RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 918

Most racially diverse, US metro areas · 2010

US metro areas ranked by the CensusEasy Diversity Score (0 to 100), the chance two random residents are of a different race or ethnicity (2023 ACS). Vallejo, CA leads at 91. 918 metro areas qualify in total. California carries 7 of the top 25 entries.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDIVERSITY SCOREVS 2000

01Vallejo, CACA455,37691+13%

02Kahului, HIHI160,67490+21%

03Hilo, HIHI210,04390+17%

04Kapaa, HIHI73,40090+21%

05San Francisco, CACA4,630,04189+9%

06Lumberton, NCNC119,94188+23%

07San Jose, CACA1,984,47388+7%

08Stockton, CACA823,81587+10%

09Honolulu, HIHI988,70387+27%

10Houston, TXTX7,904,62785+6%

11Los Angeles, CACA12,844,44184+2%

12Washington, DCDC6,465,72484+13%

13New York, NYNY20,112,44884+8%

14Miami, FLFL6,391,07283+4%

15Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,22683+22%

16Fayetteville, NCNC395,41281+14%

17Dallas, TXTX8,477,15781+14%

18San Diego, CACA3,282,24881+11%

19Farmington, NMNM120,34080+68%

20Vineland, NJNJ157,14880+13%

21Riverside, CACA4,769,00779+6%

22Trenton, NJNJ399,28979+21%

23Hinesville, GAGA91,87079+7%

24Killeen, TXTX511,49778+13%

25Orlando, FLFL2,957,67278+24%

26Chicago, ILIL9,434,12378+8%

27Atlanta, GAGA6,482,18278+17%

28Sacramento, CACA2,477,27478+22%

29Clewiston, FLFL61,54678+4%

30Yuba City, CACA187,47878+23%

31Fresno, CACA1,203,38378+2%

32Bay City, TXTX36,46377+3%

33Laurinburg, NCNC33,32277+22%

34El Campo, TXTX42,06077+3%

35New Orleans, LALA970,84976+9%

36Safford, AZAZ40,15776+29%

37Durham, NCNC625,48576+14%

38Bakersfield, CACA927,06876+5%

39Hanford, CACA154,32776+1%

40Show Low, AZAZ109,94675+98%

41Albuquerque, NMNM925,27975+11%

42Modesto, CACA557,71975+13%

43Wilson, NCNC81,15075+9%

44Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36874+95%

45Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07674+13%

46Oxnard, CACA830,85174+10%

47Austin, TXTX2,620,94574+10%

48Lawton, OKOK127,59074+25%

49Alamogordo, NMNM70,36874+14%

50Merced, CACA297,26073−1%

51Columbus, GAGA324,83073+8%

52Arcadia, FLFL37,07873+8%

53Goldsboro, NCNC122,27873+12%

54Santa Maria, CACA442,06573+10%

55Muskogee, OKOK66,70873+70%

56Huntsville, TXTX83,84272+5%

57Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59972+5%

58Salinas, CACA433,72972−1%

59Memphis, TNTN1,341,41272+9%

60Beaumont, TXTX399,31072+13%

61College Station, TXTX287,47672+13%

62Victoria, TXTX99,86472+4%

63Moultrie, GAGA47,43872+14%

64Big Spring, TXTX30,50472+10%

65Dumas, TXTX21,89172+12%

66Henderson, NCNC42,63872+5%

67Sanford, NCNC70,25872+16%

68San Antonio, TXTX2,813,14072+2%

69Tucson, AZAZ1,074,68571+16%

70Americus, GAGA33,39471+7%

71Napa, CACA132,94971+32%

72Tahlequah, OKOK49,19671+234%

73Kinston, NCNC55,83771+9%

74Virginia Beach, VAVA1,797,21371+12%

75Yakima, WAWA259,18571+15%

76Morgan City, LALA46,55271+16%

77Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48671+7%

78Midland, TXTX193,13971+10%

79Lubbock, TXTX368,43171+9%

80Waco, TXTX308,80771+12%

81Douglas, GAGA52,86170+14%

82Phoenix, AZAZ5,228,93870+21%

83Clovis, NMNM65,27070+8%

84Garden City, KSKS37,50570+5%

85Warner Robins, GAGA208,09170+19%

86Eufaula, ALAL26,86170+9%

87Beeville, TXTX32,51570−2%

88Tallahassee, FLFL397,44270+10%

89Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,02570+10%

90Rockingham, NCNC42,04170+17%

91Tifton, GAGA51,23770+7%

92Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03570+23%

93Taos, NMNM34,56470+18%

94Sumter, SCSC105,06769+6%

95Corsicana, TXTX57,18169+11%

96Palestine, TXTX59,80569+6%

97Montgomery, ALAL388,74769+10%

98Odessa, TXTX173,80169+2%

99Baltimore, MDMD2,857,78169+19%

100Greenville, NCNC182,93669+10%

101Richmond, VAVA1,389,33869+15%

102Augusta, GAGA641,23169+9%

103Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33269+8%

104Hobbs, NMNM74,74969+4%

105Tyler, TXTX252,54969+16%

106Bainbridge, GAGA29,43269+6%

107Valdosta, GAGA153,27669+10%

108Forrest City, ARAR21,80069+0%

109Savannah, GAGA438,31469+10%

110Santa Fe, NMNM156,90769+7%

111Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20169+8%

112Guymon, OKOK20,32269+25%

113Shreveport, LALA383,47468+8%

114Dodge City, KSKS33,99368+6%

115Plainview, TXTX36,70068−1%

116Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55368+7%

117Columbia, SCSC879,91868+11%

118Alamosa, COCO27,89668+7%

119Liberal, KSKS21,07368−2%

120Roswell, NMNM63,36468+5%

121Hilton Head Island, SCSC242,96668+9%

122Raleigh, NCNC1,595,72068+22%

123Natchitoches, LALA36,08968+9%

124Ruston, LALA48,36068+7%

125Greensboro, NCNC805,94568+22%

126Jackson, MSMS609,84768+4%

127Newberry, SCSC39,56168+8%

128Lufkin, TXTX88,15467+16%

129Natchez, MSMS54,72267+6%

130Andrews, TXTX18,91467+6%

131Santa Cruz, CACA258,85267+17%

132Jacksonville, TXTX53,33767+16%

133Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21167+5%

134Snyder, TXTX16,16267+11%

135Pueblo, COCO169,27767+7%

136Cordele, GAGA19,23767+3%

137Troy, ALAL33,68867+10%

138Albany, GAGA145,51067+3%

139Carlsbad, NMNM62,50967+7%

140Thomasville, GAGA72,95867+7%

141Baton Rouge, LALA888,69967+10%

142San Angelo, TXTX122,06567+9%

143Crescent City, CACA26,41067+43%

144Vicksburg, MSMS41,75967+5%

145Silver City, NMNM27,25267+5%

146Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09967+6%

147Florence, SCSC201,39267+7%

148Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19167−1%

149Lakeland, FLFL874,79066+34%

150Anderson Creek, NCNC150,13766+18%

151Vidalia, GAGA36,18066+10%

152Sweetwater, TXTX14,11766+13%

153Charlotte, NCNC2,938,83066+23%

154Columbus, MSMS67,14466+3%

155Milledgeville, GAGA44,02966+2%

156Mobile, ALAL411,65866+10%

157Philadelphia, PAPA6,329,11866+19%

158Visalia, CACA485,14666−3%

159McComb, MSMS52,64066+3%

160New Iberia, LALA66,84666+10%

161Atlantic City, NJNJ372,04766+19%

