Alexandria Among Most Diverse U.S. Cities In 2021

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Alexandria claimed a place on WalletHub's 2021 Most Diverse Cities in the U.S. list.

To determine the most diverse cities, WalletHub looked at 501 of the most populated cities in the U.S., with each state limited to up to 10 cities each. Cities were evaluated based on five key dimensions: socioeconomic diversity, cultural diversity, household diversity and religious diversity. There were 13 metrics for the five dimensions graded on a 100-point scale, with 100 representing the most diversity.

Final scores were calculated by the weighted average across all metrics. Data came from the U.S. Census Bureau and ARDA.

Metrics for socioeconomic diversity were household income diversity and educational attainment diversity. Metrics for cultural diversity were racial and ethnic diversity, linguistic diversity, and birthplace diversity. The metrics for economic diversity included industry diversity, occupational diversity, and worker class diversity. Household diversity metrics were marital status diversity, age diversity, household type diversity, and household size diversity. The religious diversity metric looked at different religions.

Alexandria ranked 18th and was the only Virginia city in the top 30. Its total score of 70.46 earned the city the high ranking, but it was not ranked in the top 10 in any subcategories.

Here are Alexandria's rankings for each diversity subcategory:

• Socioeconomic diversity: 48th
• Cultural diversity: 37th
• Economic diversity: 280th
• Household diversity: 365th
• Religious diversity: 155th

For the full rankings and methodology, see WalletHub's full report.