WYOMING – With Hispanic Heritage Month in full swing and the leadership in Fortune 500 companies still dominated by Caucasian males, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2018’s Most & Least Diverse States in America.
We won’t sugarcoat it—Wyoming is not terribly diverse. The report found the Equality State ranks as the 10thleast diverse state in the Union, though we scored well in economic diversity, which should be welcome news for state leaders like Governor Matt Mead who has been pushing programs like ENDOW, for instance.
To determine where the most idea and identity exchanges have occurred at the highest level in the US—and where the population is relatively more homogeneous—WalletHub compared the 50 states across six key categories: socio-economic, cultural, economic, household, religious and political diversity.
California, Texas, and New York topped the list as most diverse states. Wyoming was joined by western states like Utah and Montana for lack of diversity.
Diversity in Wyoming (1=Most Diverse, 25=Avg.):
- 17th – Income Diversity
- 50th – Educational-Attainment Diversity
- 42nd – Racial & Ethnic Diversity
- 36th – Linguistic Diversity
- 15th – Industry Diversity*
- 43rd – Marital-Status Diversity
- 37th – Generational Diversity
- 47th – Household-Type Diversity
- 41st – Household-Size Diversity
- 37th – Religious Diversity
*Includes civilian employed population aged 16 and older
