Which metro area has the lowest diversity score?

St. Marys, PA ranks #1 with 4 (2010 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by diversity score?

St. Marys, PA, Warren, PA, Spirit Lake, IA, Pikeville, KY, Alexandria, MN.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2010 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 (2010).

RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Least racially diverse, US metro areas · 2010

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

501Battle Creek, MIMI133,40843+27%

502Elizabethtown, KYKY128,66643+25%

503Providence, RIRI1,708,16143+51%

504Gadsden, ALAL103,88643+20%

505Pahrump, NVNV57,33643+77%

506Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65343+24%

507Stillwater, OKOK83,88943+96%

508North Port, FLFL948,15843+44%

509Chattanooga, TNTN594,53043+23%

510Boulder, COCO328,56044+35%

511Fort Wayne, ININ466,25844+34%

512Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52744+28%

513Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79144+24%

514Nantucket, MAMA14,75844+72%

515Easton, MDMD38,23844+17%

516Marshalltown, IAIA39,89044+82%

517Lexington, KYKY535,17444+34%

518Bremerton, WAWA283,37444+61%

519Louisville, KYKY1,402,50945+30%

520Gainesville, TXTX44,46145+48%

521Decatur, ILIL99,30045+32%

522Panama City, FLFL231,17445+34%

523Lacey, WAWA304,26145+65%

524Crestview, FLFL315,09845+35%

525Sterling, COCO20,65445+42%

526Allentown, PAPA887,61545+70%

527Columbus, NENE46,58345+69%

528Montrose, COCO44,59145+34%

529Breckenridge, COCO39,06945+21%

530Grand Island, NENE78,07645+63%

531Dayton, OHOH826,55446+20%

532Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29546+55%

533Sherman, TXTX153,61346+50%

534Shelbyville, TNTN55,27346+26%

535Stephenville, TXTX43,91146+32%

536Pinehurst, NCNC110,61946+9%

537Omaha, NENE1,009,83646+41%

538Lexington Park, MDMD211,17646+27%

539Ponca City, OKOK43,49046+166%

540Rochester, NYNY1,056,14946+24%

541Kenosha, WIWI168,44846+53%

542The Dalles, OROR26,31046+87%

543Wilmington, NCNC492,77247+11%

544Lynchburg, VAVA269,16947+15%

545Las Vegas, NMNM30,31147+16%

546Hailey, IDID32,43647+79%

547Lansing, MIMI479,72247+34%

548Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,55147+18%

549Muskegon, MIMI177,90147+20%

550Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97547+57%

551Elkhart, ININ208,77447+40%

552Eureka, CACA131,64747+109%

553Palm Bay, FLFL663,98247+45%

554Decatur, ALAL160,32647+42%

555Reading, PAPA440,07247+50%

556South Bend, ININ324,53848+32%

557Tupelo, MSMS133,16748+16%

558Sebastian, FLFL172,79948+38%

559Elk City, OKOK22,15948+79%

560Weatherford, OKOK39,05948+88%

561Scottsbluff, NENE36,27248+28%

562Columbus, OHOH2,242,02848+35%

563Bemidji, MNMN47,05549+709%

564Clarksdale, MSMS19,84949−10%

565Carbondale, ILIL52,50149+21%

566Toledo, OHOH599,37649+23%

567Fallon, NVNV25,85149+57%

568Niles, MIMI152,44449+15%

569Charlottesville, VAVA228,59749+20%

570Sioux City, IAIA145,73849+50%

571Bartlesville, OKOK54,03749+203%

572Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06349+28%

573Fayetteville, ARAR622,17749+95%

574Los Alamos, NMNM19,40749+40%

575Manhattan, KSKS136,12249+26%

576Portland, OROR2,542,28250+47%

577Brownwood, TXTX38,71150+20%

578Shelby, NCNC103,32550+10%

579Blackfoot, IDID51,15350+55%

580St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42150+17%

581Paris, TXTX63,31950+27%

582Seaford, DEDE277,14050+19%

583Emporia, KSKS34,83851+22%

584Shawnee, OKOK75,10251+209%

585Walla Walla, WAWA62,36151+29%

586Gallup, NMNM68,11951−23%

587Deltona, FLFL746,93351+39%

588Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69551+35%

589Chico, CACA209,21151+46%

590Lake City, FLFL74,09451+20%

591Borger, TXTX19,63351+35%

592Durant, OKOK51,36751+295%

593Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,37751+49%

594Rifle, COCO80,09951+58%

595Clearlake, CACA67,77252+56%

