Top 50 Cities by Ethnic/Racial Diversity (live, best, state, largest)
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The greater ranking is called "Best Cities to Move to For Diversity" but I chose to only look at the Ethnic/Racial Diversity column.
Ethnic/racial diversity - calculated using a Simpson’s Diversity Index using the following distinct groups:
Hispanic or Latino
White alone, non-Hispanic
Black or African American alone, non-Hispanic
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, non-Hispanic
Asian alone, non-Hispanic
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, non-Hispanic
Some Other Race alone, non-Hispanic
Multiracial, non-Hispanic
Top 50 Cities of all Size Categories by Ethnic/Racial Diversity
1 Vallejo, CA
2 Oakland, CA
3 Fairfield, CA
4 Jersey City, NY
5 Sacramento, CA
6 Elk Grove, CA
7 Antioch, CA
8 New York, NY
9 Spring Valley, NV
10 Kent, WA
11 Enterprise, NV
12 Hayward, CA
13 Kileen, TX
14 Pearland, TX
15 Richmond, CA
16 Pasadena, CA
17 Chicago, IL
18 Stockton, CA
19 New Haven, CT
20 Renton, WA
21 North Las Vegas, NV
22 Kansas City, KS
23 Irving, TX
24 Arlington, TX
25 Rancho Cucamonga, CA
26 San Mateo, CA
27 Paradise, NV
28 Orlando, FL
29 Coral Springs, FL
30 San Jose, CA
31 Long Beach, CA
32 Boston, MA
33 Lewisville, TX
34 Torrance, CA
35 Columbia, MD
36 Carrollton, TX
37 San Francisco, CA
38 San Diego, CA
39 Milwaukee, WI
40 Garland, TX
41 Rochester, NY
42 Philadelphia, PA
43 Fullerton, CA
44 Aurora, CO
45 Yonkers, NY
46 Fort Worth, TX
47 Lancaster, CA
48 Houston, TX
49 Las Vegas, NV
50 Charlotte, NC
The greater ranking is called "Best Cities to Move to For Diversity" but I chose to only look at the Ethnic/Racial Diversity column.
Ethnic/racial diversity - calculated using a Simpson’s Diversity Index using the following distinct groups:
Hispanic or Latino
White alone, non-Hispanic
Black or African American alone, non-Hispanic
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, non-Hispanic
Asian alone, non-Hispanic
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, non-Hispanic
Some Other Race alone, non-Hispanic
Multiracial, non-Hispanic
Top 50 Cities of all Size Categories by Ethnic/Racial Diversity
1 Vallejo, CA
2 Oakland, CA
3 Fairfield, CA
4 Jersey City, NY
5 Sacramento, CA
6 Elk Grove, CA
7 Antioch, CA
8 New York, NY
9 Spring Valley, NV
10 Kent, WA
11 Enterprise, NV
12 Hayward, CA
13 Kileen, TX
14 Pearland, TX
15 Richmond, CA
16 Pasadena, CA
17 Chicago, IL
18 Stockton, CA
19 New Haven, CT
20 Renton, WA
21 North Las Vegas, NV
22 Kansas City, KS
23 Irving, TX
24 Arlington, TX
25 Rancho Cucamonga, CA
26 San Mateo, CA
27 Paradise, NV
28 Orlando, FL
29 Coral Springs, FL
30 San Jose, CA
31 Long Beach, CA
32 Boston, MA
33 Lewisville, TX
34 Torrance, CA
35 Columbia, MD
36 Carrollton, TX
37 San Francisco, CA
38 San Diego, CA
39 Milwaukee, WI
40 Garland, TX
41 Rochester, NY
42 Philadelphia, PA
43 Fullerton, CA
44 Aurora, CO
45 Yonkers, NY
46 Fort Worth, TX
47 Lancaster, CA
48 Houston, TX
49 Las Vegas, NV
50 Charlotte, NC
Interesting list. Although a little surprising LA is missing, although I’m guessing it’s because of their low Black population. Same for San Francisco. Also would have expected to see Houston much higher given that they have a pretty good balance of Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics (and a growing Asian population). I would think their balance would put them a lot higher. They have very similar demographics as Chicago, with slightly more Hispanics and Asians (percentage wise), so I’m a little confused how Chicago is 30 slots higher than Houston.
Interesting list. Although a little surprising LA is missing, although I’m guessing it’s because of their low Black population. Same for San Francisco. Also would have expected to see Houston much higher given that they have a pretty good balance of Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics (and a growing Asian population). I would think their balance would put them a lot higher. They have very similar demographics as Chicago, with slightly more Hispanics and Asians (percentage wise), so I’m a little confused how Chicago is 30 slots higher than Houston.
What caught my eye is Pearland is high on the list but Sugarland isn't. FW is on the list but Dallas isn't. Wasn't long ago that there were lots if jokes about FW's lack of diversity. Dallas has to be more diverse than FW and Arlington. Must be something with the methodology
What caught my eye is Pearland is high on the list but Sugarland isn't. FW is on the list but Dallas isn't. Wasn't long ago that there were lots if jokes about FW's lack of diversity. Dallas has to be more diverse than FW and Arlington. Must be something with the methodology
Well Dallas is 42% hispanic which is the largest demographic while both Arlington and Fort Worth have white populations that make up about 35% of the population, which those are the largest demographic of those cities. So it seems like at least on paper, those cities are more diverse than Dallas.
