Published 6:13 am Wednesday, September 14, 2022
By special.to
With Hispanic Heritage Month around the corner and women holding a record number of Fortune 500 CEO positions (still only 8.8% of the total), the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on2022’s Most & Least Diverse States in America,as well asaccompanying videosand expert commentary.
To determine where the most idea and identity exchanges have occurred at the highest level in the U.S. – and where the population is relatively more hom*ogeneous – WalletHub compared the 50 states across six key categories: socio-economic, cultural, economic, household, religious and political diversity.
| Most Diverse States in America | Least Diverse States in America |
| 1. California | 41. Iowa |
| 2. Texas | 42. Ohio |
| 3. Hawaii | 43. Utah |
| 4. New Jersey | 44. Wyoming |
| 5. New York | 45. Kentucky |
| 6. New Mexico | 46. Montana |
| 7. Florida | 47. New Hampshire |
| 8. Maryland | 48. Vermont |
| 9. Nevada | 49. Maine |
| 10. Arizona | 50. West Virginia |
Key Stats
- Hawaii has the highestracial and ethnic diversity, whichis 3.1 times higher than in Maine, the state with the lowest.
- California has the highestlanguage diversity, which is 2.3 times higher than in West Virginia, the state with the lowest.
- Nevada has the highestbirthplace diversity,which is three times higher than in Louisiana, the state with the lowest.
- North Dakota has the highestreligious diversity, which is two times higher than in Maine, the state with the lowest.
To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/
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