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Most racially diverse, Illinois cities

Name: Most racially diverse, Illinois cities, 2024
Creator: CensusEasy
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Illinois cities ranked by the CensusEasy Diversity Score (0 to 100), the chance two random residents are of a different race or ethnicity (2024 ACS). This list covers the 336 cities in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 336 is 55. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Crestwood, IL, up 83 places to #66.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDIVERSITY SCOREVS 1990

01Bolingbrook, ILIL74,80393+72%

02Glendale Heights, ILIL32,65592+99%

03Chicago, ILIL2,731,58591+9%

04North Chicago, ILIL34,05089+19%

05▲2Hanover Park, ILIL36,56888+89%

06▲14Alsip, ILIL18,48387+234%

07▲1Aurora, ILIL181,50587+34%

08▼3Zion, ILIL24,44786+54%

09▲1Romeoville, ILIL41,28185+170%

10▲4Kankakee, ILIL23,40085+37%

11▼2Streamwood, ILIL38,27785+180%

12▲7Skokie, ILIL66,54484+89%

13▲9Hoffman Estates, ILIL50,85884+135%

14▲16Carol Stream, ILIL39,31584+150%

15▲3Rockford, ILIL147,38483+92%

16▲12Chicago Heights, ILIL26,50883+10%

17▲8Joliet, ILIL152,24183+29%

18▼3Forest Park, ILIL13,82982+54%

19▲2Round Lake, ILIL18,52682+156%

20▲9Westchester, ILIL16,30082+654%

21▲24Evergreen Park, ILIL19,28382+847%

22▼6Wheeling, ILIL38,39182+154%

23▼12Urbana, ILIL39,71982+52%

24▲3Steger, ILIL9,35281+251%

25▲1Rantoul, ILIL11,99181+98%

26▼14Beach Park, ILIL14,11481+236%

27▲20Blue Island, ILIL21,80581+18%

28▼4Crest Hill, ILIL20,69581+60%

29▲19Fairview Heights, ILIL16,17581+222%

30▲3Midlothian, ILIL13,84181+394%

31▼25Berkeley, ILIL5,14181+150%

32▲2East Moline, ILIL20,45380+91%

33▼10Champaign, ILIL91,19580+89%

34▼21Lansing, ILIL28,06880+440%

35▲2Peoria, ILIL110,92080+66%

36▲66Chicago Ridge, ILIL14,03679+578%

37▲17West Chicago, ILIL25,29679+36%

38▲8Schaumburg, ILIL77,24979+210%

39▲12Rolling Meadows, ILIL23,69079+121%

40▲2Mundelein, ILIL32,68079+108%

41▼9Elgin, ILIL115,47679+38%

42▼25Hillside, ILIL8,14078+132%

43▲7Woodridge, ILIL34,02878+119%

44▼8Carbondale, ILIL21,81178+43%

45▲15Des Plaines, ILIL58,77278+192%

46▲61Pingree Grove, ILIL12,54577+1094%

47▼12DeKalb, ILIL40,46777+154%

48▲14Justice, ILIL12,28577+77%

49▼11Crete, ILIL8,34577+346%

50▼11Evanston, ILIL76,38077+31%

51▼7Addison, ILIL35,75877+77%

52▼11Homewood, ILIL18,77376+239%

53▲36South Elgin, ILIL25,65676+214%

54▼11Gurnee, ILIL30,45876+218%

55▼2Morton Grove, ILIL24,58276+104%

56▼25Beardstown, ILIL5,69176+4492%

57▲10Monee, ILIL5,11976+1103%

58▼3Waukegan, ILIL87,94076−1%

59▼19Montgomery, ILIL21,97875+357%

60▲1Bensenville, ILIL18,52574+43%

61▼12Vernon Hills, ILIL26,82574+171%

62▲3Lincolnwood, ILIL13,03974+82%

63▲29Bartlett, ILIL40,85573+269%

64▼6Danville, ILIL28,13873+64%

65▲75Broadview, ILIL7,87172+9%

66▲83Crestwood, ILIL10,52972+293%

67▲9Palatine, ILIL65,84272+288%

68▼5Carpentersville, ILIL37,04572+55%

69▼12Oak Park, ILIL52,82372+43%

70▲50Bridgeview, ILIL16,52172+404%

71▼1Westmont, ILIL24,15572+107%

72▼16North Riverside, ILIL7,16172+587%

