Which metro area has the lowest diversity score?

Washington, IN ranks #1 with 1 (1990 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by diversity score?

Washington, IN, Carroll, IA, Le Mars, IA, Effingham, IL, DuBois, PA.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 1990 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 (1990).

RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Least racially diverse, US metro areas · 1990

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

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDIVERSITY SCOREVS 2000

501Breckenridge, COCO39,06928−24%

502Cape Coral, FLFL875,60729−22%

503Lima, OHOH100,88129−8%

504Lexington, KYKY535,17429−13%

505Albemarle, NCNC68,83029−15%

506Palm Bay, FLFL663,98229−11%

507Bremerton, WAWA283,37429+5%

508Roanoke, VAVA316,54729−8%

509Shawano, WIWI45,75929+501%

510Sebastian, FLFL172,79929−15%

511Eureka, CACA131,64729+29%

512Emporia, KSKS34,83829−30%

513Decatur, ILIL99,30029−13%

514Florence, ALAL156,60929−4%

515Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79529−9%

516Toccoa, GAGA27,85429−2%

517Stephenville, TXTX43,91130−15%

518South Bend, ININ324,53830−17%

519Lawrence, KSKS120,92030+16%

520Youngstown, OHOH423,67830−6%

521Topeka, KSKS233,05230−3%

522Louisville, KYKY1,402,50930−12%

523Montrose, COCO44,59130−10%

524Decatur, ALAL160,32630−9%

525Columbus, OHOH2,242,02831−15%

526Bartlesville, OKOK54,03731+89%

527Rock Springs, WYWY41,26731+24%

528Battle Creek, MIMI133,40831−7%

529Slidell, LALA279,10832+6%

530Athens, TXTX88,59532+1%

531Rockford, ILIL337,24232−22%

532Pahrump, NVNV57,33632+30%

533Daphne, ALAL267,76132+14%

534Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65332−8%

535Chattanooga, TNTN594,53032−9%

536Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69532−15%

537Salem, OROR445,81432−17%

538Clearlake, CACA67,77232−2%

539Crestview, FLFL315,09833−3%

540Rome, GAGA101,37833−22%

541Gadsden, ALAL103,88633−9%

542Champaign, ILIL239,97933−16%

543Los Alamos, NMNM19,40733−7%

544Deltona, FLFL746,93333−11%

545Vernal, UTUT38,27833+217%

546Rochester, NYNY1,056,14933−11%

547Boston, MAMA5,034,22133−12%

548Fallon, NVNV25,85134+9%

549Price, UTUT20,68034+35%

550Lansing, MIMI479,72234−3%

551Picayune, MSMS59,36334+11%

552Wenatchee, WAWA128,41434−18%

553Panama City, FLFL231,17434+2%

554Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,08334+3%

555Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52734−0%

556Wichita, KSKS663,80934−12%

557Chico, CACA209,21135−1%

558Dayton, OHOH826,55435−8%

559Guymon, OKOK20,32235−37%

560Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06335−9%

561Elizabethtown, KYKY128,66635+1%

562Carson, NVNV58,57135−10%

563Shawnee, OKOK75,10235+115%

564Seattle, WAWA4,161,88335−17%

565Nashville, TNTN2,197,41636−14%

566Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37736−16%

567Gainesville, GAGA226,56836−35%

568Sonora, CACA53,16036+39%

569Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79136+1%

570Cedartown, GAGA45,51436−19%

571Lexington Park, MDMD211,17636−0%

572Tupelo, MSMS133,16736−12%

573Carbondale, ILIL52,50136−9%

574DeRidder, LALA36,67336+11%

575Ocala, FLFL442,66037−8%

576Toledo, OHOH599,37637−8%

577Pampa, TXTX21,78637−10%

578Weatherford, OKOK39,05937+44%

579Red Bluff, CACA64,66537−1%

580Bemidji, MNMN47,05537+515%

581Sebring, FLFL111,12237−21%

582Monticello, NYNY80,58637−8%

583Mountain Home, IDID29,46537−1%

584Durant, OKOK51,36737+189%

585Muskegon, MIMI177,90138−4%

586Tampa, FLFL3,418,89538−21%

587Racine, WIWI198,91938−9%

588Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68238−9%

589Kankakee, ILIL105,52538−13%

590Charlottesville, VAVA228,59738−6%

591Greenville, SCSC1,014,10138−11%

592Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,72138−11%

593Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20639−18%

