergen, NJ: Poland, China, Korea, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Ecuador
Suffolk, MA: China, Vietnam, Cabo Verde, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Colombia
7 Countries
Los Angeles, CA: China, Korea, Iran, Philippines, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico
Prince William, VA: Pakistan, Ghana, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru
Montgomery, MD: China, Korea, India, Vietnam, Ethiopia, El Salvador, and Peru
Westchester, NY: Italy, India, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Ecuador
6 Countries
Harris, TX: India, Vietnam, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico
Orange, CA: China, Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
San Francisco, CA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, El Salvador, and Mexico
Santa Clara, CA: China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Vietnam, and Mexico
Sacramento, CA: Ukraine, China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Palm Beach, FL: Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Colombia
Arlington, VA: China, India, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Bolivia
Rockland, NY: India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, and Ecuador
5 Countries
Gwinnett, GA: Korea, India, Vietnam, El Salvador, and Mexico
Alameda, CA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Contra Costa, CA: China, India, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
King, WA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Snohomish, WA: Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
San Mateo, CA: China, India, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
DuPage, IL: Poland, China, India, Philippines, and Mexico
Passaic, NJ: India, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru
Fairfield, CT: India, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Ecuador
4 Countries
Cook, IL: Poland, China, India, and Mexico
San Diego, CA: China, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Wayne, MI: India, Lebanon, Yemen, and Mexico
Oakland, MI: China, India, Iraq, and Mexico
Clark, NV: China, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
Hillsborough, FL: India, Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia
Norfolk, MA: China, India, Vietnam, and Haiti
Loudoun, VA: China, India, Philippines, and El Salvador
Middlesex, NJ: China, India, Dominican Republic, and Mexico
3 Countries
Collin, TX: China, India, and Mexico
Dallas, TX: India, El Salvador, and Mexico
DeKalb, GA: India, Jamaica, and Mexico
San Bernardino, CA: China, Philippines, and Mexico
San Joaquin, CA: India, Philippines, and Mexico
Multnomah, OR: China, Vietnam, and Mexico
Washington, OR: China, India, and Mexico
Hennepin, MN: India, Somalia, and Mexico
Ramsey, MN: Thailand, Vietnam, and Mexico
Lake, IL: India, Philippines, and Mexico
Middlesex, MA: China, India, and Brazil
Mecklenburg, NC: India, Honduras, and Mexico
Howard, MD: China, Korea, and India
Hartford, CT: Poland, India, and Jamaica
Fresno, CA: India, Laos, and Mexico
Monterrey, CA: Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
2 Countries
Fulton, GA: India and Mexico
Travis, TX: India and Mexico
Denton, TX: India and Mexico
Tarrant, TX: Vietnam and Mexico
Franklin, OH: India and Mexico
Cobb, GA: India and Mexico
Riverside, CA: Philippines and Mexico
Will, IL: India and Mexico
Philadelphia, PA: China and Dominican Republic
Wake, NC: India and Mexico
Baltimore, MD: India and Nigeria
Ventura, CA: Philippines and Mexico
1 Country
Maricopa, AZ: Mexico
Bexar, TX: Mexico
Hidalgo, TX: Mexico
El Paso, TX: Mexico
Salt Lake, UT: Mexico
Denver, CO: Mexico
Arapahoe, CO: Mexico
Montgomery, PA: Korea
Stanislaus, CA: Mexico
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In this post Ill take some of these counties and look at how many have immigrants groups that represent over 1% of the counties population. The larger number of groups, the more diverse the county is.
The number of groups and the specific groups are below.
