Racial diversity in Ohio is a mixed bag.
There are parts of Ohio where there’s a high level of diversity. But where will you find the most diverse places in Ohio?
To answer that question, we went to the US Census data. Using Saturday Night Science, we measured the Gini coefficient for all 254 cities in Ohio to rank them from most to least diverse.
Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table
Here are the 10 most diverse places in Ohio for 2025:
So what city is the most diverse in Ohio? According to the most Census data, Springdale took the number one over all spot for diversity in Ohio.
Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and how your town ranked. To see where Ohio 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 Ohio For 2025
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Population: 10,983
HHI: 3,187
% White: 34.7%
% African American: 41.6%
% Hispanic: 14.5%
% Asian: 5.1%
More on Springdale: Data
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Population: 367,523
HHI: 3,448
% White: 33.8%
% African American: 46.0%
% Hispanic: 12.8%
% Asian: 2.3%
More on Cleveland: Data
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Population: 59,605
HHI: 3,498
% White: 41.2%
% African American: 40.5%
% Hispanic: 11.2%
% Asian: 0.6%
More on Youngstown: Data
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Population: 7,812
HHI: 3,516
% White: 49.8%
% African American: 19.5%
% Hispanic: 25.0%
% Asian: 0.0%
More on Campbell: Data
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Population: 19,974
HHI: 3,548
% White: 42.5%
% African American: 40.0%
% Hispanic: 10.6%
% Asian: 1.4%
More on Whitehall: Data
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Population: 41,032
HHI: 3,560
% White: 50.2%
% African American: 30.3%
% Hispanic: 6.9%
% Asian: 6.0%
More on Reynoldsburg: Data
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Population: 65,207
HHI: 3,572
% White: 50.3%
% African American: 16.3%
% Hispanic: 27.4%
% Asian: 0.7%
More on Lorain: Data
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Population: 906,480
HHI: 3,628
% White: 51.7%
% African American: 28.8%
% Hispanic: 7.9%
% Asian: 5.8%
More on Columbus: Data
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Population: 19,994
HHI: 3,648
% White: 24.2%
% African American: 53.9%
% Hispanic: 11.0%
% Asian: 5.1%
More on Forest Park: Data
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Population: 309,595
HHI: 3,839
% White: 48.0%
% African American: 38.5%
% Hispanic: 5.4%
% Asian: 2.7%
More on Cincinnati: Data
Methodology: How we determined the most diverse cities in Ohio 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 Ohio.
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 254 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 3,187 (Springdale) to 9,634 (Wellston).
Finally, we ranked each city based on the HHI, with a lower score being more diverse than a high score. Springdale took the distinction of being the most diverse, while Wellston was the least diverse city.
We updated this article for 2025. This report is our tenth time ranking the most diverse places in Ohio.
Summary: Diversity Across Ohio
If you’re looking for a scientific breakdown of diversity across Ohio, this is an accurate list.
The most diverse cities in Ohio are Springdale, Cleveland, Youngstown, Campbell, Whitehall, Reynoldsburg, Lorain, Columbus, Forest Park, and Cincinnati.
If you’re curious enough, here are the least diverse places in Ohio:
- Wellston
- Salem
- Galion
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Race By City In Ohio For 2025
| Rank | City | Population | HHI | % White | % Black | % Hispanic | % Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springdale, OH | 10,983 | 3,187 | 34.7% | 41.6% | 14.5% | 5.1% |
| 2 | Cleveland, OH | 367,523 | 3,448 | 33.8% | 46.0% | 12.8% | 2.3% |
| 3 | Youngstown, OH | 59,605 | 3,498 | 41.2% | 40.5% | 11.2% | 0.6% |
| 4 | Campbell, OH | 7,812 | 3,516 | 49.8% | 19.5% | 25.0% | 0.0% |
| 5 | Whitehall, OH | 19,974 | 3,548 | 42.5% | 40.0% | 10.6% | 1.4% |
| 6 | Reynoldsburg, OH | 41,032 | 3,560 | 50.2% | 30.3% | 6.9% | 6.0% |
| 7 | Lorain, OH | 65,207 | 3,572 | 50.3% | 16.3% | 27.4% | 0.7% |