162Moses Lake, WAWA105,72765+16%

163Charleston, SCSC889,26365+9%

164Meridian, MSMS85,41965+7%

165Gainesville, GAGA226,56865+18%

166Vernon, TXTX12,48165+12%

167Opelousas, LALA80,76565+4%

168Yuma, AZAZ224,44965−2%

169Altus, OKOK24,76465+25%

170LaGrange, GAGA107,09765+9%

171Amarillo, TXTX276,23565+22%

172Blytheville, ARAR37,82864+8%

173Salisbury, MDMD131,87264+15%

174Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,81364+44%

175Camden, ARAR26,36364+8%

176Payson, AZAZ53,80164+58%

177Jacksonville, FLFL1,785,50064+19%

178Longview, TXTX297,31564+19%

179Auburn, ALAL208,01364+6%

180Magnolia, ARAR21,89464+7%

181Dover, DEDE194,78664+26%

182Laurel, MSMS82,28164+11%

183Denver, COCO3,092,03764+18%

184Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85064+6%

185Anchorage, AKAK405,82164+74%

186Grenada, MSMS30,22264+2%

187Monroe, LALA222,39064+7%

188Dublin, GAGA60,35164+6%

189El Dorado, ARAR36,92663+11%

190Okeechobee, FLFL42,60863+17%

191Seattle, WAWA4,161,88363+48%

192Brenham, TXTX38,28863+13%

193Gainesville, FLFL359,03663+21%

194Ketchikan, AKAK13,54963+196%

195Statesboro, GAGA97,97763+10%

196Tulsa, OKOK1,069,27363+76%

197Bishop, CACA18,15863+91%

198Fort Morgan, COCO30,30663+15%

199Susanville, CACA28,11763+25%

200Starkville, MSMS62,06363+2%

201Greenwood, SCSC95,21563+7%

202Burlington, NCNC186,17763+19%

203Othello, WAWA21,48863−0%

204Tampa, FLFL3,418,89563+32%

205Murrells Inlet, SCSC65,91262+0%

206Orangeburg, SCSC83,17762+3%

207Port St. Lucie, FLFL568,72162+45%

208Greenwood, MSMS34,91262+1%

209Alexandria, LALA147,95262+13%

210Worthington, MNMN22,33862+74%

211Deming, NMNM25,40762+0%

212Athens, GAGA224,14862+15%

213Naples, FLFL417,13162+25%

214Birmingham, ALAL1,197,76662+13%

215Santa Rosa, CACA486,44462+35%

216Kennewick, WAWA324,33462+26%

217Hammond, LALA141,34662+13%

218Juneau city and, AKAK31,60962+149%

219New Bern, NCNC127,35861+9%

220Reno, NVNV578,73461+32%

221Danville, VAVA101,13761+6%

222Springfield, MAMA464,33861+23%

223Washington, NCNC44,67061+6%

224Abilene, TXTX185,42961+20%

225Milwaukee, WIWI1,575,01061+22%

226Storm Lake, IAIA20,44961+63%

227Minden, LALA34,94861+6%

228Jacksonville, NCNC217,17560+10%

229Cambridge, MDMD33,62860+11%

230Detroit, MIMI4,390,91360+11%

231Cleveland, MSMS28,26260+4%

232Texarkana, TXTX146,81660+16%

233Huntsville, ALAL556,44460+22%

234Hood River, OROR23,72060+17%

235Talladega, ALAL91,76460+6%

236Martinsville, VAVA63,09160+7%

237Las Cruces, NMNM229,09159+1%

238Lexington, NENE26,25559+27%

239Ruidoso, NMNM19,84459+20%

240Ukiah, CACA88,12259+47%

241East Stroudsburg, PAPA167,17959+91%

242Clarksville, TNTN349,00159+16%

243Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01459+14%

244Bogalusa, LALA44,93759+5%

245Jackson, TNTN184,56958+13%

246Hermiston, OROR93,72158+46%

247Miami, OKOK30,43858+359%

248Spartanburg, SCSC407,65658+15%

249Kiryas Joel, NYNY718,37758+36%

250St. Simons, GAGA118,52458+13%

251Winnemucca, NVNV17,26758+37%

252Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20658+23%

253Saginaw, MIMI187,68858+11%

254Little Rock, ARAR777,60758+21%

255Sebring, FLFL111,12258+23%

256Greeley, COCO378,42658+11%

257Pampa, TXTX21,78658+42%

258Elko, NVNV56,68257+32%

259Edwards, COCO54,29157+22%

260Ada, OKOK38,52857+299%

261Dalton, GAGA147,81957+35%

262Hereford, TXTX18,62657−9%

263Oxford, MSMS71,97257+3%

264Carson, NVNV58,57157+46%

265Ann Arbor, MIMI370,21457+23%

266Gulfport, MSMS431,32957+19%

267Cape Coral, FLFL875,60757+53%

268Thomaston, GAGA28,50056+6%

269Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44856+22%

270Ozark, ALAL49,91256+14%

271Kingsville, TXTX30,31556−5%

272Alexander City, ALAL40,95356+15%

273Kingsland, GAGA60,14356+13%

274Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08156+169%

275Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93856+14%

276Burley, IDID49,30856+26%

277San Luis Obispo, CACA282,36756+26%

278Brookhaven, MSMS35,01256+4%

279Salem, OROR445,81456+43%

280Colorado Springs, COCO781,79656+29%

281Ontario, OROR60,08555+22%

282Española, NMNM39,83255+64%

283Wenatchee, WAWA128,41455+34%

284Pensacola, FLFL544,94955+24%

285Lafayette, LALA423,75855+14%

286Enterprise, ALAL56,95355+21%

287Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44255+25%

288Ardmore, OKOK48,91055+95%

289Key West, FLFL80,40655+23%

290Rockford, ILIL337,24255+35%

291Uvalde, TXTX24,96354−3%

292Palatka, FLFL77,73454+14%

293Wichita, KSKS663,80954+39%

294Lake Charles, LALA244,65554+15%

295Riverton, WYWY39,46454+281%

296Selma, ALAL35,14054−8%

297Houma, LALA199,66854+40%

298McAlester, OKOK43,32054+197%

299Dothan, ALAL156,26654+13%

300Cleveland, OHOH2,165,77554+14%

301Red Bluff, CACA64,66554+44%

302Jesup, GAGA32,48154+10%

303Mountain Home, IDID29,46554+42%

304Waycross, GAGA57,67054+10%

305Kankakee, ILIL105,52554+22%

306Flint, MIMI401,09353+13%

307Rome, GAGA101,37853+27%

308Fairbanks, AKAK93,97253+74%

309Greenville, MSMS40,44653−9%

310Cedartown, GAGA45,51453+18%

311Kansas City, MOMO2,270,68253+27%

312Ocala, FLFL442,66053+34%

313Racine, WIWI198,91953+28%

314Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13853+6%

315Monticello, NYNY80,58652+30%

316Champaign, ILIL239,97952+34%

317Kerrville, TXTX54,03752+20%

318Nashville, TNTN2,197,41652+26%

319Fort Smith, ARAR234,14052+85%

320Boston, MAMA5,034,22152+37%

321Greenville, SCSC1,014,10152+21%

322Oxford, ALAL115,83452+22%

323Gaffney, SCSC58,27552+13%

324Clearlake, CACA67,77252+56%

325Rifle, COCO80,09951+58%

326Salt Lake City, UTUT1,308,37751+49%

327Durant, OKOK51,36751+295%

328Borger, TXTX19,63351+35%

329Lake City, FLFL74,09451+20%

330Chico, CACA209,21151+46%

331Indianapolis, ININ2,205,69551+35%

332Deltona, FLFL746,93351+39%

333Gallup, NMNM68,11951−23%

334Walla Walla, WAWA62,36151+29%

335Shawnee, OKOK75,10251+209%

336Emporia, KSKS34,83851+22%

337Seaford, DEDE277,14050+19%

338Paris, TXTX63,31950+27%

