Which metro area has the lowest diversity score?

Rio Grande City-Roma, TX ranks #1 with 5 (2020 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by diversity score?

Rio Grande City-Roma, TX, St. Marys, PA, Pikeville, KY, Greenville, OH, Coshocton, OH.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 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 (2020).

RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Least racially diverse, US metro areas · 2020

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

501Lafayette, ININ228,46850+107%

502Boulder, COCO328,56050+55%

503Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79150+41%

504Albany, NYNY915,83550+104%

505Cornelia, GAGA50,41650+59%

506Elk City, OKOK22,15950+88%

507Williston, NDND41,76750+1478%

508Austin, MNMN40,97151+237%

509Sterling, COCO20,65451+60%

510Battle Creek, MIMI133,40851+50%

511Muskegon, MIMI177,90151+30%

512Kingston, NYNY183,33051+78%

513Pullman, WAWA48,51252+115%

514Blackfoot, IDID51,15352+60%

515Panama City, FLFL231,17452+55%

516Twin Falls, IDID123,90152+94%

517Scottsbluff, NENE36,27252+39%

518Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79552+63%

519Stillwater, OKOK83,88952+136%

520Easton, MDMD38,23852+38%

521Breckenridge, COCO39,06953+41%

522Greenville, MSMS40,44653−9%

523Dayton, OHOH826,55453+39%

524Selma, ALAL35,14053−10%

525Lexington, KYKY535,17453+60%

526Sebastian, FLFL172,79953+54%

527Slidell, LALA279,10853+79%

528Lexington Park, MDMD211,17653+47%

529Lansing, MIMI479,72253+53%

530Uvalde, TXTX24,96354−5%

531Louisville, KYKY1,402,50954+57%

532Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97554+79%

533Fort Wayne, ININ466,25854+64%

534Jonesboro, ARAR139,44054+131%

535Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65354+54%

536The Dalles, OROR26,31054+117%

537Bremerton, WAWA283,37454+94%

538Crestview, FLFL315,09854+61%

539Stephenville, TXTX43,91154+56%

540Decatur, ALAL160,32654+62%

541Shelbyville, TNTN55,27354+49%

542Gainesville, TXTX44,46154+79%

543Bemidji, MNMN47,05554+803%

544Ithaca, NYNY104,04754+71%

545Harrisburg, PAPA617,42754+76%

546Kenosha, WIWI168,44854+80%

547Shelby, NCNC103,32554+19%

548Tupelo, MSMS133,16754+32%

549Rochester, NYNY1,056,14954+46%

550Pahrump, NVNV57,33654+122%

551Niles, MIMI152,44454+29%

552Decatur, ILIL99,30055+62%

553Omaha, NENE1,009,83655+67%

554Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06355+43%

555Providence, RIRI1,708,16155+92%

556Jesup, GAGA32,48155+13%

557Ponca City, OKOK43,49055+217%

558Fallon, NVNV25,85155+78%

559Brownwood, TXTX38,71155+33%

560Seaford, DEDE277,14055+30%

561Gaffney, SCSC58,27555+21%

562Emporia, KSKS34,83855+33%

563Charlottesville, VAVA228,59755+37%

564Toledo, OHOH599,37656+41%

565Worcester, MAMA888,50256+103%

566Carbondale, ILIL52,50156+39%

567Paris, TXTX63,31956+41%

568Alexander City, ALAL40,95356+14%

569Waycross, GAGA57,67056+15%

570South Bend, ININ324,53856+56%

571Kingsville, TXTX30,31556−6%

572St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42156+31%

573Brookhaven, MSMS35,01256+4%

574Columbus, NENE46,58356+110%

575Palm Bay, FLFL663,98256+73%

576Rifle, COCO80,09956+73%

577Sherman, TXTX153,61356+85%

578Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29557+93%

579Weatherford, OKOK39,05957+123%

580Lacey, WAWA304,26157+109%

581Kerrville, TXTX54,03757+31%

582Lake City, FLFL74,09457+34%

583Mountain Home, IDID29,46557+52%

584Flint, MIMI401,09357+20%

585Elkhart, ININ208,77457+69%

586Walla Walla, WAWA62,36157+45%

587Riverton, WYWY39,46457+304%

588Grand Island, NENE78,07658+107%

589Bartlesville, OKOK54,03758+256%

590Ontario, OROR60,08558+27%

591Shawnee, OKOK75,10258+253%

592Las Cruces, NMNM229,09158−2%

593Cedartown, GAGA45,51458+29%

594Greenville, SCSC1,014,10158+36%

595Deming, NMNM25,40758−6%

596Manhattan, KSKS136,12258+48%

597Oxford, ALAL115,83458+37%

598Enid, OKOK61,77958+188%