73▲14Mount Prospect, ILIL55,39571+130%

74▲7Naperville, ILIL153,11471+257%

75▲13Buffalo Grove, ILIL42,81271+337%

76▼5Belleville, ILIL40,23771+252%

77▲2Boulder Hill, ILIL8,98971+474%

78▲49Sauk, ILIL9,62471+25%

79▼2Burbank, ILIL28,57871+415%

80▼21Rock Island, ILIL36,22570+59%

81▲49Oswego, ILIL39,94870+1873%

82▼10Round Lake Beach, ILIL26,90270+96%

83▲1Shiloh, ILIL14,60470+295%

84▲15Moline, ILIL42,36270+207%

85▲29River Grove, ILIL10,40970+472%

86▼12Round Lake Park, ILIL7,84470+148%

87▼35Plano, ILIL12,67770+101%

88▲13Harvey, ILIL19,84970+66%

89▲14Maywood, ILIL23,33070+91%

90▲5Niles, ILIL30,44369+186%

91▲17Savoy, ILIL9,11369+189%

92▼6Flossmoor, ILIL9,35869+99%

93▲16Warrenville, ILIL15,21169+311%

94▲10Wood Dale, ILIL14,08168+213%

95▼31South Barrington, ILIL5,07168+298%

96▼28Lyons, ILIL10,43368+305%

97▼15Highwood, ILIL5,32367+21%

98▼29Grandwood Park, ILIL5,26267+409%

99▼21Oak Brook, ILIL8,10867+62%

100Berwyn, ILIL55,00167+195%

101▼8Oak Lawn, ILIL56,45067+681%

102▲21Oak Forest, ILIL26,79267+479%

103▼37Prospect Heights, ILIL15,55267+54%

104▼19Elmwood Park, ILIL23,67567+423%

105▼14Belvidere, ILIL25,46267+158%

106▼10Lisle, ILIL23,43267+156%

107▲5Gages Lake, ILIL10,81967+469%

108▲35Willowbrook, ILIL9,12666+131%

109▲6Plainfield, ILIL50,04366+1230%

110▼35Gilberts, ILIL9,08266+1428%

111▲7Lombard, ILIL44,39966+253%

112▼6Harvard, ILIL9,50466+160%

113▼15Northlake, ILIL12,46266+50%

114▼24Villa Park, ILIL21,88866+179%

115▲72Pontoon Beach, ILIL5,88766+1188%

116▼22Decatur, ILIL67,88465+74%

117▲40Lynwood, ILIL9,29764+48%

118▲20Mendota, ILIL6,89464+223%

119▲20Itasca, ILIL9,48864+184%

120▲6Rochelle, ILIL9,49863+115%

121▼5Freeport, ILIL23,20263+114%

122▲32Lake in the Hills, ILIL28,59063+1796%

123▼4North Aurora, ILIL19,40663+156%

124▲41Candlewick Lake, ILIL5,44863–

125▼45Franklin Park, ILIL18,04563+44%

126▼9Sterling, ILIL14,39463+72%

127▲18Elk Grove, ILIL31,88563+150%

128▲30Harwood Heights, ILIL8,76163+333%

129▲66Frankfort Square, ILIL9,56062+308%

130▲3Park Forest, ILIL21,07962+13%

131▲15Glenview, ILIL47,71162+165%

132▼1Bloomington, ILIL78,80462+170%

133▲34Lake Villa, ILIL8,69262+1071%

134▼29Bloomingdale, ILIL22,47661+198%

135▲28Yorkville, ILIL26,73061+766%

136▼1O'Fallon, ILIL32,65660+115%

137▼26Alton, ILIL25,01360+26%

138▼65Posen, ILIL5,40560+177%

139▲31Worth, ILIL10,69660+750%

140▼6Springfield, ILIL112,98960+86%

141▼58Schiller Park, ILIL11,31759+56%

142▼6Grayslake, ILIL21,14059+585%

143▲36Loves Park, ILIL23,71259+463%

144▲9Galesburg, ILIL28,58159+107%

145▼16Bellwood, ILIL18,11659+6%

146▲23Collinsville, ILIL23,71759+327%

147Cahokia Heights, ILIL16,87458–

148▼16Countryside, ILIL6,26058+421%

149▼21Monmouth, ILIL8,59958+356%

150▼53Swansea, ILIL14,35658+226%

151▲11Murphysboro, ILIL6,97758+95%

152▼2Markham, ILIL11,27458+26%

153▼32Brookfield, ILIL18,87958+505%

154▲18Lincolnshire, ILIL7,96358+352%

155▼31Chester, ILIL6,84757+11%

156▼43Woodstock, ILIL25,74057+153%

157▼35Volo, ILIL6,80556–

158▲35Lindenhurst, ILIL14,81056+439%

159▼4Glenwood, ILIL8,41656+6%

160▲31Granite City, ILIL26,80756+806%

161▲31Lakemoor, ILIL6,44956+435%

