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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2017 Oct 12;37:1031–1048. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.33

Table 1. Panethnic Diversity by State, 1980-2015.

2015 Rank E Score 2015-1980 Difference Rank Change

State 2015 2010 2000 1990 1980
US Total 70.23 67.54 61.20 50.75 44.27 25.96 N/A
1 Hawaii 82.61 80.06 78.07 61.47 65.29 17.32 0
2 California 80.17 79.41 78.05 69.15 62.13 18.03 1
3 Nevada 78.23 74.97 64.97 47.71 40.80 37.43 14
4 New York 75.86 73.25 69.54 58.18 50.44 25.42 2
5 New Jersey 75.32 72.23 65.10 52.33 44.16 31.17 8
6 Maryland 75.12 71.39 61.74 50.54 44.40 30.72 6
7 Texas 74.50 72.71 69.08 62.03 57.57 16.94 -3
8 Florida 71.04 68.83 62.06 50.96 46.04 25.00 1
9 Georgia 70.13 67.74 58.98 45.69 42.36 27.76 6
10 Alaska 69.39 65.50 60.49 53.80 48.72 20.67 -3
11 Virginia 69.14 65.56 56.63 45.08 40.22 28.92 8
12 Illinois 68.70 66.30 61.10 49.90 44.85 23.86 -1
13 Arizona 68.59 66.44 61.07 54.07 50.54 18.06 -8
14 New Mexico 67.80 67.26 66.93 64.48 62.88 4.92 -12
15 Delaware 66.15 62.85 52.46 40.34 36.44 29.71 7
16 Oklahoma 65.28 62.48 54.81 44.03 36.63 28.64 5
17 North Carolina 64.92 62.33 54.05 42.93 41.36 23.56 -1
18 Connecticut 62.46 58.44 49.75 37.71 30.00 32.47 8
19 Washington 62.45 58.64 49.52 35.23 28.39 34.06 8
20 Louisiana 61.19 58.90 53.84 49.15 47.54 13.64 -12
21 South Carolina 58.75 57.39 50.90 43.95 43.99 14.76 -7
22 Colorado 57.94 55.83 51.00 41.74 38.50 19.44 -2
23 Massachusetts 57.84 53.53 44.36 32.15 22.53 35.31 10
24 Mississippi 55.90 55.07 50.40 45.65 45.71 10.20 -14
25 Rhode Island 55.54 51.64 43.49 29.39 20.17 35.37 13
26 Alabama 55.47 54.11 47.41 40.81 40.26 15.20 -8
27 Arkansas 54.09 51.57 43.61 34.11 33.43 20.65 -3
28 Michigan 52.27 49.80 45.74 37.18 34.01 18.27 -5
29 Kansas 52.04 49.23 41.36 30.56 26.00 26.04 1
30 Tennessee 51.41 48.67 41.42 32.91 31.90 19.52 -5
31 Oregon 50.84 47.89 40.35 26.56 20.95 29.89 5
32 Pennsylvania 50.53 46.50 37.75 29.25 25.87 24.66 -1
33 Minnesota 46.56 42.70 32.75 19.81 13.53 33.03 12
34 Indiana 46.34 43.04 34.73 25.94 24.34 21.99 -2
35 Nebraska 45.82 42.44 33.40 22.07 18.44 27.38 7
36 Missouri 45.35 43.07 37.18 29.48 27.67 17.68 -8
37 Ohio 45.29 42.30 36.37 29.09 26.80 18.50 -8
38 Utah 45.15 42.71 35.56 24.71 22.04 23.11 -3
39 Wisconsin 44.17 41.29 33.67 24.55 18.95 25.22 1
40 South Dakota 39.66 35.60 28.33 22.22 19.59 20.07 -1
41 Idaho 38.21 36.16 29.64 21.49 18.08 20.13 2
42 Kentucky 36.94 34.44 27.66 20.79 20.58 16.36 -5
43 Wyoming 36.79 33.81 28.71 24.47 22.17 14.62 -9
44 North Dakota 35.66 28.98 22.33 17.25 13.95 21.71 0
45 Iowa 34.99 31.01 22.44 13.70 11.00 23.99 2
46 Montana 32.29 29.68 26.02 21.83 18.47 13.81 -5
47 New Hampshire 26.39 23.23 16.23 9.80 6.57 19.82 2
48 West Virginia 22.75 20.71 16.93 12.85 13.43 9.32 -2
49 Vermont 20.63 18.31 13.23 7.36 5.98 14.65 1
50 Maine 19.95 18.02 12.25 7.81 6.62 13.33 -2
Mean 54.49 51.68 45.07 35.88 32.25 22.25
Std. Dev. 16.08 16.26 16.60 15.42 15.16 7.30
Minimum 19.95 18.02 12.25 7.36 5.98 4.92
Maximum 82.61 80.06 78.07 69.15 65.29 37.43
Range 62.66 62.04 65.82 61.78 59.31 32.51