Which metro area has the lowest diversity score?

Rio Grande City-Roma, TX ranks #1 with 7 (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by diversity score?

Rio Grande City-Roma, TX, Laredo, TX, Eagle Pass, TX, Greenville, OH, St. Marys, PA.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is diversity score measured?

CensusEasy Diversity Score (0 to 100): the chance that two random residents are of a different race or ethnicity, rescaled so 100 is a perfectly even split across all five groups. A Simpson diversity index over the five ACS race and ethnicity shares. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).

RANKING · 2024 ACS · 425 SHOWN OF 925

Least racially diverse, US metro areas

US metro areas with the lowest CensusEasy Diversity Score, where most residents share the same race or ethnicity (2023 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDIVERSITY SCOREVS 2000

501Elk City, OKOK22,15952+95%

502Montrose, COCO44,59152+56%

503Boulder, COCO328,56052+62%

504Blackfoot, IDID51,15352+62%

505Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,08352+57%

506Lafayette, ININ228,46853+118%

507Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79153+48%

508Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79553+65%

509Lynchburg, VAVA269,16953+31%

510North Port, FLFL948,15853+77%

511Athens, TXTX88,59553+70%

512Stephenville, TXTX43,91154+55%

513Russellville, ALAL32,44954+100%

514Easton, MDMD38,23854+41%

515Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65354+55%

516Decatur, ILIL99,30054+60%

517Uvalde, TXTX24,96354−4%

518Greenville, MSMS40,44654−7%

519Dayton, OHOH826,55454+43%

520Kennett, MOMO26,85554+108%

521Lexington, KYKY535,17454+65%

522Pullman, WAWA48,51255+128%

523Twin Falls, IDID123,90155+104%

524Ithaca, NYNY104,04755+73%

525Stillwater, OKOK83,88955+147%

526Scottsbluff, NENE36,27255+46%

527Jonesboro, ARAR139,44055+136%

528Shelbyville, TNTN55,27355+52%

529Selma, ALAL35,14055−6%

530Bemidji, MNMN47,05555+820%

531Rochester, NYNY1,056,14955+48%

532Decatur, ALAL160,32655+66%

533Panama City, FLFL231,17455+66%

534Kingsville, TXTX30,31556−7%

535Breckenridge, COCO39,06956+49%

536Gainesville, TXTX44,46156+85%

537Niles, MIMI152,44456+32%

538Lansing, MIMI479,72256+60%

539Hailey, IDID32,43656+113%

540Sebastian, FLFL172,79956+62%

541Austin, MNMN40,97156+273%

542Bremerton, WAWA283,37456+103%

543Fort Wayne, ININ466,25856+71%

544The Dalles, OROR26,31056+127%

545Louisville, KYKY1,402,50956+65%

546Slidell, LALA279,10856+90%

547Charlottesville, VAVA228,59756+39%

548Seaford, DEDE277,14056+33%

549Crestview, FLFL315,09856+69%

550Kingston, NYNY183,33056+95%

551Omaha, NENE1,009,83657+73%

552Tupelo, MSMS133,16757+38%

553Ponca City, OKOK43,49057+228%

554Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97557+90%

555Toledo, OHOH599,37657+44%

556Brownwood, TXTX38,71157+38%

557Lexington Park, MDMD211,17657+58%

558Kenosha, WIWI168,44857+91%

559Paris, TXTX63,31957+45%

560Harrisburg, PAPA617,42757+87%

561Emporia, KSKS34,83858+39%

562Brookhaven, MSMS35,01258+7%

563Sherman, TXTX153,61358+89%

564Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06358+51%

565Jesup, GAGA32,48158+19%

566Shelby, NCNC103,32558+27%

567Carbondale, ILIL52,50158+45%

568Fallon, NVNV25,85158+88%

569South Bend, ININ324,53858+62%

570Las Cruces, NMNM229,09158−1%

571Elkhart, ININ208,77458+73%

572St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42158+36%

573Bartlesville, OKOK54,03758+261%

574Weatherford, OKOK39,05958+130%

575Riverton, WYWY39,46459+312%

576Flint, MIMI401,09359+24%

577Manhattan, KSKS136,12259+49%

578Deming, NMNM25,40759−5%

579Oxford, ALAL115,83459+39%

580Cedartown, GAGA45,51459+31%

581Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29559+100%

582Shawnee, OKOK75,10259+259%

583Lake City, FLFL74,09459+39%

584Norwich, CTCT284,01559–

585Providence, RIRI1,708,16159+107%

586Enid, OKOK61,77959+192%

587Gaffney, SCSC58,27559+30%

588Los Alamos, NMNM19,40759+68%

589Waycross, GAGA57,67059+22%

590Columbus, NENE46,58359+123%

591Ontario, OROR60,08559+31%

