Dallas Ranked Among Most Diverse Cities In America

Dallas was ranked as the fifth most diverse city in America according to a new report from personal finance website WalletHub. The organization determined it ranking by comparing the profiles of more than 500 of the largest cities across five diversity categories: socioeconomic, cultural, economic, household and religious, WalletHub said in a news release.

The most diverse city in America was Houston followed by Jersey City, New Jersey. The least diverse cities were Provo, Utah, and Bangor, Maine.

The ranking was created using data from U.S. Census Bureau and ARDA, WalletHub stated.

Some other key stats from WalletHub:

• College, Alaska, has the highest income diversity, which is 2.5 times higher than in Youngstown, Ohio, the city with the lowest.
• Oakland, California, has the highest racial and ethnic diversity, which is four times higher than in Hialeah, Florida, the city with the lowest.
• Thornton, Colorado, has the highest industry diversity, which is 2.7 times higher than in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the city with the lowest.
• Caldwell, Idaho, has the highest occupational diversity, which is 2.8 times higher than in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the city with the lowest.