By the year 2050, according to the US Census Bureau, non-Hispanic whites will no longer make up a majority of the American population.
In fact, as recently as 2017, only one core metro Atlanta county still had a majority-white population, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported.
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But the country’s diversity transformation is “more than skin-deep,” according to researchers with personal finance website WalletHub who recently published the site’s 2019 ranking of the most diverse U.S. cities.
To determine the most diverse metros of all, researchers compared 501 of the nation’s most populated cities—with each state limited to 10 cities—across five key dimensions: socioeconomic diversity, cultural diversity, economic diversity, household diversity and religious diversity.
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With data from the Census and the Association of Religion Data Archives, researchers further evaluated the five dimensions using 13 relevant metrics, including household-income diversity, racial diversity, occupational diversity, age diversity and more.
Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most diversity, according to the report.
Analysts went further and created additional rankings by city size.
Of the 501 cities on WalletHub’s list, Houston earned top honors with a total score of 71.6.
Jersey City, New Jersey; New York City; Gaithersburg, Maryland; and Dallas rounded out the top five.
With a total score of 70.7, Sandy Springs was the first Georgia city on the list, at No. 12.
While the North Fulton city ranked low (475th and 417th, respectively) for both economic and household diversity, it ranked 16th in socioeconomic diversity and tied for second with Johns Creek and Roswell for religious diversity.
Sandy Springs also came in second among the country’s most diverse midsize cities, those with 100,000 to 300,000 residents.
Other Georgia cities on the list included Columbus, Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Athens and Albany.
Of the 10 Peach State metros, five were among the country’s top 100 most diverse cities and four ranked among the most religiously diverse.
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Here’s a breakdown of the Georgia cities in the WalletHub ranking and how they fared:
Sandy Springs
- Overall diversity rank: 12
- Socioeconomic diversity: 16
- Cultural diversity: 80
- Economic diversity: 475
- Household diversity: 417
- Religious diversity: 2
Roswell
- Overall diversity rank: 24
- Socioeconomic diversity: 25
- Cultural diversity: 120
- Economic diversity: 436
- Household diversity: 421
- Religious diversity: 2
Johns Creek
- Overall diversity rank: 29
- Socioeconomic diversity: 118
- Cultural diversity: 44
- Economic diversity: 487
- Household diversity: 500
- Religious diversity: 2
- Other: 501 for household-type diversity and marital-status diversity
Columbus
- Overall diversity rank: 84
- Socioeconomic diversity: 359
- Cultural diversity: 183
- Economic diversity: 56
- Household diversity: 62
- Religious diversity: 34
Atlanta
- Overall diversity rank: 97
- Socioeconomic diversity: 84
- Cultural diversity: 201
- Economic diversity: 407
- Household diversity: 470
- Religious diversity: 15
- Other: 499 for household-size diversity
Savannah
- Overall diversity rank: 133
- Socioeconomic diversity: 382
- Cultural diversity: 230
- Economic diversity: 176
- Household diversity: 87
- Religious diversity: 27
Augusta
- Overall diversity rank: 159
- Socioeconomic diversity: 428
- Cultural diversity: 261
- Economic diversity: 78
- Household diversity: 75
- Religious diversity: 23
Macon
- Overall diversity rank: 240
- Socioeconomic diversity: 406
- Cultural diversity: 329
- Economic diversity: 227
- Household diversity: 112
- Religious diversity: 39
Athens
- Overall diversity rank: 281
- Socioeconomic diversity: 364
- Cultural diversity: 160
- Economic diversity: 253
- Household diversity: 420
- Religious diversity: 379
Albany
- Overall diversity rank: 370
- Socioeconomic diversity: 485
- Cultural diversity: 410
- Economic diversity: 58
- Household diversity: 46
- Religious diversity: 96
Georgia came in at No. 13 among the most diverse states in the country in a WalletHub ranking based on religion, culture, politics, economics and more.
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But when it comes down the most ethnically diverse cities, the site ranked Johns Creek first in the state and 44th nationally.
Interested in the racial breakdown of your Georgia county beginning in 1990 and projected through 2050? Check out the slider tool below, which features projections from Woods & Poole Economics Inc.
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