339St. Louis, MOMO2,814,42150+17%

340Blackfoot, IDID51,15350+55%

341Shelby, NCNC103,32550+10%

342Brownwood, TXTX38,71150+20%

343Portland, OROR2,542,28250+47%

344Manhattan, KSKS136,12249+26%

345Los Alamos, NMNM19,40749+40%

346Fayetteville, ARAR622,17749+95%

347Sulphur Springs, TXTX39,06349+28%

348Bartlesville, OKOK54,03749+203%

349Sioux City, IAIA145,73849+50%

350Charlottesville, VAVA228,59749+20%

351Niles, MIMI152,44449+15%

352Fallon, NVNV25,85149+57%

353Toledo, OHOH599,37649+23%

354Carbondale, ILIL52,50149+21%

355Clarksdale, MSMS19,84949−10%

356Bemidji, MNMN47,05549+709%

357Columbus, OHOH2,242,02848+35%

358Scottsbluff, NENE36,27248+28%

359Weatherford, OKOK39,05948+88%

360Elk City, OKOK22,15948+79%

361Sebastian, FLFL172,79948+38%

362Tupelo, MSMS133,16748+16%

363South Bend, ININ324,53848+32%

364Reading, PAPA440,07247+50%

365Decatur, ALAL160,32647+42%

366Palm Bay, FLFL663,98247+45%

367Eureka, CACA131,64747+109%

368Elkhart, ININ208,77447+40%

369Mount Vernon, WAWA132,97547+57%

370Muskegon, MIMI177,90147+20%

371Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,55147+18%

372Lansing, MIMI479,72247+34%

373Hailey, IDID32,43647+79%

374Las Vegas, NMNM30,31147+16%

375Lynchburg, VAVA269,16947+15%

376Wilmington, NCNC492,77247+11%

377The Dalles, OROR26,31046+87%

378Kenosha, WIWI168,44846+53%

379Rochester, NYNY1,056,14946+24%

380Ponca City, OKOK43,49046+166%

381Lexington Park, MDMD211,17646+27%

382Omaha, NENE1,009,83646+41%

383Pinehurst, NCNC110,61946+9%

384Stephenville, TXTX43,91146+32%

385Shelbyville, TNTN55,27346+26%

386Sherman, TXTX153,61346+50%

387Minneapolis, MNMN3,790,29546+55%

388Dayton, OHOH826,55446+20%

389Grand Island, NENE78,07645+63%

390Breckenridge, COCO39,06945+21%

391Montrose, COCO44,59145+34%

392Columbus, NENE46,58345+69%

393Allentown, PAPA887,61545+70%

394Sterling, COCO20,65445+42%

395Crestview, FLFL315,09845+35%

396Lacey, WAWA304,26145+65%

397Panama City, FLFL231,17445+34%

398Decatur, ILIL99,30045+32%

399Gainesville, TXTX44,46145+48%

400Louisville, KYKY1,402,50945+30%

401Bremerton, WAWA283,37444+61%

402Lexington, KYKY535,17444+34%

403Marshalltown, IAIA39,89044+82%

404Easton, MDMD38,23844+17%

405Nantucket, MAMA14,75844+72%

406Mineral Wells, TXTX30,79144+24%

407Fredericksburg, TXTX28,52744+28%

408Fort Wayne, ININ466,25844+34%

409Boulder, COCO328,56044+35%

410Chattanooga, TNTN594,53043+23%

411North Port, FLFL948,15843+44%

412Stillwater, OKOK83,88943+96%

413Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65343+24%

414Pahrump, NVNV57,33643+77%

415Gadsden, ALAL103,88643+20%

416Providence, RIRI1,708,16143+51%

417Elizabethtown, KYKY128,66643+25%

418Battle Creek, MIMI133,40843+27%

419Topeka, KSKS233,05243+39%

420Twin Falls, IDID123,90143+60%

421Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10243+52%

422Russellville, ALAL32,44942+58%

423Enid, OKOK61,77942+110%

424Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79542+32%