599Palatka, FLFL77,73458+22%

600Deltona, FLFL746,93358+59%

601Allentown, PAPA887,61558+120%

602Eureka, CACA131,64758+157%

603Borger, TXTX19,63358+55%

604Dothan, ALAL156,26659+23%

605Los Alamos, NMNM19,40759+67%

606Oxford, MSMS71,97259+7%

607Reading, PAPA440,07259+87%

608Kankakee, ILIL105,52559+35%

609Kingsland, GAGA60,14359+20%

610Othello, WAWA21,48859−6%

611Columbus, OHOH2,242,02859+66%

612Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,37759+73%

613Marshalltown, IAIA39,89060+144%

614Portland, OROR2,542,28260+77%

615Fort Smith, ARAR234,14060+114%

616Racine, WIWI198,91960+45%

617Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68260+44%

618Nantucket, MAMA14,75860+134%

619Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91260−3%

620Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77560+28%

621Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93860+23%

622Bogalusa, LALA44,93760+8%

623Durant, OKOK51,36760+366%

624Pensacola, FLFL544,94960+36%

625Nashville, TNTN2,197,41660+46%

626Edwards, COCO54,29160+28%

627Saginaw, MIMI187,68860+16%

628St. Simons, GAGA118,52461+18%

629Rome, GAGA101,37861+44%

630Thomaston, GAGA28,50061+14%

631Burley, IDID49,30861+36%

632Española, NMNM39,83261+79%

633Key West, FLFL80,40661+37%

634McAlester, OKOK43,32061+235%

635Clearlake, CACA67,77261+85%

636Wenatchee, WAWA128,41461+47%

637Visalia, CACA485,14661−10%

638Wichita, KSKS663,80961+56%

639Greenwood, MSMS34,91261−1%

640Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69561+62%

641Ocala, FLFL442,66061+55%

642Washington, NCNC44,67062+7%

643Liberal, KSKS21,07362−12%

644Houma, LALA199,66862+59%

645Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08162+195%

646Fayetteville, ARAR622,17762+145%

647Lafayette, LALA423,75862+27%

648Yuma, AZAZ224,44962−6%

649Lake Charles, LALA244,65562+31%

650Hood River, OROR23,72062+21%

651Chico, CACA209,21162+77%

652Monticello, NYNY80,58662+53%

653Fairbanks, AKAK93,97262+102%

654Ardmore, OKOK48,91062+120%

655San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36762+40%

656Sioux City, IAIA145,73862+90%

657Winnemucca, NVNV17,26762+47%

658Dalton, GAGA147,81962+46%

659Cleveland, MSMS28,26262+7%

660Red Bluff, CACA64,66562+67%

661Ozark, ALAL49,91262+25%

662Greeley, COCO378,42662+19%

663Minden, LALA34,94862+9%

664Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21462+35%

665Colorado Springs, COCO781,79662+44%

666Huron, SDSD19,62462+1203%

667Ruidoso, NMNM19,84463+27%

668Enterprise, ALAL56,95363+38%

669Salem, OROR445,81463+61%

670Talladega, ALAL91,76463+11%

671Boston, MAMA5,034,22163+67%

672New Bern, NCNC127,35863+12%

673Jackson, TNTN184,56963+23%

674Miami, OKOK30,43863+401%

675Elko, NVNV56,68263+45%

676Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01464+24%

677Gulfport, MSMS431,32964+34%

678Camden, ARAR26,36364+7%

679Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44264+45%

680Pampa, TXTX21,78664+58%

681Andrews, TXTX18,91464+1%

682Cape Coral, FLFL875,60764+73%

683Carson, NVNV58,57164+65%

684Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44864+38%

685Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20664+37%

686Athens, GAGA224,14864+19%

687Spartanburg, SCSC407,65664+28%

688Naples, FLFL417,13164+30%

689Hobbs, NMNM74,74964−3%

690Hermiston, OROR93,72165+62%

691Greenwood, SCSC95,21565+11%

692Orangeburg, SCSC83,17765+7%

693Huntsville, ALAL556,44465+33%

694Rockford, ILIL337,24265+61%

695Sebring, FLFL111,12265+39%

696Magnolia, ARAR21,89465+8%

697Roswell, NMNM63,36465+1%

698Texarkana, TXTX146,81665+26%

699Starkville, MSMS62,06365+6%

700Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96665+4%

701Martinsville, VAVA63,09165+18%

702Alexandria, LALA147,95265+20%

703Odessa, TXTX173,80166−3%

704McComb, MSMS52,64066+3%

705Champaign, ILIL239,97966+68%

706Ada, OKOK38,52866+358%

707Little Rock, ARAR777,60766+38%

708Grenada, MSMS30,22266+5%

