Jan 14, 2024
Mapping Racial Diversity by State
What we’re showing
The Census Bureau’s 2020 Diversity Index ranking for each state. The index measures the probability (as a %) that two people chosen at random will be from different race and ethnicity groups.
See the Dataset tab for the actual values.
Context
Index values are bounded between 0 and 1, where a 0 value indicates that everyone in the population has the same racial and ethnic characteristics. A value of 1 indicates that everyone in the population has different characteristics.
Dataset
| Rank | State | Diversity Index (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | 76.0 |
| 2 | California | 69.7 |
| 3 | Nevada | 68.8 |
| 4 | Maryland | 67.3 |
| 5 | DC | 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 |
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