Racial diversity in Florida is a mixed bag.
There are parts of Florida where there’s a high level of diversity. But where will you find the most diverse places in Florida?
To answer that question, we went to the US Census data. Using Saturday Night Science, we measured the Gini coefficient for all 221 cities in Florida to rank them from most to least diverse.
Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table
Here are the 10 most diverse places in Florida for 2025:
So what city is the most diverse in Florida? According to the most Census data, Ocoee took the number one over all spot for diversity in Florida.
Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and how your town ranked. To see where Florida ranked as a state, we have a ranking of the most diverse states in Ameria.
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The 10 Most Diverse Places In Florida For 2025
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Population: 47,885
HHI: 2,684
% White: 37.2%
% African American: 21.3%
% Hispanic: 28.0%
% Asian: 5.4%
More on Ocoee: Data
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Population: 58,418
HHI: 2,731
% White: 30.0%
% African American: 32.9%
% Hispanic: 26.6%
% Asian: 4.0%
More on Margate: Data
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Population: 133,962
HHI: 2,755
% White: 35.1%
% African American: 23.5%
% Hispanic: 30.4%
% Asian: 5.0%
More on Coral Springs: Data
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Population: 86,742
HHI: 2,802
% White: 40.1%
% African American: 24.3%
% Hispanic: 23.0%
% Asian: 2.0%
More on Deerfield Beach: Data
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Population: 94,002
HHI: 2,844
% White: 36.4%
% African American: 23.9%
% Hispanic: 30.2%
% Asian: 4.6%
More on Plantation: Data
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Population: 311,732
HHI: 2,857
% White: 32.8%
% African American: 21.7%
% Hispanic: 35.6%
% Asian: 4.2%
More on Orlando: Data
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Population: 56,202
HHI: 2,881
% White: 37.4%
% African American: 26.7%
% Hispanic: 27.1%
% Asian: 3.6%
More on Apopka: Data
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Population: 39,089
HHI: 2,892
% White: 38.6%
% African American: 24.3%
% Hispanic: 27.9%
% Asian: 4.3%
More on Royal Palm Beach: Data
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Population: 62,292
HHI: 2,911
% White: 38.3%
% African American: 25.6%
% Hispanic: 27.4%
% Asian: 4.7%
More on Sanford: Data
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Population: 96,633
HHI: 2,915
% White: 22.7%
% African American: 33.0%
% Hispanic: 35.9%
% Asian: 4.1%
More on Sunrise: Data
Methodology: How we determined the most diverse cities in Florida for 2025
We still believe in the accuracy of data — especially from the Census — and Saturday Night Science. So that’s where we went to get the race breakdown across Florida.
That leads us to the Census’s most recently available data, the 2019-2023 American Community Survey data from the US Census.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002: HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- White alone*
- Black or African American alone*
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
- Asian alone*
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
- Some other race alone*
- Two or more races*
- Hispanic or Latino
We limited our analysis to non-CDPs with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 221 cities.
We then calculated the HHI for each city by finding the racial breakdown of a city in percent terms, squaring them, and then adding the squares together. This left us with scores ranging from 2,684 (Ocoee) to 9,273 (Hialeah Gardens).
Finally, we ranked each city based on the HHI, with a lower score being more diverse than a high score. Ocoee took the distinction of being the most diverse, while Hialeah Gardens was the least diverse city.
We updated this article for 2025. This report is our tenth time ranking the most diverse places in Florida.
Summary: Diversity Across Florida
If you’re looking for a scientific breakdown of diversity across Florida, this is an accurate list.
The most diverse cities in Florida are Ocoee, Margate, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Plantation, Orlando, Apopka, Royal Palm Beach, Sanford, and Sunrise.