596Gaffney, SCSC58,27552+13%

597Oxford, ALAL115,83452+22%

598Greenville, SCSC1,014,10152+21%

599Boston, MAMA5,034,22152+37%

600Fort Smith, ARAR234,14052+85%

601Nashville, TNTN2,197,41652+26%

602Kerrville, TXTX54,03752+20%

603Champaign, ILIL239,97952+34%

604Monticello, NYNY80,58652+30%

605Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13853+6%

606Racine, WIWI198,91953+28%

607Ocala, FLFL442,66053+34%

608Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68253+27%

609Cedartown, GAGA45,51453+18%

610Greenville, MSMS40,44653−9%

611Fairbanks, AKAK93,97253+74%

612Rome, GAGA101,37853+27%

613Flint, MIMI401,09353+13%

614Kankakee, ILIL105,52554+22%

615Waycross, GAGA57,67054+10%

616Mountain Home, IDID29,46554+42%

617Jesup, GAGA32,48154+10%

618Red Bluff, CACA64,66554+44%

619Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77554+14%

620Dothan, ALAL156,26654+13%

621McAlester, OKOK43,32054+197%

622Houma, LALA199,66854+40%

623Selma, ALAL35,14054−8%

624Riverton, WYWY39,46454+281%

625Lake Charles, LALA244,65554+15%

626Wichita, KSKS663,80954+39%

627Palatka, FLFL77,73454+14%

628Uvalde, TXTX24,96354−3%

629Rockford, ILIL337,24255+35%

630Key West, FLFL80,40655+23%

631Ardmore, OKOK48,91055+95%

632Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44255+25%

633Enterprise, ALAL56,95355+21%

634Lafayette, LALA423,75855+14%

635Pensacola, FLFL544,94955+24%

636Wenatchee, WAWA128,41455+34%

637Española, NMNM39,83255+64%

638Ontario, OROR60,08555+22%

639Colorado Springs, COCO781,79656+29%

640Salem, OROR445,81456+43%

641Brookhaven, MSMS35,01256+4%

642San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36756+26%

643Burley, IDID49,30856+26%

644Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93856+14%

645Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08156+169%

646Kingsland, GAGA60,14356+13%

647Alexander City, ALAL40,95356+15%

648Kingsville, TXTX30,31556−5%

649Ozark, ALAL49,91256+14%

650Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44856+22%

651Thomaston, GAGA28,50056+6%

652Cape Coral, FLFL875,60757+53%

653Gulfport, MSMS431,32957+19%

654Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21457+23%

655Carson, NVNV58,57157+46%

656Oxford, MSMS71,97257+3%

657Hereford, TXTX18,62657−9%

658Dalton, GAGA147,81957+35%

659Ada, OKOK38,52857+299%

660Edwards, COCO54,29157+22%

661Elko, NVNV56,68257+32%

662Pampa, TXTX21,78658+42%

663Greeley, COCO378,42658+11%

664Sebring, FLFL111,12258+23%

665Little Rock, ARAR777,60758+21%

666Saginaw, MIMI187,68858+11%

667Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20658+23%

668Winnemucca, NVNV17,26758+37%

669St. Simons, GAGA118,52458+13%

670Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37758+36%

671Spartanburg, SCSC407,65658+15%

672Miami, OKOK30,43858+359%

673Hermiston, OROR93,72158+46%

674Jackson, TNTN184,56958+13%

675Bogalusa, LALA44,93759+5%

676Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01459+14%

677Clarksville, TNTN349,00159+16%

678East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,17959+91%

679Ukiah, CACA88,12259+47%

680Ruidoso, NMNM19,84459+20%

681Lexington, NENE26,25559+27%

682Las Cruces, NMNM229,09159+1%

683Martinsville, VAVA63,09160+7%

684Talladega, ALAL91,76460+6%

685Hood River, OROR23,72060+17%

686Huntsville, ALAL556,44460+22%

687Texarkana, TXTX146,81660+16%

688Cleveland, MSMS28,26260+4%

689Detroit, MIMI4,390,91360+11%

690Cambridge, MDMD33,62860+11%

691Jacksonville, NCNC217,17560+10%

692Minden, LALA34,94861+6%

693Storm Lake, IAIA20,44961+63%

694Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01061+22%

695Abilene, TXTX185,42961+20%

696Washington, NCNC44,67061+6%

697Springfield, MAMA464,33861+23%

698Danville, VAVA101,13761+6%

699Reno, NVNV578,73461+32%

700New Bern, NCNC127,35861+9%

701Juneau city and, AKAK31,60962+149%

702Hammond, LALA141,34662+13%

703Kennewick, WAWA324,33462+26%

704Santa Rosa, CACA486,44462+35%

705Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76662+13%

706Naples, FLFL417,13162+25%

707Athens, GAGA224,14862+15%

708Deming, NMNM25,40762+0%

709Worthington, MNMN22,33862+74%

710Alexandria, LALA147,95262+13%

711Greenwood, MSMS34,91262+1%

712Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,72162+45%

713Orangeburg, SCSC83,17762+3%

714Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91262+0%

715Tampa, FLFL3,418,89563+32%

716Othello, WAWA21,48863−0%

717Burlington, NCNC186,17763+19%

718Greenwood, SCSC95,21563+7%

719Starkville, MSMS62,06363+2%

720Susanville, CACA28,11763+25%

721Fort Morgan, COCO30,30663+15%

722Bishop, CACA18,15863+91%

723Tulsa, OKOK1,069,27363+76%

724Statesboro, GAGA97,97763+10%

725Ketchikan, AKAK13,54963+196%

726Gainesville, FLFL359,03663+21%

727Brenham, TXTX38,28863+13%

728Seattle, WAWA4,161,88363+48%

729Okeechobee, FLFL42,60863+17%

730El Dorado, ARAR36,92663+11%

731Dublin, GAGA60,35164+6%

732Monroe, LALA222,39064+7%

733Grenada, MSMS30,22264+2%

734Anchorage, AKAK405,82164+74%

735Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85064+6%

736Denver, COCO3,092,03764+18%

737Laurel, MSMS82,28164+11%

738Dover, DEDE194,78664+26%

739Magnolia, ARAR21,89464+7%

740Auburn, ALAL208,01364+6%

741Longview, TXTX297,31564+19%

742Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,50064+19%

743Payson, AZAZ53,80164+58%

744Camden, ARAR26,36364+8%

745Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81364+44%

746Salisbury, MDMD131,87264+15%

747Blytheville, ARAR37,82864+8%

748Amarillo, TXTX276,23565+22%

749LaGrange, GAGA107,09765+9%

750Altus, OKOK24,76465+25%

751Yuma, AZAZ224,44965−2%

752Opelousas, LALA80,76565+4%

753Vernon, TXTX12,48165+12%

754Gainesville, GAGA226,56865+18%

755Meridian, MSMS85,41965+7%

756Charleston, SCSC889,26365+9%

757Moses Lake, WAWA105,72765+16%

758Atlantic City, NJNJ372,04766+19%

759New Iberia, LALA66,84666+10%

760McComb, MSMS52,64066+3%

761Visalia, CACA485,14666−3%

762Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11866+19%

763Mobile, ALAL411,65866+10%

764Milledgeville, GAGA44,02966+2%

765Columbus, MSMS67,14466+3%

766Charlotte, NCNC2,938,83066+23%

767Sweetwater, TXTX14,11766+13%

768Vidalia, GAGA36,18066+10%

769Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13766+18%

770Lakeland, FLFL874,79066+34%

771Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19167−1%

772Florence, SCSC201,39267+7%

773Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09967+6%

774Silver City, NMNM27,25267+5%

775Vicksburg, MSMS41,75967+5%

776Crescent City, CACA26,41067+43%

777San Angelo, TXTX122,06567+9%

778Baton Rouge, LALA888,69967+10%

779Thomasville, GAGA72,95867+7%

780Carlsbad, NMNM62,50967+7%

781Albany, GAGA145,51067+3%

782Troy, ALAL33,68867+10%

783Cordele, GAGA19,23767+3%

784Pueblo, COCO169,27767+7%

785Snyder, TXTX16,16267+11%

786Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21167+5%

787Jacksonville, TXTX53,33767+16%

788Santa Cruz, CACA258,85267+17%

789Andrews, TXTX18,91467+6%

790Natchez, MSMS54,72267+6%

791Lufkin, TXTX88,15467+16%

792Newberry, SCSC39,56168+8%

793Jackson, MSMS609,84768+4%

794Greensboro, NCNC805,94568+22%

795Ruston, LALA48,36068+7%

796Natchitoches, LALA36,08968+9%

797Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72068+22%

798Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96668+9%

799Roswell, NMNM63,36468+5%

800Liberal, KSKS21,07368−2%

801Alamosa, COCO27,89668+7%

802Columbia, SCSC879,91868+11%

803Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55368+7%

804Plainview, TXTX36,70068−1%

805Dodge City, KSKS33,99368+6%

806Shreveport, LALA383,47468+8%

807Guymon, OKOK20,32269+25%

808Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20169+8%

809Santa Fe, NMNM156,90769+7%

810Savannah, GAGA438,31469+10%

811Forrest City, ARAR21,80069+0%

812Valdosta, GAGA153,27669+10%