162▼11Burr Ridge, ILIL11,17956+123%

163▲34Riverside, ILIL8,93956+663%

164▲16Hinsdale, ILIL17,57356+282%

165▲3Algonquin, ILIL30,82455+589%

166▼14Wauconda, ILIL13,99355+390%

167▲6Bourbonnais, ILIL17,65855+267%

168▼26Darien, ILIL22,03255+100%

169▼13Shorewood, ILIL18,53654+341%

170▲73Wonder Lake, ILIL5,59353+1068%

171▲29Northbrook, ILIL34,74453+190%

172▲38St. Charles, ILIL33,59453+473%

173▲10Hickory Hills, ILIL14,10152+314%

174▲42Streator, ILIL12,19052+234%

175▲45Frankfort, ILIL21,36552+771%

176▲20Arlington Heights, ILIL76,21652+212%

177▲13Glen Ellyn, ILIL28,75052+196%

178▲50South Holland, ILIL20,74952+52%

179▼35Park City, ILIL7,89352+2%

180▲28Hampshire, ILIL9,26652+645%

181▲40La Grange Park, ILIL13,45352+603%

182▼72Silvis, ILIL7,97952+36%

183▼19Normal, ILIL53,27551+168%

184▼47Long Grove, ILIL8,34351+300%

185▲39Fox Lake, ILIL10,84951+555%

186▼20Mount Vernon, ILIL14,18751+78%

187▼26Calumet City, ILIL34,79851−12%

188▲13Elmhurst, ILIL46,11150+289%

189▼5Wheaton, ILIL54,06550+152%

190▼42Orland Hills, ILIL6,66350+112%

191▼44Roselle, ILIL22,75650+133%

192▲11Tinley Park, ILIL55,14050+309%

193▲14Rock Falls, ILIL8,52150+95%

194▼16Dixon, ILIL14,58250+82%

195▲9Wilmette, ILIL27,45950+141%

196▼14Antioch, ILIL15,00050+747%

197▲1South Beloit, ILIL7,99650+86%

198▼24Winthrop Harbor, ILIL6,52550+332%

199▼18LaSalle, ILIL9,38849+337%

200▼11Bradley, ILIL15,21449+773%

201▲13Norridge, ILIL14,80849+540%

202▼14Hawthorn Woods, ILIL9,67948+386%

203▲30Orland Park, ILIL57,95448+228%

204▲8Hillsboro, ILIL6,18448+495%

205▼80Stickney, ILIL6,89748+158%

206▲81Calumet Park, ILIL6,77248−14%

207▼66River Forest, ILIL11,39348+184%

208▼37Melrose Park, ILIL23,93647−18%

209▲23Huntley, ILIL29,13247+605%

210▲24Mascoutah, ILIL9,23947+194%

211▼51West Dundee, ILIL8,57047+1215%

212▼27Genoa, ILIL5,54747+564%

213▼27Spring Valley, ILIL5,40847+464%

214▼37Inverness, ILIL7,41847+219%

215▲24La Grange, ILIL15,93547+121%

216▼11Island Lake, ILIL8,04747+269%

217▲29Winfield, ILIL10,14646+278%

218▼16Macomb, ILIL14,53046+74%

219▼13Minooka, ILIL12,89946+941%

220▲9Vandalia, ILIL7,10846+92%

221▼22Crystal Lake, ILIL42,28846+413%

222▲3Clarendon Hills, ILIL8,68145+264%

223▼48Kewanee, ILIL12,11545+177%

224▼13Palos Hills, ILIL18,02844+185%

225▲1Cary, ILIL17,93244+367%

226▲11Matteson, ILIL18,54344−36%

227▼4McHenry, ILIL29,21743+470%

228▲22Lake Forest, ILIL19,73143+256%

229▲49Manhattan, ILIL10,94343+581%

230▲12Machesney Park, ILIL22,80543+371%

231▼72Summit, ILIL10,75342−44%

232▲72Rockton, ILIL7,87042+823%

233▼39Centralia, ILIL11,86342+46%

234▲33Channahon, ILIL14,53042+329%

235▼22Lake Zurich, ILIL19,86842+172%

236▲20Roscoe, ILIL11,03442+526%

237▲12Libertyville, ILIL20,70142+178%

238▼11Downers Grove, ILIL50,36542+124%

239▼24Poplar Grove, ILIL5,20642+359%

240▼64Greenville, ILIL7,46942+202%

241▼1Highland Park, ILIL30,76742+99%

242▲5Sycamore, ILIL19,08341+213%

243▲5Sandwich, ILIL7,38041+362%

244▼14Jacksonville, ILIL17,75241+144%

245▼4Metropolis, ILIL5,72740+102%

246▲38Mahomet, ILIL10,51640+1341%

247▲4Barrington, ILIL10,58640+369%

248▼17Pontiac, ILIL10,80640+6%

