What are America's most diverse cities?
Finding Diversity in America | Trulia Trends
Among the 100 largest metros, San Jose is the most diverse. San Jose is 35% White (the largest group), 31% Asian, 28% Hispanic, 3% two-or-more races, and 2% Black. In no other metro does the largest group have a share smaller than 35%. New York ranks second, with a population that is 39% White, 28% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 12% Asian. Four of the ten most diverse large metros in the U.S. are in California: San Jose, Oakland, Orange County, and San Francisco. Only one – New York – is in the Northeast, and not one is in the Midwest.
America’s Most Diverse Metros
# U.S. Metro % population in largest group
1 San Jose, CA 35%
2 New York, NY-NJ 39%
3 Oakland, CA 40%
4 Houston, TX 40%
5 Honolulu, HI 43%
6 Fort Lauderdale, FL 44%
7 Orange County, CA 44%
8 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 46%
9 San Francisco, CA 46%
10 Albuquerque, NM 47%
A lower percentage of population in the largest group means greater diversity. Among 100 largest metros.
