Roswell Among America's Most Diverse Cities

ROSWELL, GA -- WalletHub has released its list of 2017's Most Diverse Cities in America, and north Fulton's largest second largest municipality is among the 501 places gaining national attention.

Roswell ranks 22nd in the list released Friday by the website, which provides guidance and advice on personal finance issues to readers. Other Georgia cities making the overall list include Sandy Springs at 15, Johns Creek at 24, Columbus at 79, Atlanta at 86, Savannah at 136, August at 153, Macon at 226, Athens at 297, and Albany at 396.

To come up with its list, WalletHub reviewed 501 of the country's most populated cities -- limiting each state to no more than 10 cities each -- in the areas of socioeconomic, cultural, economic, household and religious diversity.

Each city was categorized according to population, with large cities boasting 300,000 or more residents; mid-sized cities packed with 100,000 to 300,000 residents and small cities with fewer than 100,000 residents.

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After categorizing the cities based on population, WalletHub then evaluated the five aforementioned areas using 13 metrics, including household income, educational attainment, birthplace and linguistic diversity, industry and occupational diversity, race and ethnicity, marital status, age and religion.

Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most diversity.

If one were to review the list of cities according to population, Roswell ranks seventh and Johns Creek places ninth on the list of small cities respectively. Sandy Springs would clock in at fourth on the list of mid-sized cities.

This isn't the first time Roswell has been recognized for its quality of life. In January, the city was named Georgia's 14th safest city in Georgia by SafeWise. Last month, Roswell was also touted as one of the Peach State's best suburbs to live by Niche.com.

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