New ranking shows Texas is 2nd most diverse state

Texas came in second in a new study by the personal-finance website WalletHub that analyzes all 50 states in terms of their residents’ racial, ethnic, cultural and economic diversity.

The Lone Star State had an overall score of 69.97 out of 100, the highest of any state with the exception of California. Texas ranked fourth in racial and ethnic diversity, second in linguistic diversity, third in industry diversity and fifth in household-size diversity, the Sept. 21 analysis found.

The nation is on course to no longer have a single ethnic majority by 2045, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. By that year, non-Hispanic whites will no longer exceed 50% of the population, WalletHub reports, and the nation’s diversity will continue to increase.

Though many states are highly diverse, some parts of the overall economy remain more homogenous, according to the report. Among the CEOs of the Fortune 500 companies, just over 40 are women, the study said, while their corporate boards of directors are 85% white.

WalletHub analyzed the diversity of each state using six metrics, including political and religious diversity.

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Diversity Among the 50 States, From Most to Least

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Socioeconomic Diversity	Cultural Diversity	Economic Diversity	Household Diversity	Religious Diversity	Political Diversity
1	California	70.64	3	1	11	5	32	8
2	Texas	69.97	13	4	13	14	6	21
3	Hawaii	69.73	16	3	4	11	34	16
4	New Jersey	69.27	5	7	40	26	19	4
5	New York	69.14	8	8	37	6	21	6
6	New Mexico	69.1	40	6	5	4	22	36
7	Maryland	68.64	2	10	25	10	30	19
8	Florida	68.57	28	5	33	7	38	5
9	Nevada	68.43	29	2	43	2	45	11
10	Arizona	68.03	23	9	26	8	41	17
11	Illinois	67.96	12	12	38	23	7	2
12	Virginia	67.78	4	14	16	33	25	24
13	Georgia	67.67	19	13	14	9	16	35
14	Connecticut	67.12	6	15	45	28	27	7
15	Alaska	66.89	22	11	1	31	44	26
16	Delaware	66.44	14	17	41	18	35	29
17	Washington	66.41	10	16	15	35	43	9
18	Colorado	66.33	7	18	27	36	40	22
19	Massachusetts	66.26	1	19	50	23	33	2
20	North Carolina	66.21	26	21	28	22	26	32
21	Oklahoma	65.87	44	22	6	17	18	31
22	Rhode Island	65.6	11	20	49	11	36	1
23	South Carolina	65.3	35	23	21	13	14	41
24	Louisiana	65.27	46	25	12	3	3	44
25	Kansas	65.09	21	26	23	39	11	26
26	Nebraska	64.6	25	33	24	41	4	33
27	Oregon	64.55	20	24	20	29	48	23
28	Minnesota	64.39	15	36	44	44	5	15
29	Pennsylvania	64.29	24	32	47	32	10	13
30	Mississippi	64.24	49	27	10	1	14	47
31	Alabama	64.23	45	30	18	15	12	47
32	Tennessee	64.19	41	31	22	20	20	43
33	Arkansas	63.79	48	28	17	19	24	45
34	Idaho	63.42	43	35	7	48	13	45
35	South Dakota	63.4	39	42	8	43	2	50
36	Missouri	63.17	31	39	35	30	17	18
37	Michigan	63.13	32	34	48	25	31	10
38	North Dakota	63.11	27	43	9	49	1	38
39	Wisconsin	63.08	30	40	39	37	9	30
40	Indiana	62.86	38	37	46	27	29	20
41	Ohio	62.62	36	41	42	16	28	28
42	Iowa	62.62	33	45	31	45	8	11
43	Utah	62.36	18	29	30	50	49	49
44	Wyoming	62.24	37	38	2	47	37	40
45	Kentucky	61.82	47	46	29	21	23	39
46	Montana	61.71	42	44	3	46	39	42
47	New Hampshire	60.84	9	47	36	42	46	13
48	Vermont	60.42	17	48	34	40	47	34
49	Maine	58.91	34	49	32	38	50	25
50	West Virginia	58.59	50	50	19	34	42	37

Source: WalletHub.com