Houston Ranked Among Most Culturally Diverse American Cities

Houston is ranked as one of the most culturally diverse cities in the U.S., according to a new report from personal-finance website WalletHub. The organization compared more than 500 of the largest U.S. cities across three metrics: ethnoracial diversity, linguistic diversity, and birthplace diversity, Wallethub said in a news release.

The most culturally diverse city in the U.S. was Jersey City, New Jersey, followed by Gaithersburg, Maryland. Houston was ranked 33 behind Lowell, Massachusetts, and in front of New Haven, Connecticut.

Other key stats shared by Wallethub:

• Oakland, California, has the highest racial and ethnic diversity, which is four times higher than in Hialeah, Florida, the city with the lowest.
• Hialeah, Florida, has the highest concentration of Hispanics or Latinos, at 96.44 percent.
• Laconia, New Hampshire, has the highest concentration of whites, at 94.81 percent.
• Jackson, Mississippi, has the highest concentration of blacks, at 81.44 percent.

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