If you’re curious enough, here are the least diverse places in Florida:
- Hialeah Gardens
- Sweetwater
- Hialeah
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Race By City In Florida For 2025
| Rank | City | Population | HHI | % White | % Black | % Hispanic | % Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ocoee, FL | 47,885 | 2,684 | 37.2% | 21.3% | 28.0% | 5.4% |
| 2 | Margate, FL | 58,418 | 2,731 | 30.0% | 32.9% | 26.6% | 4.0% |
| 3 | Coral Springs, FL | 133,962 | 2,755 | 35.1% | 23.5% | 30.4% | 5.0% |
| 4 | Deerfield Beach, FL | 86,742 | 2,802 | 40.1% | 24.3% | 23.0% | 2.0% |
| 5 | Plantation, FL | 94,002 | 2,844 | 36.4% | 23.9% | 30.2% | 4.6% |
| 6 | Orlando, FL | 311,732 | 2,857 | 32.8% | 21.7% | 35.6% | 4.2% |
| 7 | Apopka, FL | 56,202 | 2,881 | 37.4% | 26.7% | 27.1% | 3.6% |
| 8 | Royal Palm Beach, FL | 39,089 | 2,892 | 38.6% | 24.3% | 27.9% | 4.3% |
| 9 | Sanford, FL | 62,292 | 2,911 | 38.3% | 25.6% | 27.4% | 4.7% |
| 10 | Sunrise, FL | 96,633 | 2,915 | 22.7% | 33.0% | 35.9% | 4.1% |
| 11 | Oakland Park, FL | 44,015 | 2,926 | 32.5% | 27.5% | 33.0% | 2.6% |
| 12 | Avon Park, FL | 9,879 | 2,945 | 36.2% | 26.5% | 30.3% | 0.9% |
| 13 | Tamarac, FL | 71,887 | 2,969 | 29.1% | 33.4% | 31.5% | 2.6% |
| 14 | Pompano Beach, FL | 112,212 | 2,998 | 39.8% | 27.6% | 24.9% | 1.7% |
| 15 | West Palm Beach, FL | 119,508 | 2,999 | 37.8% | 30.7% | 24.6% | 2.4% |
| 16 | Miami Shores, FL | 11,627 | 3,012 | 39.9% | 14.9% | 34.0% | 3.5% |
| 17 | Tampa, FL | 393,389 | 3,081 | 44.2% | 20.1% | 26.2% | 4.6% |
| 18 | Mascotte, FL | 7,407 | 3,103 | 38.5% | 20.6% | 34.4% | 2.8% |
| 19 | Greenacres, FL | 43,871 | 3,162 | 22.7% | 27.5% | 43.3% | 4.2% |
| 20 | Altamonte Springs, FL | 45,657 | 3,175 | 43.4% | 17.3% | 31.1% | 2.5% |
| 21 | Coconut Creek, FL | 57,587 | 3,196 | 46.4% | 15.7% | 27.5% | 2.8% |
| 22 | Temple Terrace, FL | 26,922 | 3,200 | 49.0% | 19.1% | 19.0% | 7.5% |
| 23 | Winter Haven, FL | 52,846 | 3,213 | 44.0% | 25.7% | 24.6% | 1.8% |
| 24 | Groveland, FL | 20,621 | 3,218 | 45.2% | 16.3% | 29.7% | 4.6% |
| 25 | Dania Beach, FL | 31,739 | 3,230 | 42.0% | 19.0% | 33.1% | 1.5% |
| 26 | Live Oak, FL | 6,901 | 3,235 | 44.5% | 30.7% | 10.5% | 0.0% |
| 27 | Clermont, FL | 44,984 | 3,248 | 49.3% | 13.1% | 23.8% | 4.6% |
| 28 | Pembroke Pines, FL | 170,557 | 3,260 | 22.9% | 20.5% | 47.8% | 4.8% |
| 29 | Fort Myers, FL | 91,730 | 3,266 | 46.9% | 21.7% | 24.0% | 2.1% |
| 30 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 183,032 | 3,277 | 45.2% | 28.5% | 20.1% | 1.5% |
| 31 | Hallandale Beach, FL | 41,224 | 3,299 | 39.0% | 17.8% | 38.1% | 1.2% |
| 32 | Fort Pierce, FL | 48,094 | 3,304 | 33.0% | 41.7% | 21.7% | 1.6% |
| 33 | Hollywood, FL | 152,935 | 3,324 | 34.8% | 16.1% | 42.9% | 2.6% |
| 34 | Davie, FL | 106,412 | 3,328 | 38.8% | 8.2% | 41.1% | 7.0% |
| 35 | Jacksonville, FL | 961,739 | 3,346 | 47.7% | 29.6% | 12.0% | 4.9% |
| 36 | Lantana, FL | 11,845 | 3,351 | 41.0% | 36.1% | 18.9% | 0.6% |
| 37 | North Miami Beach, FL | 43,104 | 3,354 | 16.3% | 37.2% | 41.1% | 2.0% |
| 38 | Boynton Beach, FL | 80,601 | 3,361 | 44.2% | 33.4% | 16.5% | 2.4% |
| 39 | Haines City, FL | 31,156 | 3,362 | 26.3% | 24.6% | 45.4% | 1.9% |
| 40 | Winter Garden, FL | 47,182 | 3,376 | 50.9% | 11.4% | 23.8% | 7.1% |
| 41 | Cooper City, FL | 34,166 | 3,432 | 48.9% | 7.4% | 30.4% | 5.8% |
| 42 | Arcadia, FL | 7,571 | 3,466 | 33.1% | 23.4% | 42.7% | 0.0% |
| 43 | Lake Alfred, FL | 6,803 | 3,474 | 48.5% | 11.9% | 30.0% | 8.9% |
| 44 | Miramar, FL | 135,986 | 3,487 | 10.0% | 43.5% | 38.3% | 4.4% |
| 45 | Cocoa, FL | 19,330 | 3,553 | 49.9% | 24.7% | 20.9% | 0.6% |
| 46 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 220,453 | 3,565 | 51.8% | 18.2% | 23.0% | 2.2% |
| 47 | Minneola, FL | 15,371 | 3,568 | 49.7% | 7.6% | 31.6% | 5.1% |
| 48 | Palm Bay, FL | 125,273 | 3,574 | 53.2% | 17.4% | 19.7% | 2.1% |
| 49 | Lake Wales, FL | 16,365 | 3,577 | 47.6% | 19.2% | 30.7% | 0.7% |
| 50 | Leesburg, FL | 28,461 | 3,599 | 52.0% | 21.7% | 20.3% | 1.7% |
| 51 | Davenport, FL | 11,660 | 3,609 | 22.0% | 20.1% | 52.0% | 2.9% |
| 52 | Gainesville, FL | 143,611 | 3,628 | 54.3% | 21.1% | 13.4% | 6.1% |
| 53 | Dundee, FL | 5,604 | 3,630 | 32.2% | 13.8% | 48.9% | 2.8% |
| 54 | Plant City, FL | 40,009 | 3,631 | 47.9% | 14.6% | 33.4% | 1.5% |
| 55 | Okeechobee, FL | 5,376 | 3,633 | 52.4% | 16.0% | 24.7% | 3.4% |
| 56 | Wellington, FL | 61,497 | 3,635 | 52.4% | 11.4% | 26.9% | 5.7% |
| 57 | Tallahassee, FL | 199,696 | 3,636 | 47.8% | 35.3% | 8.6% | 4.0% |
| 58 | South Miami, FL | 11,926 | 3,650 | 27.5% | 9.5% | 52.4% | 4.0% |
| 59 | Deltona, FL | 95,682 | 3,660 | 44.6% | 11.3% | 39.2% | 1.9% |
| 60 | Daytona Beach, FL | 75,924 | 3,691 | 51.0% | 31.1% | 10.0% | 2.8% |
| 61 | Pembroke Park, FL | 6,254 | 3,692 | 16.4% | 46.0% | 36.2% | 0.3% |
| 62 | Parkland, FL | 35,799 | 3,704 | 56.6% | 13.3% | 14.8% | 7.8% |
| 63 | Casselberry, FL | 29,473 | 3,708 | 53.1% | 9.6% | 27.4% | 4.5% |
| 64 | Delray Beach, FL | 66,940 | 3,733 | 52.1% | 29.7% | 10.7% | 2.9% |
| 65 | Callaway, FL | 13,297 | 3,738 | 56.0% | 18.1% | 14.6% | 4.2% |
| 66 | Belle Glade, FL | 16,818 | 3,825 | 13.0% | 51.9% | 30.9% | 1.3% |
| 67 | Bartow, FL | 19,801 | 3,830 | 55.3% | 22.3% | 16.0% | 2.8% |
| 68 | Southwest Ranches, FL | 7,569 | 3,865 | 48.8% | 5.2% | 37.9% | 3.4% |
| 69 | Sebring, FL | 11,185 | 3,866 | 55.2% | 16.3% | 23.2% | 1.8% |
| 70 | Newberry, FL | 7,608 | 3,876 | 56.9% | 14.7% | 19.2% | 2.5% |
| 71 | Fort Meade, FL | 5,172 | 3,907 | 52.0% | 13.4% | 32.0% | 0.1% |
| 72 | Palmetto Bay, FL | 24,247 | 3,911 | 38.9% | 3.8% | 48.5% | 4.4% |
| 73 | St. Cloud, FL | 61,963 | 3,914 | 39.4% | 4.9% | 48.1% | 1.4% |
| 74 | Palatka, FL | 10,558 | 3,934 | 43.5% | 44.2% | 8.8% | 0.2% |
| 75 | Lakeland, FL | 117,030 | 3,948 | 57.0% | 17.7% | 19.2% | 2.2% |
| 76 | Weston, FL | 67,952 | 3,956 | 30.0% | 3.3% | 54.5% | 7.7% |
| 77 | Lake Park, FL | 9,005 | 3,961 | 24.3% | 56.5% | 12.6% | 0.5% |
| 78 | Maitland, FL | 19,268 | 3,973 | 57.9% | 16.2% | 18.3% | 3.5% |
| 79 | Pahokee, FL | 5,539 | 3,974 | 13.5% | 51.7% | 33.4% | 0.0% |
| 80 | Ocala, FL | 64,903 | 3,975 | 57.8% | 18.7% | 16.3% | 3.7% |
| 81 | Crestview, FL | 28,046 | 3,981 | 58.0% | 21.1% | 11.0% | 2.4% |
| 82 | Pinecrest, FL | 18,138 | 3,991 | 44.9% | 2.0% | 44.1% | 4.1% |
| 83 | North Lauderdale, FL | 44,650 | 4,014 | 8.7% | 57.7% | 23.9% | 4.3% |
| 84 | Eustis, FL | 23,567 | 4,034 | 58.0% | 20.5% | 15.3% | 2.2% |
| 85 | Longwood, FL | 15,952 | 4,114 | 57.8% | 5.7% | 26.5% | 2.4% |
| 86 | Orange Park, FL | 9,062 | 4,136 | 59.0% | 23.2% | 8.4% | 5.7% |
| 87 | Oviedo, FL | 39,990 | 4,145 | 59.5% | 6.7% | 22.1% | 7.5% |
| 88 | Bradenton, FL | 56,289 | 4,161 | 59.4% | 13.5% | 20.7% | 1.8% |
| 89 | North Miami, FL | 59,429 | 4,163 | 9.7% | 55.6% | 31.2% | 0.7% |
| 90 | Key West, FL | 25,824 | 4,167 | 59.1% | 11.0% | 23.3% | 2.2% |
| 91 | Springfield, FL | 8,157 | 4,177 | 61.1% | 17.2% | 8.4% | 4.7% |
| 92 | Panama City, FL | 34,211 | 4,257 | 60.7% | 21.0% | 9.7% | 1.0% |
| 93 | Clewiston, FL | 7,257 | 4,264 | 37.9% | 7.2% | 52.6% | 2.1% |
| 94 | Aventura, FL | 39,372 | 4,283 | 47.3% | 1.6% | 45.0% | 1.7% |
| 95 | Marianna, FL | 6,815 | 4,284 | 49.5% | 42.6% | 4.0% | 0.6% |
| 96 | North Bay Village, FL | 8,004 | 4,290 | 24.2% | 4.7% | 60.4% | 4.3% |
| 97 | Miami Beach, FL | 81,319 | 4,302 | 34.0% | 3.4% | 55.8% | 2.3% |
| 98 | West Park, FL | 15,076 | 4,307 | 7.7% | 51.5% | 40.0% | 0.4% |
| 99 | Coral Gables, FL | 49,243 | 4,314 | 33.2% | 3.5% | 56.4% | 3.5% |
| 100 | Sunny Isles Beach, FL | 22,125 | 4,336 | 46.6% | 0.9% | 46.3% | 2.1% |