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Report: Indianapolis is one of the least diverse large cities in the U.S.

Report: Indianapolis is one of the least diverse large cities in the U.S.
Posted at 5:17 PM, May 06, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-07 01:10:18-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- A new study ranks Indianapolis as the tenth least diverse large city in the United States.

WalletHub, a personal finance data website, took five different types of diversity into account: socioeconomic, cultural, economic, household and religious.

The study ranked cities in order of size. Indianapolis' ranking was out of the 60 largest cities.

Bloomington ranked 31st least diverse out of 297 small cities.

Breaking down the numbers, Carmel and Bloomington ranked in the top 5 least marital-status diverse cities and Carmel was in the top five for least household-type diversity.

You can see the top 10 most and least diverse large cities below.  

WALLETHUB’S 2017 LIST OF LEAST DIVERSE LARGE CITIES

  1. Detroit, MI
  2. Tulsa, OK
  3. Cleveland, OH
  4. Colorado Springs, CO
  5. Pittsburg, PA
  6. Miami, FL
  7. St. Louis, MO
  8. Corpus Christi, TX
  9. Portland, OR
  10. Indianapolis, IN

WALLETHUB’S 2017 LIST OF MOST DIVERSE LARGE CITIES

  1. New York, NY
  2. Houston, TX
  3. Dallas, TX
  4. Los Angeles, CA
  5. Long Beach, CA
  6. Chicago, IL
  7. Arlington, TX
  8. San Jose, CA
  9. San Diego, CA
  10. Austin, TX