594Cheyenne, WYWY102,93839+20%

595Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21439−16%

596Easton, MDMD38,23839+2%

597Santa Rosa, CACA486,44439−15%

598Ada, OKOK38,52839+171%

599Niles, MIMI152,44439−8%

600St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42139−9%

601McAlester, OKOK43,32039+116%

602Ukiah, CACA88,12239−2%

603Lynchburg, VAVA269,16939−3%

604Key West, FLFL80,40640−11%

605Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,55140−0%

606Hermiston, OROR93,72140−0%

607Paris, TXTX63,31940+1%

608Lakeland, FLFL874,79040−19%

609Seaford, DEDE277,14040−5%

610Walla Walla, WAWA62,36140+2%

611Reno, NVNV578,73440−13%

612Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08140+93%

613Tulsa, OKOK1,069,27340+12%

614Pinehurst, NCNC110,61941−3%

615Enterprise, ALAL56,95341−10%

616Borger, TXTX19,63341+9%

617Durango, COCO56,89841+56%

618Jesup, GAGA32,48141−15%

619Edwards, COCO54,29141−12%

620The Villages, FLFL157,77241−4%

621Naples, FLFL417,13141−16%

622Miami, OKOK30,43841+228%

623Burlington, NCNC186,17741−21%

624Lake City, FLFL74,09442−1%

625Ardmore, OKOK48,91042+50%

626Oxford, ALAL115,83442−0%

627Houma, LALA199,66843+10%

628Gaffney, SCSC58,27543−7%

629Bishop, CACA18,15843+29%

630Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01043−14%

631Little Rock, ARAR777,60743−11%

632Ketchikan, AKAK13,54943+100%

633Scottsbluff, NENE36,27243+14%

634Pensacola, FLFL544,94943−2%

635Shelby, NCNC103,32544−4%

636Colorado Springs, COCO781,79644+1%

637Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77544−7%

638Susanville, CACA28,11744−13%

639Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44844−5%

640Brownwood, TXTX38,71144+6%

641San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36744+0%

642Blackfoot, IDID51,15344+37%

643Huntsville, ALAL556,44444−10%

644Fairbanks, AKAK93,97244+45%

645Anchorage, AKAK405,82144+21%

646Wilmington, NCNC492,77244+6%

647Palatka, FLFL77,73444−7%

648Juneau city and, AKAK31,60945+80%

649Ocean Pines, MDMD54,45945+16%

650Waycross, GAGA57,67045−8%

651Gulfport, MSMS431,32945−5%

652Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81345+1%

653Lake Charles, LALA244,65545−4%

654Charlotte, NCNC2,938,83045−16%

655Spartanburg, SCSC407,65645−10%

656Hood River, OROR23,72046−11%

657Greensboro, NCNC805,94546−18%

658Dothan, ALAL156,26646−4%

659Riverton, WYWY39,46446+224%

660Ozark, ALAL49,91246−7%

661Crescent City, CACA26,41046−1%

662Manhattan, KSKS136,12246+18%

663Napa, CACA132,94946−14%

664Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93846−5%

665Flint, MIMI401,09347−1%

666Lafayette, LALA423,75847−3%

667Kerrville, TXTX54,03747+9%

668Dover, DEDE194,78647−7%

669Gainesville, FLFL359,03648−9%

670Athens, GAGA224,14848−12%

671Jackson, TNTN184,56948−7%

672Elko, NVNV56,68248+9%

673Springfield, MAMA464,33848−4%

674Atlantic City, NJNJ372,04748−13%

675Texarkana, TXTX146,81648−8%

676Orlando, FLFL2,957,67248−25%

677Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72048−14%

678Miami, FLFL6,391,07248−40%

679Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,50049−10%

680St. Simons, GAGA118,52449−5%

681Clarksville, TNTN349,00149−4%

682Kennewick, WAWA324,33449+0%

683Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44249+11%

684Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01449−4%

685Sanford, NCNC70,25849−20%

686Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03549−13%

687Alexander City, ALAL40,95349+1%

688Kingsland, GAGA60,14350+0%

689Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13750−11%

690Burley, IDID49,30850+12%

691Denver, COCO3,092,03750−7%

692Martinsville, VAVA63,09150−10%

693Longview, TXTX297,31550−7%

694Detroit, MIMI4,390,91350−7%

695Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76651−7%

696Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11851−8%

697Okeechobee, FLFL42,60851−6%