592Kerrville, TXTX54,03759+37%

593Borger, TXTX19,63360+58%

594Mountain Home, IDID29,46560+59%

595Worcester, MAMA888,50260+118%

596Palm Bay, FLFL663,98260+84%

597Liberal, KSKS21,07360−14%

598Greenville, SCSC1,014,10160+41%

599Eureka, CACA131,64760+165%

600Walla Walla, WAWA62,36160+53%

601Alexander City, ALAL40,95360+23%

602McAlester, OKOK43,32060+232%

603Palatka, FLFL77,73460+26%

604Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08161+191%

605Othello, WAWA21,48861−4%

606Pahrump, NVNV57,33661+148%

607Grand Island, NENE78,07661+119%

608Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91261−2%

609Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93861+24%

610Visalia, CACA485,14661−9%

611Thomaston, GAGA28,50061+15%

612Rifle, COCO80,09961+87%

613Lacey, WAWA304,26161+125%

614Dothan, ALAL156,26661+28%

615Durant, OKOK51,36761+373%

616Greenwood, MSMS34,91261−1%

617Rome, GAGA101,37861+46%

618Reading, PAPA440,07261+94%

619Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68261+47%

620Oxford, MSMS71,97262+12%

621Houma, LALA199,66862+59%

622Yuma, AZAZ224,44962−6%

623Allentown, PAPA887,61562+133%

624Racine, WIWI198,91962+50%

625Fort Smith, ARAR234,14062+121%

626Deltona, FLFL746,93362+69%

627Nantucket, MAMA14,75862+141%

628Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77562+31%

629Wichita, KSKS663,80962+58%

630Saginaw, MIMI187,68862+19%

631Española, NMNM39,83262+84%

632Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,37762+81%

633Nashville, TNTN2,197,41662+51%

634Kankakee, ILIL105,52563+43%

635Huron, SDSD19,62463+1206%

636Kingsland, GAGA60,14363+26%

637Marshalltown, IAIA39,89063+156%

638Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44263+42%

639Lake Charles, LALA244,65563+33%

640Columbus, OHOH2,242,02863+75%

641Washington, NCNC44,67063+9%

642Cleveland, MSMS28,26263+8%

643Pensacola, FLFL544,94963+42%

644Portland, OROR2,542,28263+86%

645Burley, IDID49,30863+42%

646St. Simons, GAGA118,52463+23%

647Enterprise, ALAL56,95363+40%

648Hobbs, NMNM74,74964−5%

649Wenatchee, WAWA128,41464+54%

650Lafayette, LALA423,75864+31%

651Minden, LALA34,94864+12%

652Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69564+69%

653Fairbanks, AKAK93,97264+109%

654Odessa, TXTX173,80164−6%

655Dalton, GAGA147,81964+51%

656Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01464+25%

657Ozark, ALAL49,91264+30%

658Winnemucca, NVNV17,26764+53%

659Sioux City, IAIA145,73864+97%

660Ardmore, OKOK48,91065+129%

661San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36765+46%

662Greeley, COCO378,42665+24%

663Edwards, COCO54,29165+37%

664Andrews, TXTX18,91465+2%

665Monticello, NYNY80,58665+61%

666Colorado Springs, COCO781,79665+50%

667Miami, OKOK30,43865+414%

668Hood River, OROR23,72065+27%

669Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21465+41%

670Talladega, ALAL91,76465+15%

671Gulfport, MSMS431,32965+37%

672Orangeburg, SCSC83,17765+7%

673Clearlake, CACA67,77265+98%

674Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44865+41%

675Salem, OROR445,81465+68%

676Jackson, TNTN184,56965+28%

677Plainview, TXTX36,70066−5%

678Dodge City, KSKS33,99366+2%

679Spartanburg, SCSC407,65666+31%

680Ruidoso, NMNM19,84466+33%

681New Bern, NCNC127,35866+17%

682Ocala, FLFL442,66066+67%

683Chico, CACA209,21166+89%

684Roswell, NMNM63,36466+2%

685Key West, FLFL80,40666+49%

686Ada, OKOK38,52866+359%

687Champaign, ILIL239,97966+69%

688Bogalusa, LALA44,93766+19%

689Red Bluff, CACA64,66567+79%

690Hermiston, OROR93,72167+67%

691Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20667+42%

692Texarkana, TXTX146,81667+29%

693Beeville, TXTX32,51567−6%

694Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96667+7%

695Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19167−1%

696Martinsville, VAVA63,09167+21%

697Alexandria, LALA147,95267+23%

698Camden, ARAR26,36367+13%

699Pampa, TXTX21,78667+66%

700Merced, CACA297,26067−9%

701Laurel, MSMS82,28167+16%

702Huntsville, ALAL556,44467+37%

703Carson, NVNV58,57167+73%

704Little Rock, ARAR777,60767+41%

