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Mapped: Racial Diversity by U.S. State

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The Most Diverse States in the U.S.

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As of 2020, there was a 61.1% likelihood that two people chosen at random will be from different ethnicities in America.

This number comes from the Census Bureau’s Diversity Index, which ranges from 0% to 100% per jurisdiction. A value closer to 0% means that a population is more homogenous, while 100% means that a population has more racial diversity.

This graphic maps the most diverse states in the U.S., based on the most recently available data.

Racial Diversity Across U.S. States

Below, we rank states based on their Diversity Index score in 2020. Each score represents the probability that two people chosen at random will be of different racial or ethnic backgrounds:

Rank State Diversity Index (%)
1 Hawaii 76.0
2 California 69.7
3 Nevada 68.8
4 Maryland 67.3
5 Washington, D.C. 67.2
6 Texas 67.0
7 New Jersey 65.8
8 New York 65.8
9 Georgia 64.1
10 Florida 64.1
11 New Mexico 63
12 Alaska 62.8
13 Arizona 61.5
14 Virginia 60.5
15 Illinois 60.3
16 Delaware 59.6
17 Oklahoma 59.5
18 Louisiana 58.6
19 North Carolina 57.9
20 Washington 55.9
21 Mississippi 55.9
22 Connecticut 55.7
23 South Carolina 54.6
24 Alabama 53.1
25 Colorado 52.3
26 Massachusetts 51.6
27 Arkansas 49.8
28 Rhode Island 49.4
29 Tennessee 46.6
30 Oregon 46.1
31 Kansas 45.4
32 Michigan 45.2
33 Pennsylvania 44
34 Indiana 41.3
35 Nebraska 40.8
36 Missouri 40.8
37 Utah 40.7
38 Minnesota 40.5
39 Ohio 40.4
40 Wisconsin 37
41 Idaho 35.9
42 South Dakota 35.6
43 Kentucky 32.8
44 North Dakota 32.6
45 Wyoming 32.4
46 Iowa 30.8
47 Montana 30.1
48 New Hampshire 23.6
49 Vermont 20.2
50 West Virginia 20.2
51 Maine 18.5

In Hawaii, the most diverse U.S. state, 44% of marriages are interracial. Overall, the Hawaiian population is 36.5% Asian, 21.5% white, 10.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific, and 9.5% Latino or Hispanic.

Meanwhile, California ranks as the second most-diverse state in the country. As the largest ethnic population in the state, Hispanics and Latinos make up 39.4% of residents, followed by 34.7% white, and 15.1% Asian.

In terms of counties, the Aleutians East Borough in Alaska is the most diverse in the country. The least diverse state is Maine, and it also ranks as the oldest state in the country by median age.

Diversity in America, meanwhile, has increased roughly 6% according to the Diversity Index since 2010.

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