These Are The Most, Least Diverse Cities In Wash., Study Says

SEATTLE, WA - How diverse is your city? It turns out, some of the state's biggest cities are not as diverse as small suburban cities, according to a new study by WalletHub.

WalletHub included nine Washington cities on the list, ranking them nationally on factors like languages spoken, ethnic diversity, and where residents were born. Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane were all ranked lower than smaller cities like Yakima and Renton.

In fact, Seattle was ranked No. 37 for diversity out of the 61 biggest U.S. cities - right between Nashville and Jacksonville, Fla.

Kent ranked very high nationally, coming in at No. 10, beating out San Francisco.

Here's where each of Washington's nine cities on the list ranked out of the country's 501 biggest cities:

• Kent - No. 10
• Renton - No. 20
• Federal Way - No. 24
• Bellevue - No. 42
• Everett - No. 131
• Tacoma - No. 133
• Seattle - No. 138
• Spokane - No. 388

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