709Detroit, MIMI4,390,91366+22%

710Plainview, TXTX36,70066−4%

711Laurel, MSMS82,28166+14%

712Ukiah, CACA88,12266+65%

713Dublin, GAGA60,35166+11%

714El Dorado, ARAR36,92666+16%

715Abilene, TXTX185,42966+30%

716Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19166−2%

717Natchez, MSMS54,72266+4%

718Lexington, NENE26,25566+42%

719Okeechobee, FLFL42,60867+23%

720Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76667+22%

721Dodge City, KSKS33,99367+4%

722Meridian, MSMS85,41967+9%

723Hammond, LALA141,34667+23%

724Charleston, SCSC889,26367+12%

725Newberry, SCSC39,56167+7%

726Beeville, TXTX32,51567−6%

727Fort Morgan, COCO30,30667+22%

728Clarksville, TNTN349,00167+32%

729Vicksburg, MSMS41,75967+6%

730Danville, VAVA101,13767+17%

731Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01067+36%

732Opelousas, LALA80,76568+8%

733Monroe, LALA222,39068+14%

734Payson, AZAZ53,80168+66%

735Jacksonville, NCNC217,17568+23%

736Forrest City, ARAR21,80068−2%

737Merced, CACA297,26068−9%

738Dumas, TXTX21,89168+6%

739Silver City, NMNM27,25268+7%

740Statesboro, GAGA97,97768+18%

741Carlsbad, NMNM62,50968+9%

742Kennewick, WAWA324,33468+39%

743Juneau city and, AKAK31,60968+175%

744Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85068+13%

745Sweetwater, TXTX14,11768+16%

746Moses Lake, WAWA105,72768+21%

747Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37768+61%

748Salinas, CACA433,72968−6%

749Blytheville, ARAR37,82868+15%

750Brenham, TXTX38,28868+22%

751Denver, COCO3,092,03768+27%

752Cordele, GAGA19,23768+6%

753Albany, GAGA145,51069+6%

754Columbus, MSMS67,14469+7%

755Reno, NVNV578,73469+48%

756Ketchikan, AKAK13,54969+221%

757Vidalia, GAGA36,18069+14%

758Cambridge, MDMD33,62869+26%

759Troy, ALAL33,68869+13%

760East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,17969+123%

761Pueblo, COCO169,27769+9%

762Altus, OKOK24,76469+33%

763Milledgeville, GAGA44,02969+6%

764Alamosa, COCO27,89669+8%

765Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21169+7%

766Thomasville, GAGA72,95869+10%

767Springfield, MAMA464,33869+39%

768Gainesville, GAGA226,56869+25%

769San Angelo, TXTX122,06569+13%

770Florence, SCSC201,39269+11%

771Susanville, CACA28,11769+37%

772Santa Rosa, CACA486,44469+51%

773LaGrange, GAGA107,09769+17%

774Jackson, MSMS609,84769+7%

775Ruston, LALA48,36070+9%

776Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09970+11%

777Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,72170+62%

778Mobile, ALAL411,65870+16%

779Jacksonville, TXTX53,33770+20%

780Snyder, TXTX16,16270+15%

781Santa Fe, NMNM156,90770+9%

782Auburn, ALAL208,01370+16%

783Longview, TXTX297,31570+30%

784Gainesville, FLFL359,03670+34%

785Bishop, CACA18,15871+114%

786Taos, NMNM34,56471+20%

787Yakima, WAWA259,18571+15%

788Atlantic City, NJNJ372,04771+28%

789Anchorage, AKAK405,82171+94%

790Santa Cruz, CACA258,85271+23%

791Burlington, NCNC186,17771+35%

792Amarillo, TXTX276,23571+35%

793Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20171+12%

794Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02571+13%

795Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33271+12%

796Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55372+12%

797Salisbury, MDMD131,87272+28%

798Lufkin, TXTX88,15472+23%

799Tampa, FLFL3,418,89572+52%

800Rockingham, NCNC42,04172+21%

801Crescent City, CACA26,41072+54%

802Shreveport, LALA383,47472+14%

803Americus, GAGA33,39472+9%

804Eufaula, ALAL26,86172+12%

805Bainbridge, GAGA29,43272+11%

806Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,50072+34%

807Dover, DEDE194,78672+42%

808Hanford, CACA154,32772−4%

809Tulsa, OKOK1,069,27372+101%

810Sumter, SCSC105,06772+10%

811Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13772+29%

812Baton Rouge, LALA888,69972+19%

813Garden City, KSKS37,50572+9%

814Victoria, TXTX99,86472+5%

815Natchitoches, LALA36,08973+16%