13 Countries Hudson, NJ: China, India, Philippines, Egypt, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
12 Countries
Queens, NY: China, Korea, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana
9 Countries
Miami-Dade, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela Fairfax, VA: China, Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Peru, and Bolivia. Fort Bend, TX: China, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam, Nigeria, El Salvador, Mexico, and Venezuela Union, NJ: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
8 Countries
Broward, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela
Orange, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela Bergen, NJ: Poland, China, Korea, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Ecuador
Suffolk, MA: China, Vietnam, Cabo Verde, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Colombia
7 Countries
Los Angeles, CA: China, Korea, Iran, Philippines, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico Prince William, VA: Pakistan, Ghana, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru
Montgomery, MD: China, Korea, India, Vietnam, Ethiopia, El Salvador, and Peru
Westchester, NY: Italy, India, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Ecuador
6 Countries
Harris, TX: India, Vietnam, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico Orange, CA: China, Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
San Francisco, CA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, El Salvador, and Mexico
Santa Clara, CA: China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Vietnam, and Mexico
Sacramento, CA: Ukraine, China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico Palm Beach, FL: Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Colombia
Arlington, VA: China, India, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Bolivia
Rockland, NY: India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, and Ecuador
5 Countries Gwinnett, GA: Korea, India, Vietnam, El Salvador, and Mexico
Alameda, CA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico Contra Costa, CA: China, India, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
King, WA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico Snohomish, WA: Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
San Mateo, CA: China, India, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
DuPage, IL: Poland, China, India, Philippines, and Mexico
Passaic, NJ: India, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru
Fairfield, CT: India, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Ecuador
4 Countries
Cook, IL: Poland, China, India, and Mexico
San Diego, CA: China, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Wayne, MI: India, Lebanon, Yemen, and Mexico Oakland, MI: China, India, Iraq, and Mexico
Clark, NV: China, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
Hillsborough, FL: India, Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia Norfolk, MA: China, India, Vietnam, and Haiti
Loudoun, VA: China, India, Philippines, and El Salvador
Middlesex, NJ: China, India, Dominican Republic, and Mexico
3 Countries
Collin, TX: China, India, and Mexico
Dallas, TX: India, El Salvador, and Mexico DeKalb, GA: India, Jamaica, and Mexico
San Bernardino, CA: China, Philippines, and Mexico San Joaquin, CA: India, Philippines, and Mexico
Multnomah, OR: China, Vietnam, and Mexico Washington, OR: China, India, and Mexico
Hennepin, MN: India, Somalia, and Mexico Ramsey, MN: Thailand, Vietnam, and Mexico
Lake, IL: India, Philippines, and Mexico
Middlesex, MA: China, India, and Brazil
Mecklenburg, NC: India, Honduras, and Mexico Howard, MD: China, Korea, and India
Hartford, CT: Poland, India, and Jamaica
Fresno, CA: India, Laos, and Mexico Monterrey, CA: Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
2 Countries
Fulton, GA: India and Mexico
Travis, TX: India and Mexico Denton, TX: India and Mexico
Tarrant, TX: Vietnam and Mexico
Franklin, OH: India and Mexico Cobb, GA: India and Mexico
Riverside, CA: Philippines and Mexico Will, IL: India and Mexico
Philadelphia, PA: China and Dominican Republic
Wake, NC: India and Mexico Baltimore, MD: India and Nigeria Ventura, CA: Philippines and Mexico
1 Country
Maricopa, AZ: Mexico
Bexar, TX: Mexico Hidalgo, TX (McAllen, TX is so small): Mexico El Paso, TX: Mexico
Salt Lake, UT: Mexico
Denver, CO: Mexico Arapahoe, CO: Mexico Montgomery, PA: Korea Stanislaus, CA: Mexico
0 Countries
New Haven, CT
Highlighted in bold the counties without the primary or secondary city of an either mid-size or major metro as a part of their county. Essentially the most "suburban" with regards to not having a major "anchor city" of a large metro within the county, and which are the most diverse.
The first seven are either in New York or DC metro area, and have 9 of the top 11 most diverse "suburban" counties. And this is with Queens excluded since it's a part of NYC, although I'm wavering on that a bit since parts of Queens are pretty far removed from the city's core.
Edit, Fort Bend, TX outside of Houston is in the top too.
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I'm going to take this in a different direction. Lane county in Oregon ranges from the Pacific Ocean on the west side to the Cascade mountain range on the east. Within 2 hours you can be skiing in powder snow to clamming for littlenecks to harvesting crabs on the reefs. You can fish in pristine rivers like the Middle Fork Willamette (where I live) to fishing for Chinook salmon, Coho, winter and summer Steelhead. You can forage for numerous mushrooms (pay attention to the species!).
The population is mostly white, but I'm seeing more and more people of color, including African American, Hispanic, and many Asian cultures moving here.
To top it off, the weather is great, mild winters and warm, but usually not hot summers. We do get our share of rain, but we are currently experiencing a drought.
Over all, not a bad place to live.
Its a good point. While Im talking about ethnicities and races, natural diversity is also valuable.
In this post Ill take some of these counties and look at how many have immigrants groups that represent over 1% of the counties population. The larger number of groups, the more diverse the county is.
The number of groups and the specific groups are below.