705Boston, MAMA5,034,22167+78%

706Naples, FLFL417,13167+36%

707Athens, GAGA224,14868+25%

708Grenada, MSMS30,22268+8%

709Magnolia, ARAR21,89468+13%

710El Dorado, ARAR36,92668+18%

711Greenwood, SCSC95,21568+15%

712Rockford, ILIL337,24268+68%

713Danville, VAVA101,13768+17%

714Okeechobee, FLFL42,60868+26%

715Sebring, FLFL111,12268+45%

716Ukiah, CACA88,12268+69%

717Elko, NVNV56,68268+55%

718Dublin, GAGA60,35168+14%

719Dumas, TXTX21,89168+6%

720Salinas, CACA433,72968−7%

721Hammond, LALA141,34668+25%

722Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76668+25%

723Detroit, MIMI4,390,91368+26%

724Silver City, NMNM27,25268+8%

725Monroe, LALA222,39068+15%

726McComb, MSMS52,64068+7%

727Cape Coral, FLFL875,60768+85%

728Natchez, MSMS54,72268+7%

729Statesboro, GAGA97,97768+19%

730Vicksburg, MSMS41,75968+7%

731Forrest City, ARAR21,80068−0%

732Carlsbad, NMNM62,50969+10%

733Charleston, SCSC889,26369+15%

734Abilene, TXTX185,42969+35%

735Starkville, MSMS62,06369+11%

736Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01069+38%

737Jacksonville, NCNC217,17569+25%

738Fort Morgan, COCO30,30669+26%

739Newberry, SCSC39,56169+10%

740Payson, AZAZ53,80169+70%

741Auburn, ALAL208,01369+15%

742Alamosa, COCO27,89670+9%

743Juneau city and, AKAK31,60970+182%

744Altus, OKOK24,76470+35%

745Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21170+8%

746Clarksville, TNTN349,00170+37%

747Pueblo, COCO169,27770+12%

748Columbus, MSMS67,14470+9%

749Cambridge, MDMD33,62870+29%

750Kennewick, WAWA324,33470+43%

751Hartford, CTCT1,171,42670–

752Troy, ALAL33,68870+15%

753Ketchikan, AKAK13,54970+229%

754Susanville, CACA28,11770+39%

755Milledgeville, GAGA44,02970+9%

756Moses Lake, WAWA105,72770+25%

757Lexington, NENE26,25570+51%

758Albany, GAGA145,51070+9%

759Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85070+17%

760Cordele, GAGA19,23771+9%

761Denver, COCO3,092,03771+31%

762Thomasville, GAGA72,95871+13%

763Blytheville, ARAR37,82871+19%

764Brenham, TXTX38,28871+26%

765Florence, SCSC201,39271+13%

766Yakima, WAWA259,18571+15%

767Sweetwater, TXTX14,11771+21%

768Springfield, MAMA464,33871+43%

769Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09971+13%

770Meridian, MSMS85,41971+16%

771Opelousas, LALA80,76571+13%

772San Angelo, TXTX122,06571+16%

773Reno, NVNV578,73471+53%

774Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37771+67%

775Santa Rosa, CACA486,44471+55%

776Mobile, ALAL411,65871+18%

777Jackson, MSMS609,84771+10%

778Snyder, TXTX16,16271+17%

779LaGrange, GAGA107,09771+20%

780Gainesville, GAGA226,56872+30%

781Santa Fe, NMNM156,90772+12%

782Atlantic City, NJNJ372,04772+30%

783Taos, NMNM34,56472+22%

784Gainesville, FLFL359,03672+37%

785Longview, TXTX297,31572+34%

786Hanford, CACA154,32772−4%

787Garden City, KSKS37,50572+8%

788Vidalia, GAGA36,18072+20%

789Jacksonville, TXTX53,33772+25%

790Crescent City, CACA26,41072+55%

791Bishop, CACA18,15872+119%

792Santa Cruz, CACA258,85272+26%

793Tulsa, OKOK1,069,27373+102%

794East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,17973+136%

795Amarillo, TXTX276,23573+38%

796Ruston, LALA48,36073+14%

797Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33273+14%

798Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02573+15%

799Anchorage, AKAK405,82173+99%

800Big Spring, TXTX30,50473+11%

801New Iberia, LALA66,84673+23%

802Bainbridge, GAGA29,43273+12%

803Guymon, OKOK20,32273+33%

804Victoria, TXTX99,86473+6%

805Natchitoches, LALA36,08973+17%

806Eufaula, ALAL26,86173+13%

807Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59973+7%

808Fayetteville, ARAR622,17773+191%

809Waterbury, CTCT463,34973–

810Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55373+15%

811Bakersfield, CACA927,06873+2%

812Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81373+65%

813Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20173+16%

814Lufkin, TXTX88,15474+27%

815Salisbury, MDMD131,87274+32%

816San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14074+5%

817Tahlequah, OKOK49,19674+246%