813Bainbridge, GAGA29,43269+6%

814Tyler, TXTX252,54969+16%

815Hobbs, NMNM74,74969+4%

816Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33269+8%

817Augusta, GAGA641,23169+9%

818Richmond, VAVA1,389,33869+15%

819Greenville, NCNC182,93669+10%

820Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78169+19%

821Odessa, TXTX173,80169+2%

822Montgomery, ALAL388,74769+10%

823Palestine, TXTX59,80569+6%

824Corsicana, TXTX57,18169+11%

825Sumter, SCSC105,06769+6%

826Taos, NMNM34,56470+18%

827Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03570+23%

828Tifton, GAGA51,23770+7%

829Rockingham, NCNC42,04170+17%

830Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02570+10%

831Tallahassee, FLFL397,44270+10%

832Beeville, TXTX32,51570−2%

833Eufaula, ALAL26,86170+9%

834Warner Robins, GAGA208,09170+19%

835Garden City, KSKS37,50570+5%

836Clovis, NMNM65,27070+8%

837Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,93870+21%

838Douglas, GAGA52,86170+14%

839Waco, TXTX308,80771+12%

840Lubbock, TXTX368,43171+9%

841Midland, TXTX193,13971+10%

842Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48671+7%

843Morgan City, LALA46,55271+16%

844Yakima, WAWA259,18571+15%

845Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21371+12%

846Kinston, NCNC55,83771+9%

847Tahlequah, OKOK49,19671+234%

848Napa, CACA132,94971+32%

849Americus, GAGA33,39471+7%

850Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68571+16%

851San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14072+2%

852Sanford, NCNC70,25872+16%

853Henderson, NCNC42,63872+5%

854Dumas, TXTX21,89172+12%

855Big Spring, TXTX30,50472+10%

856Moultrie, GAGA47,43872+14%

857Victoria, TXTX99,86472+4%

858College Station, TXTX287,47672+13%

859Beaumont, TXTX399,31072+13%

860Memphis, TNTN1,341,41272+9%

861Salinas, CACA433,72972−1%

862Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59972+5%

863Huntsville, TXTX83,84272+5%

864Muskogee, OKOK66,70873+70%

865Santa Maria, CACA442,06573+10%

866Goldsboro, NCNC122,27873+12%

867Arcadia, FLFL37,07873+8%

868Columbus, GAGA324,83073+8%

869Merced, CACA297,26073−1%

870Alamogordo, NMNM70,36874+14%

871Lawton, OKOK127,59074+25%

872Austin, TXTX2,620,94574+10%

873Oxnard, CACA830,85174+10%

874Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07674+13%

875Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36874+95%

876Wilson, NCNC81,15075+9%

877Modesto, CACA557,71975+13%

878Albuquerque, NMNM925,27975+11%

879Show Low, AZAZ109,94675+98%

880Hanford, CACA154,32776+1%

881Bakersfield, CACA927,06876+5%

882Durham, NCNC625,48576+14%

883Safford, AZAZ40,15776+29%

884New Orleans, LALA970,84976+9%

885El Campo, TXTX42,06077+3%

886Laurinburg, NCNC33,32277+22%

887Bay City, TXTX36,46377+3%

888Fresno, CACA1,203,38378+2%

889Yuba City, CACA187,47878+23%

890Clewiston, FLFL61,54678+4%

891Sacramento, CACA2,477,27478+22%

892Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18278+17%

893Chicago, ILIL9,434,12378+8%

894Orlando, FLFL2,957,67278+24%

895Killeen, TXTX511,49778+13%

896Hinesville, GAGA91,87079+7%

897Trenton, NJNJ399,28979+21%

898Riverside, CACA4,769,00779+6%

899Vineland, NJNJ157,14880+13%

900Farmington, NMNM120,34080+68%

901San Diego, CACA3,282,24881+11%

902Dallas, TXTX8,477,15781+14%

903Fayetteville, NCNC395,41281+14%

904Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,22683+22%

905Miami, FLFL6,391,07283+4%

906New York, NYNY20,112,44884+8%

907Washington, DCDC6,465,72484+13%

908Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44184+2%

909Houston, TXTX7,904,62785+6%

910Honolulu, HIHI988,70387+27%

911Stockton, CACA823,81587+10%

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

913Lumberton, NCNC119,94188+23%

914San Francisco, CACA4,630,04189+9%

915Kapaa, HIHI73,40090+21%

916Hilo, HIHI210,04390+17%

917Kahului, HIHI160,67490+21%

918Vallejo, CACA455,37691+13%

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