INDIANAPOLIS -- You probably learned long ago that the American phrase "E pluribus unum" means "Out of many, one," but a new survey claims Indiana is looking more unum and less pluribus.
The Hoosier state ranked in the bottom 10 of WalletHub's new list of America's most diverse states.
Data analysts weren't merely looking at census data on race to produce their ranking. WalletHub said it compared the 50 states by socioeconomic, cultural, economic, household and religious diversity across 13 relevant metrics.
They considered elements such as educational attainment, languages spoken, household size, and marital status to produce their final ranking, which placed Indiana at 42nd.
Indiana also came in dead-last in worker-class diversity.
WalletHub said it conducted its survey "to determine where idea and identity exchanges have occurred at the highest level -- and where the population is relatively more homogeneous" since the American narrative is one of diversity.
Earlier this year, WalletHub took a look at the United States' 501 largest cities to find the most diverse. The Big Apple took top honors, and Indiana's highest ranking metro area was Hammond at 51. Indianapolis came in at number 206. Here's a look at how some of the other cities in Indiana fared:
- 139 - South Bend
- 206 - Indianapolis
- 220 - Fort Wayne
- 384 - Carmel
- 388 - Fishers
- 404 - Gary
- 405 - Evansville
- 434 - Lafayette
- 471 - Bloomington
See the full results and methodology for the states' diversity rankinghere and the cities' diversity ranking here.
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