Maryland Ranks No. 7 Among Most Diverse States

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland ranks among the apical states successful the federation erstwhile it comes to diversity, according to a caller study.

The WalletHub survey ranked the Old Line State astatine No. 7 among the astir divers states, trailing California, Texas, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York and New Mexico.

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On the flip side, the slightest divers states were West Virginia, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Montana.

According to the idiosyncratic concern website, researchers compared each 50 states based connected a wide scope of metrics, from diverseness successful economical factors specified arsenic household income and acquisition accomplishment to taste factors including radical constitution and languages spoken.

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The highest imaginable people was 100, but adjacent the astir divers authorities (California) fell good abbreviated of that with a full people of 70.64. Maryland wasn’t excessively acold down with a people of 68.64.

Here’s a database of the apical 10 astir divers states:

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1. California
2. Texas
3. Hawaii
4. New Jersey
5. New York
6. New Mexico
7. Maryland
8. Florida
9. Nevada
10. Arizona

A detailed breakdown of the rankings tin beryllium recovered connected WalletHub.com.

CBS Baltimore Staff