Most Diverse Cities in the US

Fiddlerontheruf · June 24th, 2005, 09:23 PM

Rank/City Name/Percentage of largest majority group/City population

1.Waipio Acres, Hawaii (17.2%, pop. 5,298)
2.Halawa, Hawaii (20.2%, pop. 13,891)
3.Wahiawa, Hawaii (20.7%, pop. 16,151)
4.Ahuimanu, Hawaii (20.7%, pop. 8,506)
5.Cerritos, California (21.4%, pop. 51,488)
6..Makaha, Hawaii (21.9%, pop. 7,753)
7.Makakilo City, Hawaii (22.7%, pop. 13,156)
8.Wailuku, Hawaii (22.8%, pop. 12,296)
9.Honolulu, Hawaii (23.3%, pop. 371,657)
10.Waipio, Hawaii (23.4%, pop. 11,672)
11.Kaneohe, Hawaii (23.6%, pop. 34,970)
12.Milpitas, California (23.8%, pop. 62,698)
13. Maili, Hawaii (23.9%, pop. 5,943)
14.Union City, California (24.0%, pop. 66,869)
15.Mililani Town, Hawaii (24.9%, pop. 28,608)
16.Hercules, California (25.0%, pop. 19,488)
17.Kapaa, Hawaii (26.1%, pop. 9,472)
18.Hilo, Hawaii (26.7%, pop. 40,759)
19.Waianae, Hawaii (27.3%, pop. 10,506)
20.Lihue, Hawaii (28.2%, pop. 5,674)
21.Jersey City, New Jersey (28.3%, pop. 240,055)
22.Walnut, California (28.6%, pop. 30,004)
23.Waimea, Hawaii (28.8%, pop. 7,028)
24.Waimalu, Hawaii (28.8%, pop. 29,371)
25.Rowland Heights, California (29.0%, pop. 48,553)

Lmichigan · June 24th, 2005, 10:15 PM

Yes, we get it, Hawaii is the most diverse state. lol They should do it by teirs/size of cities such as the small, middle, and largest diverse cities.

PotatoGuy · June 25th, 2005, 12:29 AM

hawaii is diverse, whoopy!!

Lmichigan · June 25th, 2005, 12:53 AM

Well, it's diverse in the sense that it has a very large Asian/Pacific Island population. To me, it takes more than one prominent minority group to make something 'diverse.' For instance, by these calculations, Detroit is supposedly diverse, when it's obvious it isn't.

The anti-cheesehead · June 25th, 2005, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Lmichigan

For instance, by these calculations, Detroit is supposedly diverse, when it's obvious it isn't.

No, using these calculations, Detroit is not diverse.

The logic used here is that places where the percentage of largest majority group is low equals diversity. The percentage of the largest majority group in Detroit is around 80%. The highest in this list is 29%.

cjfjapan · June 25th, 2005, 06:54 AM

So, uh...I guess this only means racial-ethnic diversity? Is that the only kind that was measured? How about age, gender identity, income, country of birth, political affilations, etc etc?

Lmichigan · June 25th, 2005, 07:53 AM

I guess unfortunetly, race is still an issue since relations have only recently (within the past 40-50 years) legally gotten better. All Americans weren't treated equally under the law for hundreds of years, so it's probably going to take that long for those that were left out of America to heal.

Jeff · June 26th, 2005, 04:03 AM

I see there are a few smaller California cities on that list, some of which I recognize as suburbs of LA or San Francisco.

Hawaii is sort of a special case...for the mainland US I think California cities are probably the most diverse Ive been too.

I recall a buisness trip to the LA area and they had Armenian language TV on cable. So you see all sorts of ethnic and ancestry groups there, all sorts of languages.

You find this even in the more provincial areas like Sacramento, which had a Portugese and Russian commmunity, Greeks, Italians, and an Asian community (Filipino, Japanese, Chinese), and Sikh rice farmers north of town, as well as the usual latinos, whites (+ an "Okie/Arkie" overlay) and blacks.

LAuniverse · June 27th, 2005, 10:38 AM

LA has Persian, Armenian, Indian, Mexican, Mandarin (from China), Mandarin (from Taiwan), Mandarin (local), Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese TV programming. LA also has Latin-American and Asian-American entertainment programming targeted at the lifestyles of young second-generation angelinos.

DTO Luv · June 28th, 2005, 02:03 AM

Omaha has more Sudanese refugees than any other city in America. It's amzing there still here after the winter.

XiaoBai · July 3rd, 2005, 11:33 AM

Is this basing diversity solely on not being white or actually on a large ratio of many different ethnic groups living in one region?

Azn_chi_boi · July 3rd, 2005, 02:57 PM

21.Jersey City, New Jersey (28.3%, pop. 240,055)

The only city not in Hawaii or California and its the largest city on the list. Jersey City should be honored...

Is there any list for cities that are large?

chris9 · July 5th, 2005, 08:15 PM

Jersey City, NJ is practically New York City. It is just across the river. New York City is the most diverse city in the United States. I live in a district where there are over 90 ethnicities represented and over 100 languages spoken.

(From NY Times)
New York City is so big that convening the region's largest American Indian gathering in Brooklyn, of all places, this weekend was not as incongruous as it might seem. The 11th annual Gateway to Nations powwow is being celebrated in the original homeland of the Canarsie Indians at Gateway National Recreation Area in a metropolis that, modern census takers estimate, is home to more American Indians than any other city with a population of more than 100,000 in the United States.

So big that New York has more Yiddish speakers (they outnumber the American Indians) and more who speak Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and English, and more people who identify their heritage as Italian, German, Scottish, Nigerian or Swiss than in any big American city. It has more who claim Irish ancestry than any city in the world except Dublin.

More people born in Pakistan, France, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Ghana, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic and almost every other country (except, primarily, Cuba and Mexico), live in New York than in any other city in the country.

New York even ranks first in the number of people who describe themselves as having been born at sea.

With so many superlatives, no group categorized by ancestry or age or birthplace abroad or occupation or degree of education dominates, because, as Theodore Dreiser once wrote, New York "is so preponderantly large."

New York has more than twice as many people as the nation's second biggest city, Los Angeles. New York is home to more people than the next four top-ranked cities in population: Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and Phoenix, combined.

Which means that in every category including diversity, each separate New York superlative is subsumed by the biggest superlative of them all: The Eight Million

MSPSCO3113 · July 5th, 2005, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azn_chi_boi

21.Jersey City, New Jersey (28.3%, pop. 240,055)

The only city not in Hawaii or California and its the largest city on the list. Jersey City should be honored...

Honolulu is larger and is #9, props to Jersey City though.

LAuniverse · July 6th, 2005, 12:49 AM

LA or NY are the most diverse.

AZian · July 6th, 2005, 01:14 AM

LA, HUGE azn populations along with the hispanic and african american pop. is only getting more diverse.

chicagogeorge · July 6th, 2005, 01:43 AM

I would say in terms of city rankings New York is the most diverse. It has a more varied ethnic and racial mix -about 30% Hispanic, 30% Black, 10% Asian, and the rest Caucasian. Los Angeles's Hispanic population is overwhemling (Approaching 50% in the city). This in my opinion might undermine the overall diversity of the city of L.A.

As far as metropolitan rankings are concerned, it's either New York or Los Angeles (I'm leaning towards New York).

Next in line would most likely be the Bay Area, Greater Chicago, and Washington/Baltimore. Houston, and Miami are also known to be diverse.

texasboy · July 6th, 2005, 02:08 AM

New York, LA, Chicago, and Houston are probably without question the most diverse cities in the nation overall. They are the only metros that fall in the top 10 in every category from white, hispanic, black, asian, foreign born citizen, etc.

Miami and San Fran come close too. The only thing is in the Bay Area metro most of the blacks are located in one city........Oakland.

June 24th, 2005, 09:23 PM	#1
Fiddlerontheruf BANNED Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 769	Most Diverse Cities in the US Rank/City Name/Percentage of largest majority group/City population 1.Waipio Acres, Hawaii (17.2%, pop. 5,298) 2.Halawa, Hawaii (20.2%, pop. 13,891) 3.Wahiawa, Hawaii (20.7%, pop. 16,151) 4.Ahuimanu, Hawaii (20.7%, pop. 8,506) 5.Cerritos, California (21.4%, pop. 51,488) 6..Makaha, Hawaii (21.9%, pop. 7,753) 7.Makakilo City, Hawaii (22.7%, pop. 13,156) 8.Wailuku, Hawaii (22.8%, pop. 12,296) 9.Honolulu, Hawaii (23.3%, pop. 371,657) 10.Waipio, Hawaii (23.4%, pop. 11,672) 11.Kaneohe, Hawaii (23.6%, pop. 34,970) 12.Milpitas, California (23.8%, pop. 62,698) 13. Maili, Hawaii (23.9%, pop. 5,943) 14.Union City, California (24.0%, pop. 66,869) 15.Mililani Town, Hawaii (24.9%, pop. 28,608) 16.Hercules, California (25.0%, pop. 19,488) 17.Kapaa, Hawaii (26.1%, pop. 9,472) 18.Hilo, Hawaii (26.7%, pop. 40,759) 19.Waianae, Hawaii (27.3%, pop. 10,506) 20.Lihue, Hawaii (28.2%, pop. 5,674) 21.Jersey City, New Jersey (28.3%, pop. 240,055) 22.Walnut, California (28.6%, pop. 30,004) 23.Waimea, Hawaii (28.8%, pop. 7,028) 24.Waimalu, Hawaii (28.8%, pop. 29,371) 25.Rowland Heights, California (29.0%, pop. 48,553)

June 25th, 2005, 12:29 AM	#3
PotatoGuy Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: MAD(SP)-LAX(US)-TPQ(MX) Posts: 1,339	hawaii is diverse, whoopy!! __________________ "Ignorance is Bliss"

July 3rd, 2005, 11:33 AM	#11
XiaoBai 逍遥法外 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Shanghai上海 Posts: 710	Is this basing diversity solely on not being white or actually on a large ratio of many different ethnic groups living in one region? __________________ 知之为知之，不知为不知

July 3rd, 2005, 02:57 PM	#12
Azn_chi_boi ......................... Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bridgeport + Chinatown, Chicago Posts: 4,278	21.Jersey City, New Jersey (28.3%, pop. 240,055) The only city not in Hawaii or California and its the largest city on the list. Jersey City should be honored... Is there any list for cities that are large? __________________ █ █

July 5th, 2005, 08:15 PM	#13
chris9 Virtute Fideque Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: City of New York Posts: 514	Jersey City, NJ is practically New York City. It is just across the river. New York City is the most diverse city in the United States. I live in a district where there are over 90 ethnicities represented and over 100 languages spoken. (From NY Times) New York City is so big that convening the region's largest American Indian gathering in Brooklyn, of all places, this weekend was not as incongruous as it might seem. The 11th annual Gateway to Nations powwow is being celebrated in the original homeland of the Canarsie Indians at Gateway National Recreation Area in a metropolis that, modern census takers estimate, is home to more American Indians than any other city with a population of more than 100,000 in the United States. So big that New York has more Yiddish speakers (they outnumber the American Indians) and more who speak Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and English, and more people who identify their heritage as Italian, German, Scottish, Nigerian or Swiss than in any big American city. It has more who claim Irish ancestry than any city in the world except Dublin. More people born in Pakistan, France, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Ghana, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic and almost every other country (except, primarily, Cuba and Mexico), live in New York than in any other city in the country. New York even ranks first in the number of people who describe themselves as having been born at sea. With so many superlatives, no group categorized by ancestry or age or birthplace abroad or occupation or degree of education dominates, because, as Theodore Dreiser once wrote, New York "is so preponderantly large." New York has more than twice as many people as the nation's second biggest city, Los Angeles. New York is home to more people than the next four top-ranked cities in population: Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and Phoenix, combined. Which means that in every category including diversity, each separate New York superlative is subsumed by the biggest superlative of them all: The Eight Million __________________ Εάν ταίς γλώσσαις τών άνθρώπων λαλώ καί τών άγγέλων, άγάην δέ μή έχω γέωγονα χαλκός ήχών ή κύμβαλον άλαλάζον (1 Κορ 13,1) Last edited by chris9; July 5th, 2005 at 08:22 PM.

June 24th, 2005, 10:15 PM	#2
Lmichigan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 1,958	Yes, we get it, Hawaii is the most diverse state. lol They should do it by teirs/size of cities such as the small, middle, and largest diverse cities.

June 25th, 2005, 12:53 AM	#4
Lmichigan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 1,958	Well, it's diverse in the sense that it has a very large Asian/Pacific Island population. To me, it takes more than one prominent minority group to make something 'diverse.' For instance, by these calculations, Detroit is supposedly diverse, when it's obvious it isn't.

June 25th, 2005, 06:54 AM	#6
cjfjapan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,013	So, uh...I guess this only means racial-ethnic diversity? Is that the only kind that was measured? How about age, gender identity, income, country of birth, political affilations, etc etc?

June 25th, 2005, 07:53 AM	#7
Lmichigan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 1,958	I guess unfortunetly, race is still an issue since relations have only recently (within the past 40-50 years) legally gotten better. All Americans weren't treated equally under the law for hundreds of years, so it's probably going to take that long for those that were left out of America to heal.

June 26th, 2005, 04:03 AM	#8
Jeff Dayton, Ohio Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 168	I see there are a few smaller California cities on that list, some of which I recognize as suburbs of LA or San Francisco. Hawaii is sort of a special case...for the mainland US I think California cities are probably the most diverse Ive been too. I recall a buisness trip to the LA area and they had Armenian language TV on cable. So you see all sorts of ethnic and ancestry groups there, all sorts of languages. You find this even in the more provincial areas like Sacramento, which had a Portugese and Russian commmunity, Greeks, Italians, and an Asian community (Filipino, Japanese, Chinese), and Sikh rice farmers north of town, as well as the usual latinos, whites (+ an "Okie/Arkie" overlay) and blacks.

June 27th, 2005, 10:38 AM	#9
LAuniverse Universe of Los Angeles Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 111	LA has Persian, Armenian, Indian, Mexican, Mandarin (from China), Mandarin (from Taiwan), Mandarin (local), Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese TV programming. LA also has Latin-American and Asian-American entertainment programming targeted at the lifestyles of young second-generation angelinos.

June 28th, 2005, 02:03 AM	#10
DTO Luv Fiercly Omahan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Omaha Posts: 406	Omaha has more Sudanese refugees than any other city in America. It's amzing there still here after the winter.

July 6th, 2005, 12:49 AM	#15
LAuniverse Universe of Los Angeles Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 111	LA or NY are the most diverse.

July 6th, 2005, 01:14 AM	#16
AZian Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chandler (Phoenix), AZ and Irvine (LA), CA Posts: 198	LA, HUGE azn populations along with the hispanic and african american pop. is only getting more diverse. __________________ In middle school back in California, I asked my band teacher who had taught in Arizona what it was like before I was forced to relocate. "Three words" he said. "Hotter than hell."

July 6th, 2005, 01:43 AM	#17
chicagogeorge Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: "Paris on the Prairie" Posts: 4,277	I would say in terms of city rankings New York is the most diverse. It has a more varied ethnic and racial mix -about 30% Hispanic, 30% Black, 10% Asian, and the rest Caucasian. Los Angeles's Hispanic population is overwhemling (Approaching 50% in the city). This in my opinion might undermine the overall diversity of the city of L.A. As far as metropolitan rankings are concerned, it's either New York or Los Angeles (I'm leaning towards New York). Next in line would most likely be the Bay Area, Greater Chicago, and Washington/Baltimore. Houston, and Miami are also known to be diverse. __________________ Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago. - - - Ashley Montagu "The American Way Of Life," 1967 Last edited by chicagogeorge; July 6th, 2005 at 01:57 AM.

July 6th, 2005, 02:08 AM	#18
texasboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Metro Miami Posts: 763	New York, LA, Chicago, and Houston are probably without question the most diverse cities in the nation overall. They are the only metros that fall in the top 10 in every category from white, hispanic, black, asian, foreign born citizen, etc. Miami and San Fran come close too. The only thing is in the Bay Area metro most of the blacks are located in one city........Oakland.

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