816New Iberia, LALA66,84673+22%

817Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81373+63%

818Columbia, SCSC879,91873+19%

819San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14073+3%

820Montgomery, ALAL388,74773+15%

821Big Spring, TXTX30,50473+11%

822Douglas, GAGA52,86173+18%

823Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59973+6%

824Tahlequah, OKOK49,19673+243%

825Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03573+29%

826Arcadia, FLFL37,07873+9%

827Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11873+32%

828Tyler, TXTX252,54973+23%

829Sanford, NCNC70,25873+18%

830Guymon, OKOK20,32273+33%

831Valdosta, GAGA153,27673+17%

832Bakersfield, CACA927,06874+2%

833Clovis, NMNM65,27074+14%

834Charlotte, NCNC2,938,83074+37%

835Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48674+11%

836Augusta, GAGA641,23174+17%

837Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68574+21%

838Moultrie, GAGA47,43874+17%

839Palestine, TXTX59,80574+13%

840Midland, TXTX193,13974+15%

841Santa Maria, CACA442,06574+12%

842Tallahassee, FLFL397,44274+18%

843Safford, AZAZ40,15774+26%

844Storm Lake, IAIA20,44975+101%

845Savannah, GAGA438,31475+19%

846Show Low, AZAZ109,94675+96%

847Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72075+34%

848Greenville, NCNC182,93675+19%

849Tifton, GAGA51,23775+15%

850Waco, TXTX308,80775+18%

851Richmond, VAVA1,389,33875+24%

852Vernon, TXTX12,48175+30%

853Worthington, MNMN22,33875+111%

854Henderson, NCNC42,63875+10%

855Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,93875+30%

856Greensboro, NCNC805,94575+35%

857Morgan City, LALA46,55275+23%

858Warner Robins, GAGA208,09176+28%

859Memphis, TNTN1,341,41276+14%

860Lubbock, TXTX368,43176+16%

861Seattle, WAWA4,161,88376+77%

862Modesto, CACA557,71976+15%

863Lakeland, FLFL874,79076+53%

864Albuquerque, NMNM925,27976+13%

865Fresno, CACA1,203,38376+0%

866Kinston, NCNC55,83776+17%

867Napa, CACA132,94976+42%

868Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36876+101%

869Oxnard, CACA830,85177+14%

870Muskogee, OKOK66,70877+80%

871Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07677+17%

872Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21377+21%

873Clewiston, FLFL61,54677+3%

874College Station, TXTX287,47677+22%

875Corsicana, TXTX57,18177+23%

876El Campo, TXTX42,06077+4%

877Bay City, TXTX36,46377+3%

878Alamogordo, NMNM70,36877+20%

879Columbus, GAGA324,83077+14%

880Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78178+33%

881Goldsboro, NCNC122,27878+20%

882Huntsville, TXTX83,84278+13%

883Beaumont, TXTX399,31078+22%

884Wilson, NCNC81,15078+14%

885Riverside, CACA4,769,00779+5%

886Austin, TXTX2,620,94579+17%

887Durham, NCNC625,48580+19%

888Lawton, OKOK127,59080+35%

889Laurinburg, NCNC33,32281+28%

890Farmington, NMNM120,34081+70%

891New Orleans, LALA970,84981+15%

892Miami, FLFL6,391,07282+3%

893Chicago, ILIL9,434,12382+15%

894Vineland, NJNJ157,14883+17%

895Yuba City, CACA187,47883+31%

896Hinesville, GAGA91,87083+14%

897San Diego, CACA3,282,24884+15%

898Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18284+26%

899Orlando, FLFL2,957,67284+32%

900Sacramento, CACA2,477,27484+33%

901Killeen, TXTX511,49785+22%

902Fayetteville, NCNC395,41285+20%

903Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44185+3%

904Dallas, TXTX8,477,15786+21%

905Honolulu, HIHI988,70387+27%

906San Jose, CACA1,984,47387+7%

907Lumberton, NCNC119,94188+23%

908Houston, TXTX7,904,62788+9%

909New York, NYNY20,112,44888+13%

910Trenton, NJNJ399,28988+35%

911Stockton, CACA823,81588+12%

912Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,22689+31%

913Hilo, HIHI210,04389+16%

914Washington, DCDC6,465,72489+21%

915Kahului, HIHI160,67490+21%

916Kapaa, HIHI73,40091+22%

917San Francisco, CACA4,630,04191+12%

918Vallejo, CACA455,37694+16%

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