WalletHub: 2020’s Most & Least Ethnically Diverse Cities; Jersey City Ranked #1
With immigration reform remaining one of the most prominent political issues and the Supreme Court allowing the Trump administration’s public charge rule to take effect, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Most & Least Ethnically Diverse Cities as well as accompanying videos.
To identify the most ethnically diverse places in America, WalletHub compared more than 500 of the largest U.S. cities across three key metrics: ethnoracial diversity, linguistic diversity and birthplace diversity.
| Most Ethnically Diverse Cities | Least Ethnically Diverse Cities |
| 1. Jersey City, NJ | 492. Wheeling, WV |
| 2. Gaithersburg, MD | 493. Augusta, ME |
| 3. Germantown, MD | 494. Miles City, MT |
| 4. Spring Valley, NV | 495. Laconia, NH |
| 5. Silver Spring, MD | 496. Rutland, VT |
| 6. New York, NY | 497. Clarksburg, WV |
| 7. Rockville, MD | 498. Barre, VT |
| 8. Oakland, CA | 499. Watertown, SD |
| 9. San Jose, CA | 500. Hialeah, FL |
| 10. Kent, WA | 501. Parkersburg, WV |
Key Stats
- Oakland, California, has the highest racial and ethnic diversity, which is four times higher than in Hialeah, Florida, the city with the lowest.
- Hialeah, Florida, has the highest concentration of Hispanics or Latinos, at 96.05 percent.
- Rutland, Vermont, has the highest concentration of whites, at 94.95 percent.
- Jackson, Mississippi, has the highest concentration of blacks, at 81.80 percent.
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-with-the-most-and-least-ethno-racial-and-linguistic-diversity/10264/
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