What caught my eye is Pearland is high on the list but Sugarland isn't. FW is on the list but Dallas isn't. Wasn't long ago that there were lots if jokes about FW's lack of diversity. Dallas has to be more diverse than FW and Arlington. Must be something with the methodology
There are lots of suburbs of Dallas listed. But I am also very surprised that Houston isn't ranked higher. I mean, Texas is one of just a handful of minority/majority states.
The greater ranking is called "Best Cities to Move to For Diversity" but I chose to only look at the Ethnic/Racial Diversity column.
Ethnic/racial diversity - calculated using a Simpson’s Diversity Index using the following distinct groups:
Hispanic or Latino
White alone, non-Hispanic
Black or African American alone, non-Hispanic
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, non-Hispanic
Asian alone, non-Hispanic
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, non-Hispanic
Some Other Race alone, non-Hispanic
Multiracial, non-Hispanic
Top 50 Cities of all Size Categories by Ethnic/Racial Diversity
1 Vallejo, CA
2 Oakland, CA
3 Fairfield, CA
4 Jersey City, NY
5 Sacramento, CA
6 Elk Grove, CA
7 Antioch, CA
8 New York, NY
9 Spring Valley, NV
10 Kent, WA
11 Enterprise, NV
12 Hayward, CA
13 Killeen, TX
14 Pearland, TX
15 Richmond, CA
16 Pasadena, CA
17 Chicago, IL
18 Stockton, CA
19 New Haven, CT
20 Renton, WA
21 North Las Vegas, NV
22 Kansas City, KS
23 Irving, TX
24 Arlington, TX
25 Rancho Cucamonga, CA
26 San Mateo, CA
27 Paradise, NV
28 Orlando, FL
29 Coral Springs, FL
30 San Jose, CA
31 Long Beach, CA
32 Boston, MA
33 Lewisville, TX
34 Torrance, CA
35 Columbia, MD
36 Carrollton, TX
37 San Francisco, CA
38 San Diego, CA
39 Milwaukee, WI
40 Garland, TX
41 Rochester, NY
42 Philadelphia, PA
43 Fullerton, CA
44 Aurora, CO
45 Yonkers, NY
46 Fort Worth, TX
47 Lancaster, CA
48 Houston, TX
49 Las Vegas, NV
50 Charlotte, NC
The list looks like cities over 100,000 people. I've said this before numerous times, but list like these almost always benefit Western suburbs. Not necessarily because they are the most diverse although many of them outright are. But because western suburbs contain like 90%+ of new cities over 100,000 (As in hit 100,000 in the last 40 years) and probably an outright majority of them (cities 100,000+) are West of the Mississippi. The majority of DFW lives in cities of over 100,000, same with Bay Area, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas and maybe even L.A and Seattle.
Houston which is in the same state, has two cities including itself on this list and is equally as diverse/integrated if not moreso than Dallas area which has 6 cities. But because it's not a twin metro, the first city other than itself to cross 100,000 people happened with Pasadena in the 90s and the 2nd not till somewhere around 2012/2013. Although now like 5-6 are coming across that boundary. Atlanta with it's cityhood thing, will be the same and start popping up on lists like this. Meanwhile, D.C area suburbs and New York suburbs on Long Island will forever not make this list because the way the metro is divided has very small historic suburban boundaries.
Even Columbia, Maryland just made it.
Meanwhile, while Pearland made the list, the most diverse part of the metro an area known as Richmond which has 100,000+ people and is roughly 20-30% of each race, will never make a list like this. Equally diverse as Pearland: Cypress, Klein, Katy and Missouri City will also never make the list, although these areas have 100,000 people or more each because they haven't annexed or aren't CDP's official communities. But give this 5 years, when Missouri City crosses 100,000, it'll suddenly shoot to the top of the list. Their needs to be some sort of boundary, but I always felt like 100,000 leads to way too much self-selection and a list like this would make more sense at 50,000 because then at least more of the country could get represented.
For diversity the list is still pretty accurate. However this same list get's made for safety, and suburban Texas, Nevada, Arizona and California always do really well because these states have massive suburbs that can qualify but are far removed enough from the central city that they don't even get spillover crime at their size. You could probably find a million similar areas of 250,000 people elsewhere in the country but instead of 1 municipality it's like 7-30.
Last edited by NigerianNightmare; 06-20-2022 at 06:29 PM..
Interesting list. Although a little surprising LA is missing, although I’m guessing it’s because of their low Black population. Same for San Francisco. Also would have expected to see Houston much higher given that they have a pretty good balance of Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics (and a growing Asian population). I would think their balance would put them a lot higher. They have very similar demographics as Chicago, with slightly more Hispanics and Asians (percentage wise), so I’m a little confused how Chicago is 30 slots higher than Houston.
LA isn't on the list because their Hispanic plurality is too high (~47%). Houston's high Hispanic plurality dropped it a bit as well (~44%). It's Asian percentage in the city proper isn't that high either (~7%).
Chicago's balance between Whites (~31%), Hispanics (~30%), and Blacks (~29%) put it higher on the list.
San Francisco is too heavily skewed towards Whites and Asians to make the list.
Interesting list. Although a little surprising LA is missing, although I’m guessing it’s because of their low Black population. Same for San Francisco.
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Originally Posted by CincyExpert
San Francisco is too heavily skewed towards Whites and Asians to make the list.
The problem I have with lists like this is that it will bias towards smaller cities and smaller towns and ignore the breadth and width of diversity in the larger cities and focuses only on racial breakdown. Its not comprehensive.
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