698Amarillo, TXTX276,23551−3%

699Thomaston, GAGA28,50051−3%

700Fort Morgan, COCO30,30651−6%

701Salisbury, MDMD131,87252−8%

702Abilene, TXTX185,42952+3%

703Statesboro, GAGA97,97752−9%

704Greeley, COCO378,42653+1%

705Alexandria, LALA147,95253−4%

706Cambridge, MDMD33,62853−3%

707Ontario, OROR60,08553+16%

708Arcadia, FLFL37,07853−22%

709Douglas, GAGA52,86153−14%

710Saginaw, MIMI187,68853+1%

711Jacksonville, TXTX53,33753−8%

712Moses Lake, WAWA105,72753−6%

713Brookhaven, MSMS35,01253−1%

714Brenham, TXTX38,28853−5%

715Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78154−8%

716Hammond, LALA141,34654−1%

717Warner Robins, GAGA208,09154−8%

718Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18254−19%

719El Dorado, ARAR36,92654−5%

720Blytheville, ARAR37,82854−9%

721Laurel, MSMS82,28154−6%

722Oxford, MSMS71,97255−1%

723Greenwood, SCSC95,21555−7%

724Ruidoso, NMNM19,84455+11%

725Moultrie, GAGA47,43855−13%

726Washington, NCNC44,67055−4%

727Talladega, ALAL91,76455−3%

728Bogalusa, LALA44,93755−1%

729Vidalia, GAGA36,18055−8%

730Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,22655−19%

731Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09955−12%

732Danville, VAVA101,13755−4%

733Minden, LALA34,94855−3%

734New Bern, NCNC127,35855−1%

735Lufkin, TXTX88,15455−5%

736Rockingham, NCNC42,04156−7%

737Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,93856−4%

738Dodge City, KSKS33,99356−13%

739LaGrange, GAGA107,09756−5%

740Corsicana, TXTX57,18157−10%

741Altus, OKOK24,76457+10%

742Richmond, VAVA1,389,33857−6%

743Tyler, TXTX252,54957−5%

744Dublin, GAGA60,35157−5%

745Beaumont, TXTX399,31057−11%

746Muskogee, OKOK66,70857+33%

747Camden, ARAR26,36357−4%

748Winnemucca, NVNV17,26757+35%

749Monroe, LALA222,39057−4%

750Trenton, NJNJ399,28957−12%

751Jacksonville, NCNC217,17557+4%

752Durham, NCNC625,48557−14%

753New Iberia, LALA66,84658−3%

754Mobile, ALAL411,65858−4%

755Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85058−5%

756Newberry, SCSC39,56158−8%

757Charleston, SCSC889,26358−3%

758Greenville, NCNC182,93658−8%

759Magnolia, ARAR21,89458−4%

760Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07658−11%

761Clarksdale, MSMS19,84958+7%

762Meridian, MSMS85,41958−4%

763Columbia, SCSC879,91858−5%

764Tifton, GAGA51,23758−10%

765Baton Rouge, LALA888,69959−4%

766Troy, ALAL33,68859−4%

767Starkville, MSMS62,06359−5%

768Tallahassee, FLFL397,44259−7%

769Santa Cruz, CACA258,85259+2%

770Goldsboro, NCNC122,27859−9%

771Valdosta, GAGA153,27659−6%

772Sacramento, CACA2,477,27459−7%

773Tahlequah, OKOK49,19659+178%

774Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21360−6%

775Cleveland, MSMS28,26260+3%

776Augusta, GAGA641,23160−5%

777Gallup, NMNM68,11960−10%

778Thomasville, GAGA72,95860−4%

779Savannah, GAGA438,31460−4%

780Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20161−4%

781Wilson, NCNC81,15061−12%

782Waco, TXTX308,80761−4%

783Florence, SCSC201,39261−3%

784Shreveport, LALA383,47461−4%

785Vernon, TXTX12,48161+5%

786Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55361−4%

787Montgomery, ALAL388,74761−3%

788Cordele, GAGA19,23761−6%

789Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96661−2%

790Selma, ALAL35,14061+4%

791Vicksburg, MSMS41,75961−4%

792Grenada, MSMS30,22262−1%

793Kinston, NCNC55,83762−6%

794Auburn, ALAL208,01362+3%

795Opelousas, LALA80,76562−1%

796Orangeburg, SCSC83,17762+2%

797Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21162−4%

798Greenville, MSMS40,44662+6%

799Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48662−6%

800Lawton, OKOK127,59062+6%

801Greenwood, MSMS34,91262+1%

802Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91262+1%

803Natchitoches, LALA36,08963+0%

804Morgan City, LALA46,55263+2%

805Yuba City, CACA187,47863−1%

806McComb, MSMS52,64063−2%

807Ruston, LALA48,36063−1%