13 Countries
Hudson, NJ: China, India, Philippines, Egypt, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
12 Countries
Queens, NY: China, Korea, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guyana
9 Countries
Miami-Dade, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela
Fairfax, VA: China, Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Fort Bend, TX: China, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam, Nigeria, El Salvador, Mexico, and Venezuela
Union, NJ: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
8 Countries
Broward, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela
Orange, FL: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela
Bergen, NJ: Poland, China, Korea, India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Ecuador
Suffolk, MA: China, Vietnam, Cabo Verde, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Colombia
7 Countries
Los Angeles, CA: China, Korea, Iran, Philippines, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico
Prince William, VA: Pakistan, Ghana, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru
Montgomery, MD: China, Korea, India, Vietnam, Ethiopia, El Salvador, and Peru
Westchester, NY: Italy, India, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Ecuador
6 Countries
Harris, TX: India, Vietnam, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico
Orange, CA: China, Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
San Francisco, CA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, El Salvador, and Mexico
Santa Clara, CA: China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Vietnam, and Mexico
Sacramento, CA: Ukraine, China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Palm Beach, FL: Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Colombia
Arlington, VA: China, India, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Bolivia
Rockland, NY: India, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, and Ecuador
5 Countries
Gwinnett, GA: Korea, India, Vietnam, El Salvador, and Mexico
Alameda, CA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Contra Costa, CA: China, India, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
King, WA: China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Snohomish, WA: Korea, India, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
San Mateo, CA: China, India, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
DuPage, IL: Poland, China, India, Philippines, and Mexico
Passaic, NJ: India, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru
Fairfield, CT: India, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Ecuador
4 Countries
Cook, IL: Poland, China, India, and Mexico
San Diego, CA: China, Philippines, Vietnam, and Mexico
Wayne, MI: India, Lebanon, Yemen, and Mexico
Oakland, MI: China, India, Iraq, and Mexico
Clark, NV: China, Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
Hillsborough, FL: India, Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia
Norfolk, MA: China, India, Vietnam, and Haiti
Loudoun, VA: China, India, Philippines, and El Salvador
Middlesex, NJ: China, India, Dominican Republic, and Mexico
3 Countries
Collin, TX: China, India, and Mexico
Dallas, TX: India, El Salvador, and Mexico
DeKalb, GA: India, Jamaica, and Mexico
San Bernardino, CA: China, Philippines, and Mexico
San Joaquin, CA: India, Philippines, and Mexico
Multnomah, OR: China, Vietnam, and Mexico
Washington, OR: China, India, and Mexico
Hennepin, MN: India, Somalia, and Mexico
Ramsey, MN: Thailand, Vietnam, and Mexico
Lake, IL: India, Philippines, and Mexico
Middlesex, MA: China, India, and Brazil
Mecklenburg, NC: India, Honduras, and Mexico
Howard, MD: China, Korea, and India
Hartford, CT: Poland, India, and Jamaica
Fresno, CA: India, Laos, and Mexico
Monterrey, CA: Philippines, El Salvador, and Mexico
2 Countries
Fulton, GA: India and Mexico
Travis, TX: India and Mexico
Denton, TX: India and Mexico
Tarrant, TX: Vietnam and Mexico
Franklin, OH: India and Mexico
Cobb, GA: India and Mexico
Riverside, CA: Philippines and Mexico
Will, IL: India and Mexico
Philadelphia, PA: China and Dominican Republic
Wake, NC: India and Mexico
Baltimore, MD: India and Nigeria
Ventura, CA: Philippines and Mexico
1 Country
Maricopa, AZ: Mexico
Bexar, TX: Mexico
Hidalgo, TX: Mexico
El Paso, TX: Mexico
Salt Lake, UT: Mexico
Denver, CO: Mexico
Arapahoe, CO: Mexico
Montgomery, PA: Korea
Stanislaus, CA: Mexico
0 Countries
New Haven, CT
China also goes to Lake IL, and it's just over or very slightly under 1% Korean depending on if using ACS 1 year or 5 years estimate.
Champaign County IL has 4 countries: China, Mexico, India, and Korea
Highlighted in bold the counties without the primary or secondary city of an either mid-size or major metro as a part of their county. Essentially the most "suburban" with regards to not having a major "anchor city" of a large metro within the county, and which are the most diverse.
The first seven are either in New York or DC metro area, and have 9 of the top 11 most diverse "suburban" counties. And this is with Queens excluded since it's a part of NYC, although I'm wavering on that a bit since parts of Queens are pretty far removed from the city's core.
Edit, Fort Bend, TX outside of Houston is in the top too.
Yeah, though Hudson County is about the same size and population as the city of Boston. We’re pretty darn urban.
Hudson County, NJ
pop 672,391
46.19 sq mi
14,557 ppsm
City of Boston, MA
pop 684,379
48.34 sq miles
14,158 ppsm
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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Yeah, though Hudson County is about the same size and population as the city of Boston. We’re pretty darn urban.
Hudson County, NJ
pop 672,391
46.19 sq mi
14,557 ppsm
City of Boston, MA
pop 684,379
48.34 sq miles
14,158 ppsm
I know those NJ counties are pretty urban. My point on "suburban" was to say those counties highlighted don't have either the primary city or secondary city of their respective metros. Not the actual urban/suburban layout of the housing. Therefore completely a suburb in the absence of the metro's major city.
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