818Clovis, NMNM65,27074+14%

819Montgomery, ALAL388,74774+17%

820Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,72174+72%

821Arcadia, FLFL37,07874+10%

822Shreveport, LALA383,47474+17%

823Americus, GAGA33,39474+12%

824Rockingham, NCNC42,04174+25%

825Baton Rouge, LALA888,69974+22%

826Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13774+33%

827Tampa, FLFL3,418,89574+57%

828Sumter, SCSC105,06774+13%

829Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,50075+38%

830Lubbock, TXTX368,43175+14%

831Santa Maria, CACA442,06575+13%

832Tyler, TXTX252,54975+25%

833Burlington, NCNC186,17775+42%

834Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03575+32%

835New Haven, CTCT578,74175–

836Dover, DEDE194,78675+48%

837Columbia, SCSC879,91875+22%

838Valdosta, GAGA153,27675+20%

839Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11875+36%

840Greenville, NCNC182,93675+20%

841Worthington, MNMN22,33875+112%

842Douglas, GAGA52,86175+22%

843Vernon, TXTX12,48175+30%

844Show Low, AZAZ109,94675+98%

845Midland, TXTX193,13975+17%

846Augusta, GAGA641,23176+20%

847Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68576+23%

848Safford, AZAZ40,15776+29%

849Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48676+15%

850Waco, TXTX308,80776+20%

851Fresno, CACA1,203,38376+0%

852Tifton, GAGA51,23776+17%

853Sanford, NCNC70,25876+23%

854Charlotte, NCNC2,938,83076+42%

855Tallahassee, FLFL397,44276+21%

856Modesto, CACA557,71976+16%

857Kinston, NCNC55,83777+17%

858Savannah, GAGA438,31477+22%

859Richmond, VAVA1,389,33877+27%

860Memphis, TNTN1,341,41277+16%

861Clewiston, FLFL61,54677+2%

862Albuquerque, NMNM925,27977+15%

863Bridgeport, CTCT978,17977–

864Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72077+39%

865Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,93877+33%

866Muskogee, OKOK66,70877+81%

867Morgan City, LALA46,55277+26%

868Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36877+103%

869Moultrie, GAGA47,43877+22%

870Oxnard, CACA830,85177+15%

871Greensboro, NCNC805,94578+40%

872Palestine, TXTX59,80578+19%

873Napa, CACA132,94978+44%

874El Campo, TXTX42,06078+5%

875College Station, TXTX287,47678+23%

876Alamogordo, NMNM70,36878+21%

877Warner Robins, GAGA208,09178+32%

878Henderson, NCNC42,63878+15%

879Seattle, WAWA4,161,88378+83%

880Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07678+20%

881Bay City, TXTX36,46378+4%

882Riverside, CACA4,769,00778+5%

883Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21378+24%

884Corsicana, TXTX57,18178+25%

885Storm Lake, IAIA20,44979+112%

886Columbus, GAGA324,83079+16%

887Huntsville, TXTX83,84279+15%

888Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78179+36%

889Lakeland, FLFL874,79079+60%

890Wilson, NCNC81,15080+16%

891Lawton, OKOK127,59080+35%

892Goldsboro, NCNC122,27880+23%

893Beaumont, TXTX399,31080+26%

894Durham, NCNC625,48580+20%

895Austin, TXTX2,620,94581+20%

896Farmington, NMNM120,34081+70%

897Miami, FLFL6,391,07283+4%

898New Orleans, LALA970,84983+19%

899Chicago, ILIL9,434,12383+16%

900Laurinburg, NCNC33,32284+32%

901Vineland, NJNJ157,14884+19%

902Yuba City, CACA187,47884+34%

903Hinesville, GAGA91,87085+16%

904San Diego, CACA3,282,24885+17%

905Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18286+28%

906Killeen, TXTX511,49786+23%

907Orlando, FLFL2,957,67286+35%

908Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44186+4%

909Sacramento, CACA2,477,27486+35%

910Fayetteville, NCNC395,41286+22%

911Honolulu, HIHI988,70388+28%

912San Jose, CACA1,984,47388+7%

913Dallas, TXTX8,477,15788+23%

914Lumberton, NCNC119,94188+24%

915Stockton, CACA823,81588+12%

916Houston, TXTX7,904,62789+10%

917New York, NYNY20,112,44889+14%

918Trenton, NJNJ399,28989+37%

919Hilo, HIHI210,04389+16%

920Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,22690+33%

921Washington, DCDC6,465,72491+22%

922Kahului, HIHI160,67491+22%

923Kapaa, HIHI73,40091+22%

924San Francisco, CACA4,630,04192+13%

925Vallejo, CACA455,37694+16%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES