Which cities in the United States are the most diverse? It depends on the definition. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz details below, an analysis of American Community Survey data shows that the metro areas appearing most diverse at first glance might not be the most mixed places after all. Out of almost 400 metro areas listed with the Census Bureau in the 50 U.S. states, the ones where the biggest shares of the population identify as a race other than white can be found in California, Texas and Hawaii. El Centro in California - registering the highest share of non-white population at 82.3 percent - as well as Laredo, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission and El Paso in Texas all hug the border with Mexico, which has led to especially high Latino populations in these places.
Poster Comment:
They count Jews as Whites in the census. If Jews were counted as a separate race, LA, NYC, Miami and several other towns, would have different results.