808Eufaula, ALAL26,86163−3%

809Bainbridge, GAGA29,43263−3%

810Silver City, NMNM27,25263−1%

811Jackson, MSMS609,84763−3%

812Columbus, MSMS67,14463−2%

813Memphis, TNTN1,341,41263−5%

814Milledgeville, GAGA44,02963−2%

815Natchez, MSMS54,72264−0%

816Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13864+28%

817Henderson, NCNC42,63864−7%

818Forrest City, ARAR21,80064−7%

819Albany, GAGA145,51064−1%

820College Station, TXTX287,47664+1%

821Americus, GAGA33,39464−3%

822Sumter, SCSC105,06764−2%

823Midland, TXTX193,13964+0%

824Dallas, TXTX8,477,15765−9%

825Modesto, CACA557,71965−2%

826Payson, AZAZ53,80165+60%

827Deming, NMNM25,40765+6%

828San Angelo, TXTX122,06566+7%

829Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02566+4%

830Palestine, TXTX59,80566+1%

831Las Cruces, NMNM229,09166+12%

832Columbus, GAGA324,83066−2%

833Pueblo, COCO169,27766+6%

834Hobbs, NMNM74,74967−0%

835Washington, DCDC6,465,72467−10%

836Alamogordo, NMNM70,36867+4%

837Vineland, NJNJ157,14867−5%

838Garden City, KSKS37,50567+1%

839Liberal, KSKS21,07367−4%

840Chicago, ILIL9,434,12367−6%

841Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33267+6%

842Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68568+10%

843Killeen, TXTX511,49768−2%

844Lubbock, TXTX368,43168+5%

845Sweetwater, TXTX14,11768+16%

846Safford, AZAZ40,15768+16%

847New Orleans, LALA970,84968−3%

848Roswell, NMNM63,36469+6%

849Austin, TXTX2,620,94569+2%

850Oxnard, CACA830,85169+2%

851Laurinburg, NCNC33,32269+9%

852Carlsbad, NMNM62,50969+11%

853Snyder, TXTX16,16269+14%

854Huntsville, TXTX83,84269+1%

855Big Spring, TXTX30,50469+6%

856Honolulu, HIHI988,70370+2%

857Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36870+83%

858Clovis, NMNM65,27070+8%

859Fayetteville, NCNC395,41270−1%

860Clewiston, FLFL61,54671−6%

861San Diego, CACA3,282,24871−3%

862Santa Maria, CACA442,06571+7%

863Show Low, AZAZ109,94671+86%

864Yakima, WAWA259,18571+15%

865Alamosa, COCO27,89671+11%

866Victoria, TXTX99,86471+3%

867Kahului, HIHI160,67471−5%

868Kapaa, HIHI73,40072−3%

869Hinesville, GAGA91,87072−1%

870Odessa, TXTX173,80172+7%

871Andrews, TXTX18,91473+14%

872Brownsville, TXTX433,94673+123%

873Hilo, HIHI210,04373−5%

874Santa Fe, NMNM156,90773+14%

875Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59973+7%

876Riverside, CACA4,769,00774−2%

877Stockton, CACA823,81574−7%

878New York, NYNY20,112,44874−5%

879Farmington, NMNM120,34074+56%

880El Campo, TXTX42,06074+0%

881Albuquerque, NMNM925,27974+11%

882Raymondville, TXTX19,97175+145%

883Bay City, TXTX36,46375+0%

884Vallejo, CACA455,37676−6%

885Dumas, TXTX21,89176+18%

886Beeville, TXTX32,51576+7%

887Yuma, AZAZ224,44976+15%

888McAllen, TXTX921,54976+199%

889Alice, TXTX45,38376+80%

890Hereford, TXTX18,62676+22%

891Laredo, TXTX281,22476+485%

892Nogales, AZAZ50,02077+100%

893Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19177+14%

894San Francisco, CACA4,630,04177−6%

895San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14077+9%

896El Paso, TXTX881,29177+79%

897San Jose, CACA1,984,47377−6%

898Zapata, TXTX13,75377+143%

899Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31978+1280%

900Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82378+724%

901Houston, TXTX7,904,62778−3%

902Bakersfield, CACA927,06878+8%

903Taos, NMNM34,56478+32%

904Othello, WAWA21,48878+24%

905Española, NMNM39,83278+131%

906Del Rio, TXTX47,83580+72%

907Las Vegas, NMNM30,31180+98%

908Plainview, TXTX36,70081+17%

909Uvalde, TXTX24,96381+44%

910El Centro, CACA181,41181+58%

911Kingsville, TXTX30,31581+36%

912Merced, CACA297,26082+10%

913Visalia, CACA485,14682+21%

914Lumberton, NCNC119,94183+16%

915Hanford, CACA154,32784+12%

916Fresno, CACA1,203,38384+10%

917Salinas, CACA433,72984+15%

918Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44187+5%

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