With racial equality being a hot-button issue in 2020 and Hispanic Heritage Month in full swing, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Most & Least Diverse States in America, as well as accompanying videos.

To determine where the most idea and identity exchanges have occurred at the highest level in the U.S. — 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.

Diversity in Maryland (1=Most Diverse, 25=Avg.):

• 9^th – Income Diversity
• 4^th – Educational-Attainment Diversity
• 5^th – Racial & Ethnic Diversity
• 15^th – Linguistic Diversity
• 9^th – Birthplace Diversity
• 6^th – Worker-Class Diversity*
• 25^th – Marital-Status Diversity
• 9^th – Household-Type Diversity
• 8^th – Household-Size Diversity
• 30^th – Religious Diversity

*Includes civilian employed population aged 16 and older

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