249▲25University Park, ILIL7,01940−9%

250▼12Batavia, ILIL26,58640+138%

251▼33Glen Carbon, ILIL13,89840+84%

252▲3Milan, ILIL5,02840+273%

253▲1Park Ridge, ILIL38,46339+343%

254▼18Willow Springs, ILIL5,78839+415%

255▼33Charleston, ILIL17,46638+205%

256▼3Ottawa, ILIL18,68438+228%

257▼40Morris, ILIL14,66938+272%

258▲14Geneva, ILIL21,13837+431%

259▲7Spring Grove, ILIL5,52636+705%

260▲28Lake Bluff, ILIL5,56336+427%

261▲52Wilmington, ILIL5,61436+932%

262▼27Peoria Heights, ILIL5,76735+209%

263▲28Homer Glen, ILIL24,87335–

264▼45Edwardsville, ILIL26,46335+66%

265▼21Marion, ILIL17,14835+170%

266▼8Lockport, ILIL27,82235+372%

267▼4Hazel Crest, ILIL13,02434−49%

268▲12Lemont, ILIL18,51334+242%

269▼8Robinson, ILIL7,28334+756%

270▼8Canton, ILIL13,29733+126%

271▼26Northfield, ILIL5,63233+163%

272▼15Maryville, ILIL8,41332+342%

273▼64Marengo, ILIL7,73732+70%

274▲23Herrin, ILIL12,26832+2233%

275▲15Braidwood, ILIL6,25932+325%

276▼5Quincy, ILIL38,91832+160%

277▼9Du Quoin, ILIL5,56932+106%

278▲11Lake Barrington, ILIL5,13032+481%

279▼4Deerfield, ILIL19,64231+246%

280▼21Peru, ILIL9,78031+342%

281▲22Princeton, ILIL7,67431+1122%

282▼18Elburn, ILIL7,08431+510%

283▲12Coal City, ILIL5,83131+344%

284▲9Wood River, ILIL10,22431+716%

285▼15Country Club Hills, ILIL16,21530−54%

286▲16Palos Heights, ILIL12,08429+188%

287▼18Campton Hills, ILIL10,89429–

288▲4Cicero, ILIL81,85828−53%

289▲7Lincoln, ILIL12,98128+224%

290▼25Sugar Grove, ILIL9,38128+319%

291▼31Richton Park, ILIL12,48328−47%

292▲7Johnsburg, ILIL6,44528–

293▼11Godfrey, ILIL17,62028+74%

294▲17Bartonville, ILIL5,80428+282%

295▲33Geneseo, ILIL6,50527+633%

296▼23Chatham, ILIL14,57927+1205%

297▲13Western Springs, ILIL13,58827+265%

298▼15Winnetka, ILIL12,51827+265%

299▼13East Alton, ILIL5,62126+1341%

300▲12Pekin, ILIL31,27726+797%

301▼25Troy, ILIL11,89326+596%

302▼21Manteno, ILIL9,20126+1336%

303▼24Mokena, ILIL19,89726+714%

304▼27New Lenox, ILIL28,89325+342%

305Mattoon, ILIL16,66725+194%

306▲10Clinton, ILIL6,78125+479%

307▲19Benton, ILIL6,55824+595%

308▼23Carterville, ILIL5,83924+1026%

309▼9Dolton, ILIL20,67124−65%

310▼3Riverdale, ILIL10,28023−64%

311▼17Glencoe, ILIL8,72423+47%

312▼4Mount Zion, ILIL5,88023+752%

313▲11Taylorville, ILIL10,52223+866%

314▼13Lake Holiday, ILIL5,64122–

315▲2Carlinville, ILIL5,46521+192%

316▼1East Peoria, ILIL22,08821+316%

317▲13Highland, ILIL10,04221+1568%

318Salem, ILIL7,03520+83%

319▼13Effingham, ILIL12,40620+902%

320▼6Olney, ILIL8,34720+962%

321▲14Pana, ILIL5,01019+1319%

322Morton, ILIL17,56519+496%

323▼14Mount Carmel, ILIL6,72319+266%

324▼5Eureka, ILIL5,12919+357%

325▼5Bethalto, ILIL9,20219+947%

326▼74Harrisburg, ILIL7,92218+11%

327▲7East St. Louis, ILIL17,68218+268%

328▼7Washington, ILIL15,90215+598%

329▲3Waterloo, ILIL11,13214+708%

330▲3Paris, ILIL8,02614+139%

331Monticello, ILIL6,08013+679%

332▼3Columbia, ILIL10,86512+119%

333▼35Chillicothe, ILIL6,03312+26%

334▼9Jerseyville, ILIL8,40911+600%

335▼12West Frankfort, ILIL7,10510+1385%

336▼9Litchfield, ILIL6,5987+104%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES