Racial diversity in Georgia is a mixed bag.
There are parts of Georgia where there’s a high level of diversity. But where will you find the most diverse places in Georgia?
To answer that question, we went to the US Census data. Using Saturday Night Science, we measured the Gini coefficient for all 134 cities in Georgia to rank them from most to least diverse.
#1 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. It is a suburb of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, Duluth had a population of 26,600, and the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population to be 29,331 as of 2016.
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#2 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Lawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. It is a suburb of Atlanta, located approximately 30 miles northeast of downtown. As of the 2010 census, the population of Lawrenceville was 28,546. In 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city population to be 30,493. Lawrenceville has six ZIP codes, and it is part of the 678404 telephone area code, which is used throughout metropolitan Atlanta.
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#3 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Norcross is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 9,116, while in 2015 the estimated population was 16,634. It is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville combined statistical area.
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#4 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
DeKalb County, Georgia
Chamblee is a city in northern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, northeast of Atlanta. The population was 9,892 at the 2010 census.
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#5 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
Clayton County, Georgia
Morrow is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,445 at the 2010 census, up from 4,882 in 2000. It is the home of Clayton State University.
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#6 most diverse in Georgia
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#7 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Snellville is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States, east of Atlanta. The population was 18,242 at the 2010 census, and in 2015 the estimated population was 19,733.
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#8 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
Fulton County, Georgia
Hapeville is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States, located adjacent to the city of Atlanta. The population was 6,373 at the 2010 census. It is named for Dr. Samuel Hape, one of the area’s original landowners and its first mayor.
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#9 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
Cobb County, Georgia
Smyrna is a city northwest of the neighborhoods of Atlanta. It is in the inner ring of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 51,271. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population in 2013 to be 53,438. It is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA, which is included in the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke-Sandy Springs CSA. Smyrna grew by 28% between the years 2000 and 2012. It is historically one of the fastest growing cities in the State of Georgia, and one of the most densely populated cities in the metro area.
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#10 most diverse in Georgia
Located in
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Peachtree Corners is a city in western Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. It is a northern suburb of Atlanta, and is the largest city in Gwinnett County, with an estimated population of 42,773 in 2016. The city, bordered to the north and west by the Chattahoochee River, is located east of Dunwoody and south of Johns Creek. Peachtree Corners is the only one of Atlanta’s northern suburbs that was developed as a planned community.
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Methodology: How we determined the most diverse cities in Georgia for 2026
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 Georgia.
That leads us to the Census’s most recently available data, the 2020-2024 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 134 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 2,406 (Duluth) to 8,180 (Bremen).
Finally, we ranked each city based on the HHI, with a lower score being more diverse than a high score. Duluth took the distinction of being the most diverse, while Bremen was the least diverse city.
We updated this article for 2026. This report is our eleventh time ranking the most diverse places in Georgia.
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Race By City In Georgia For 2026
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| Rank | City | Population | HHI | % White | % Black | % Hispanic | % Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duluth | 32,426 | 2,406 | 32.6% | 23.7% | 16.3% | 22.1% |
| 2 | Lawrenceville | 30,954 | 2,532 | 26.2% | 27.6% | 31.3% | 7.1% |
| 3 | Norcross | 18,007 | 2,688 | 24.2% | 15.2% | 40.1% | 15.5% |
| 4 | Chamblee | 30,895 | 2,796 | 31.5% | 18.3% | 36.8% | 10.3% |
| 5 | Morrow | 6,364 | 2,819 | 8.7% | 31.4% | 30.0% | 29.2% |
| 6 | Hiram | 5,231 | 2,874 | 25.9% | 43.7% | 13.2% | 6.1% |
| 7 | Snellville | 21,620 | 2,932 | 31.2% | 39.9% | 15.7% | 10.5% |
| 8 | Hapeville | 6,630 | 2,942 | 29.8% | 35.9% | 27.1% | 4.9% |
| 9 | Smyrna | 56,633 | 3,015 | 42.0% | 31.6% | 12.9% | 7.8% |
| 10 | Peachtree Corners | 42,373 | 3,033 | 45.3% | 22.5% | 19.6% | 8.8% |
| 11 | Marietta | 62,263 | 3,039 | 41.4% | 30.8% | 18.1% | 2.2% |
| 12 | Fayetteville | 19,719 | 3,114 | 38.2% | 39.1% | 5.1% | 5.5% |
| 13 | Dacula | 7,444 | 3,143 | 38.5% | 37.4% | 14.9% | 4.9% |
| 14 | Doraville | 11,134 | 3,145 | 18.5% | 11.3% | 46.1% | 23.5% |
| 15 | Lilburn | 15,390 | 3,156 | 21.0% | 14.2% | 48.2% | 13.5% |
| 16 | Buford | 17,997 | 3,204 | 44.8% | 8.3% | 31.9% | 8.9% |
| 16 | Suwanee | 22,349 | 3,204 | 48.4% | 13.6% | 9.0% | 24.0% |
| 18 | Garden City | 10,426 | 3,215 | 36.2% | 39.3% | 18.6% | 1.6% |
| 19 | Sugar Hill | 26,128 | 3,219 | 49.8% | 15.8% | 16.8% | 13.9% |
| 20 | Johns Creek | 81,988 | 3,224 | 46.6% | 10.4% | 6.5% | 29.4% |
| 21 | Hinesville | 35,679 | 3,259 | 26.5% | 48.1% | 13.1% | 2.1% |
| 22 | Grovetown | 17,014 | 3,290 | 39.9% | 39.3% | 10.9% | 2.5% |
| 23 | Cedartown | 10,227 | 3,342 | 45.1% | 20.8% | 29.4% | 0.9% |
| 24 | Gainesville | 45,032 | 3,369 | 42.1% | 14.3% | 37.0% | 2.9% |
| 25 | Dallas | 14,714 | 3,369 | 39.3% | 39.9% | 14.7% | 1.0% |
| 26 | Alpharetta | 66,855 | 3,384 | 52.2% | 11.2% | 9.4% | 20.4% |
| 27 | Cairo | 10,055 | 3,387 | 36.1% | 40.4% | 21.2% | 0.2% |
| 28 | Forest Park | 19,504 | 3,410 | 12.9% | 49.5% | 27.5% | 4.7% |
| 29 | Brookhaven | 57,855 | 3,426 | 52.0% | 14.3% | 21.0% | 7.4% |
| 30 | Warner Robins | 82,990 | 3,467 | 41.5% | 40.3% | 8.8% | 3.4% |
| 31 | Dunwoody | 51,758 | 3,471 | 53.7% | 15.4% | 11.0% | 14.7% |
| 32 | Tifton | 17,210 | 3,490 | 45.7% | 34.1% | 15.0% | 1.9% |
| 33 | Eatonton | 6,515 | 3,494 | 35.5% | 44.7% | 14.8% | 1.0% |
| 34 | Centerville | 8,505 | 3,520 | 40.0% | 42.8% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| 35 | Rome | 38,189 | 3,536 | 51.1% | 22.1% | 20.5% | 2.2% |
| 36 | Powder Springs | 18,009 | 3,538 | 24.5% | 51.2% | 17.3% | 1.5% |
| 37 | Newnan | 44,235 | 3,561 | 48.2% | 33.4% | 9.4% | 4.3% |
| 38 | Kennesaw | 34,605 | 3,561 | 53.1% | 22.3% | 13.6% | 5.1% |
| 39 | Sandy Springs | 107,087 | 3,571 | 54.0% | 20.9% | 11.8% | 7.5% |
| 40 | Columbus | 203,711 | 3,585 | 36.7% | 46.1% | 8.5% | 2.6% |
| 41 | Carrollton | 27,392 | 3,597 | 47.7% | 34.1% | 11.8% | 1.3% |
| 42 | Atlanta | 505,268 | 3,599 | 38.1% | 45.4% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| 43 | Acworth | 22,473 | 3,612 | 54.1% | 21.4% | 13.1% | 4.0% |
| 44 | Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government | 8,887 | 3,640 | 54.1% | 19.3% | 17.9% | 3.1% |
| 45 | Pooler | 28,466 | 3,643 | 50.7% | 31.2% | 6.0% | 4.1% |
| 46 | Milton | 41,546 | 3,689 | 56.2% | 12.5% | 9.5% | 16.1% |
| 47 | Port Wentworth | 12,892 | 3,691 | 39.6% | 44.1% | 13.2% | 0.5% |
| 48 | Adel | 5,641 | 3,693 | 35.9% | 46.1% | 16.8% | 0.0% |
| 49 | Villa Rica | 18,551 | 3,694 | 37.8% | 46.3% | 7.9% | 0.7% |
| 50 | Winder | 19,437 | 3,709 | 55.2% | 19.1% | 16.1% | 3.1% |
| 51 | Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) | 127,345 | 3,726 | 53.8% | 25.7% | 11.9% | 4.2% |
| 52 | Jonesboro | 6,143 | 3,733 | 21.3% | 56.0% | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 53 | Loganville | 15,527 | 3,736 | 37.3% | 47.2% | 9.6% | 1.0% |
| 54 | Moultrie | 14,588 | 3,786 | 39.1% | 45.9% | 12.2% | 1.3% |
| 55 | Savannah | 147,898 | 3,861 | 34.6% | 50.9% | 7.5% | 2.9% |
| 56 | Vidalia | 10,752 | 3,877 | 46.5% | 40.5% | 3.7% | 1.3% |
| 57 | Oakwood | 5,862 | 3,909 | 54.0% | 10.9% | 29.3% | 1.7% |
| 58 | Monroe | 15,648 | 3,919 | 46.8% | 40.7% | 6.6% | 0.0% |
| 59 | Byron | 5,971 | 3,951 | 48.5% | 39.1% | 4.8% | 0.3% |
| 60 | LaGrange | 32,078 | 3,976 | 36.5% | 50.9% | 6.2% | 3.7% |
| 61 | Locust Grove | 10,532 | 3,979 | 37.0% | 50.4% | 8.0% | 1.1% |
| 62 | Glennville | 5,179 | 3,987 | 48.4% | 40.0% | 3.8% | 1.6% |
| 63 | Auburn | 8,711 | 3,992 | 58.7% | 10.7% | 18.6% | 8.8% |
| 64 | Statesboro | 34,149 | 3,993 | 46.7% | 42.1% | 5.5% | 1.6% |
| 65 | Covington | 14,584 | 4,028 | 39.3% | 49.1% | 7.9% | 0.4% |
| 66 | Canton | 35,741 | 4,050 | 56.1% | 13.0% | 26.9% | 0.7% |
| 67 | Milledgeville | 16,748 | 4,083 | 48.3% | 41.5% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| 68 | Swainsboro | 7,571 | 4,091 | 33.2% | 54.1% | 5.3% | 2.4% |
| 69 | Kingsland | 19,627 | 4,092 | 59.5% | 19.9% | 9.7% | 2.3% |
| 70 | Cumming | 8,469 | 4,102 | 60.4% | 7.0% | 16.1% | 10.9% |
| 71 | Griffin | 23,761 | 4,108 | 38.3% | 50.9% | 4.9% | 1.0% |
| 72 | Roswell | 92,621 | 4,109 | 60.4% | 11.6% | 16.3% | 4.7% |
| 73 | Jackson | 5,741 | 4,120 | 51.2% | 37.9% | 7.5% | 0.0% |
| 74 | Barnesville | 6,121 | 4,148 | 42.8% | 47.7% | 4.9% | 1.4% |
| 75 | Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) | 201,528 | 4,173 | 30.9% | 56.2% | 5.9% | 1.6% |
| 76 | Hampton | 8,687 | 4,174 | 37.1% | 52.5% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| 77 | Dalton | 34,538 | 4,215 | 34.3% | 6.3% | 54.7% | 2.2% |
| 78 | Brunswick | 15,307 | 4,295 | 29.5% | 57.7% | 9.3% | 0.1% |
| 79 | Douglas | 11,749 | 4,301 | 32.6% | 56.0% | 9.8% | 0.2% |
| 80 | Valdosta | 55,252 | 4,325 | 34.9% | 55.4% | 5.6% | 1.2% |
| 81 | Richmond Hill | 18,181 | 4,327 | 62.2% | 13.9% | 14.6% | 2.7% |
| 82 | Waycross | 13,756 | 4,330 | 35.5% | 55.0% | 6.3% | 0.7% |
| 83 | Perry | 23,001 | 4,356 | 57.1% | 32.5% | 5.4% | 1.6% |
| 84 | Thomaston | 9,831 | 4,357 | 54.9% | 36.1% | 3.9% | 0.3% |
| 85 | Tyrone | 7,896 | 4,362 | 53.8% | 37.8% | 5.3% | 0.4% |
| 86 | Thomasville | 18,666 | 4,438 | 39.6% | 53.5% | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| 87 | Jesup | 9,942 | 4,462 | 57.4% | 33.5% | 6.1% | 2.0% |
| 88 | Fort Valley | 8,858 | 4,473 | 23.5% | 61.5% | 11.5% | 0.2% |
| 89 | Social Circle | 5,217 | 4,493 | 56.2% | 36.2% | 3.5% | 0.0% |
| 90 | Americus | 15,813 | 4,505 | 28.2% | 60.5% | 5.3% | 1.7% |
| 91 | Commerce | 8,013 | 4,509 | 62.3% | 19.1% | 16.0% | 0.9% |
| 92 | Bainbridge | 14,404 | 4,517 | 32.2% | 58.7% | 5.6% | 1.2% |
| 93 | Sylvester | 5,489 | 4,523 | 36.3% | 56.5% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| 94 | Conyers | 18,512 | 4,626 | 17.2% | 64.8% | 9.7% | 2.2% |
| 95 | Fitzgerald | 8,918 | 4,648 | 45.2% | 51.0% | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| 96 | Decatur | 24,518 | 4,651 | 65.9% | 12.3% | 8.9% | 4.8% |
| 97 | Stockbridge | 35,737 | 4,734 | 15.5% | 66.2% | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 98 | Cartersville | 24,074 | 4,748 | 65.5% | 14.5% | 15.2% | 1.8% |
| 99 | Calhoun | 18,183 | 4,772 | 64.0% | 6.6% | 24.8% | 0.7% |
| 100 | Douglasville | 37,536 | 4,795 | 20.1% | 65.7% | 7.5% | 1.8% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 134 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Summary: Diversity Across Georgia
If you’re looking for a scientific breakdown of diversity across Georgia, this is an accurate list.
The most diverse cities in Georgia are Duluth, Lawrenceville, Norcross, Chamblee, Morrow, Hiram, Snellville, Hapeville, Smyrna, and Peachtree Corners.