425Cañon City, COCO50,03942+17%

426Harrisburg, PAPA617,42742+37%

427Ithaca, NYNY104,04742+34%

428Danville, ILIL71,25942+33%

429Rock Springs, WYWY41,26742+68%

430Calhoun, GAGA61,70142+60%

431Durango, COCO56,89842+59%

432El Centro, CACA181,41142−19%

433Slidell, LALA279,10841+40%

434Worcester, MAMA888,50241+51%

435Cornelia, GAGA50,41641+31%

436Roanoke, VAVA316,54741+30%

437DeRidder, LALA36,67341+26%

438Klamath Falls, OROR70,27441+84%

439Ocean Pines, MDMD54,45941+6%

440Grand Rapids, MIMI1,183,64541+32%

441Cheyenne, WYWY102,93841+26%

442Athens, TXTX88,59541+30%

443Bonham, TXTX39,26541+29%

444Muscatine, IAIA41,85340+36%

445Del Rio, TXTX47,83540−13%

446Aberdeen, WAWA78,14440+151%

447Lawrence, KSKS120,92040+57%

448Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,08340+20%

449Michigan City, ININ111,29440+30%

450Kingston, NYNY183,33040+37%

451Sonora, CACA53,16040+53%

452Dyersburg, TNTN36,32040+26%

453Bloomington, ILIL171,41940+58%

454Columbia, MOMO219,06240+37%

455Cincinnati, OHOH2,312,85839+28%

456Davenport, IAIA380,45239+39%

457Alice, TXTX45,38339−7%

458Jonesboro, ARAR139,44039+69%

459Fort Payne, ALAL74,08539+122%

460Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,55239+58%

461Albemarle, NCNC68,83039+14%

462Jackson, WYWY36,58739+98%

463Bellingham, WAWA236,39239+83%

464Arkansas City, KSKS34,38239+102%

465Hickory, NCNC376,89039+28%

466Boise City, IDID864,24339+54%

467Shawano, WIWI45,75938+692%

468Pullman, WAWA48,51238+60%

469Sikeston, MOMO49,97838+23%

470Redding, CACA181,64838+91%

471Oak Harbor, WAWA85,65738+52%

472Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,15438+79%

473El Paso, TXTX881,29138−11%

474Albany, NYNY915,83538+54%

475Akron, OHOH701,78038+29%

476Hemlock Farms, PAPA62,80838+83%

477Vernal, UTUT38,27838+265%

478Woodward, OKOK19,82738+140%

479Duncan, OKOK44,31038+129%

480Lima, OHOH100,88138+20%

481The Villages, FLFL157,77237−13%

482Lafayette, ININ228,46837+55%

483Youngstown, OHOH423,67837+17%

484Picayune, MSMS59,36337+22%

485Ogden, UTUT672,78437+45%

486Kennett, MOMO26,85537+41%

487Shelton, WAWA71,16537+109%

488Nogales, AZAZ50,02037−4%

489Grand Junction, COCO162,84537+46%

490Jefferson, GAGA99,26536+36%

491Salina, KSKS59,12136+56%

492Daphne, ALAL267,76136+30%

493Springfield, ILIL206,03336+41%

494Summerville, GAGA25,30036+21%

495Marshall, MOMO23,26536+51%

496Forest City, NCNC65,74536+21%

497Corvallis, OROR97,72836+50%

498Great Bend, KSKS24,79036+60%

499Florence, ALAL156,60936+17%

500Syracuse, NYNY652,27336+46%

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

Frequently asked

Which metro area has the highest diversity score?

Vallejo, CA ranks #1 with 91 (2010 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by diversity score?

Vallejo, CA, Kahului-Wailuku, HI, Hilo-Kailua, HI, Kapaa, HI, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.

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).