| 8 | Columbus, OH | 906,480 | 3,628 | 51.7% | 28.8% | 7.9% | 5.8% |
| 9 | Forest Park, OH | 19,994 | 3,648 | 24.2% | 53.9% | 11.0% | 5.1% |
| 10 | Cincinnati, OH | 309,595 | 3,839 | 48.0% | 38.5% | 5.4% | 2.7% |
| 11 | Cleveland Heights, OH | 44,694 | 3,886 | 47.9% | 39.2% | 2.8% | 5.5% |
| 12 | Fairfield, OH | 44,597 | 3,899 | 58.2% | 18.4% | 9.5% | 7.3% |
| 13 | Akron, OH | 189,526 | 3,949 | 54.9% | 29.1% | 4.1% | 4.6% |
| 14 | Dayton, OH | 136,741 | 3,984 | 50.0% | 37.8% | 5.6% | 1.2% |
| 15 | Brooklyn, OH | 11,203 | 3,989 | 59.5% | 9.8% | 15.5% | 8.7% |
| 16 | Toledo, OH | 268,461 | 4,039 | 56.0% | 28.3% | 8.9% | 1.3% |
| 17 | Garfield Heights, OH | 29,369 | 4,051 | 33.5% | 53.5% | 6.6% | 0.1% |
| 18 | Shaker Heights, OH | 29,004 | 4,090 | 54.2% | 33.2% | 3.1% | 4.0% |
| 19 | Mayfield Heights, OH | 20,082 | 4,251 | 61.4% | 18.9% | 5.8% | 7.2% |
| 20 | Painesville, OH | 20,453 | 4,256 | 59.5% | 10.8% | 24.2% | 1.6% |
| 21 | South Euclid, OH | 21,606 | 4,313 | 38.3% | 53.1% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| 22 | Canton, OH | 70,105 | 4,314 | 60.1% | 24.3% | 6.3% | 0.5% |
| 23 | Grafton, OH | 5,665 | 4,319 | 61.0% | 20.3% | 12.3% | 0.0% |
| 24 | Mount Healthy, OH | 6,932 | 4,371 | 43.2% | 49.8% | 5.3% | 0.5% |
| 25 | Moraine, OH | 6,503 | 4,397 | 62.1% | 19.2% | 12.7% | 2.6% |
| 26 | Pickerington, OH | 23,828 | 4,398 | 60.9% | 24.8% | 2.7% | 5.0% |
| 27 | Bedford, OH | 12,960 | 4,453 | 38.8% | 54.1% | 2.3% | 0.2% |
| 28 | Sandusky, OH | 24,748 | 4,467 | 62.4% | 21.9% | 6.2% | 0.5% |
| 29 | Lima, OH | 35,304 | 4,533 | 62.4% | 23.4% | 4.8% | 0.5% |
| 30 | Warren, OH | 39,057 | 4,611 | 61.4% | 28.2% | 3.6% | 1.1% |
| 31 | Groveport, OH | 5,916 | 4,626 | 63.3% | 23.2% | 8.8% | 1.0% |
| 32 | Solon, OH | 23,970 | 4,658 | 65.6% | 11.7% | 3.4% | 13.6% |
| 33 | Trotwood, OH | 23,041 | 4,778 | 27.7% | 63.0% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| 34 | North College Hill, OH | 9,564 | 4,821 | 31.4% | 61.6% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| 35 | Twinsburg, OH | 19,346 | 4,848 | 66.8% | 17.3% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| 36 | Richmond Heights, OH | 10,677 | 4,849 | 30.7% | 62.4% | 2.3% | 0.6% |
| 37 | Clayton, OH | 13,269 | 4,862 | 63.2% | 29.1% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| 38 | Elyria, OH | 52,833 | 4,890 | 67.5% | 12.8% | 10.5% | 1.6% |
| 39 | Oberlin, OH | 8,054 | 5,012 | 68.8% | 11.8% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| 40 | Cheviot, OH | 8,655 | 5,059 | 67.1% | 22.5% | 4.8% | 0.2% |
| 41 | Euclid, OH | 48,991 | 5,119 | 27.7% | 65.9% | 1.7% | 0.6% |
| 42 | Mansfield, OH | 47,686 | 5,203 | 69.4% | 17.7% | 2.9% | 0.7% |
| 43 | Willoughby Hills, OH | 9,979 | 5,276 | 68.4% | 23.8% | 2.3% | 4.5% |
| 44 | Springfield, OH | 58,410 | 5,292 | 70.1% | 17.6% | 4.8% | 0.6% |
| 45 | West Carrollton, OH | 13,008 | 5,353 | 71.1% | 14.5% | 6.5% | 1.8% |
| 46 | Blue Ash, OH | 13,374 | 5,354 | 71.3% | 9.7% | 3.2% | 12.4% |
| 47 | University Heights, OH | 13,508 | 5,369 | 69.6% | 22.4% | 2.4% | 1.7% |
| 48 | Gahanna, OH | 35,438 | 5,377 | 71.4% | 15.1% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| 49 | Fremont, OH | 15,851 | 5,410 | 71.3% | 8.4% | 15.2% | 0.3% |
| 50 | Beachwood, OH | 13,850 | 5,434 | 72.1% | 9.9% | 2.3% | 10.3% |
| 51 | Dublin, OH | 49,031 | 5,480 | 71.1% | 1.9% | 4.1% | 20.1% |
| 52 | Pepper Pike, OH | 6,807 | 5,534 | 73.0% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 11.2% |
| 53 | Huber Heights, OH | 43,266 | 5,538 | 72.7% | 14.0% | 4.7% | 3.2% |
| 54 | Pataskala, OH | 18,049 | 5,574 | 73.4% | 8.6% | 4.5% | 8.8% |
| 55 | Sharonville, OH | 13,989 | 5,598 | 73.5% | 9.2% | 8.4% | 3.0% |
| 56 | Ashtabula, OH | 17,919 | 5,607 | 73.2% | 8.0% | 12.5% | 0.6% |
| 57 | Englewood, OH | 13,388 | 5,618 | 73.0% | 15.4% | 2.9% | 1.5% |
| 58 | Middletown, OH | 50,607 | 5,623 | 73.3% | 13.1% | 5.7% | 1.0% |
| 59 | New Albany, OH | 10,524 | 5,625 | 73.7% | 3.1% | 8.0% | 9.4% |
| 60 | Hamilton, OH | 63,124 | 5,679 | 73.8% | 8.3% | 11.4% | 0.6% |
| 61 | Parma Heights, OH | 20,616 | 5,751 | 74.3% | 14.0% | 4.9% | 2.1% |
| 62 | Norwood, OH | 19,023 | 5,767 | 74.1% | 14.2% | 8.0% | 0.5% |
| 63 | Mason, OH | 35,148 | 5,769 | 74.3% | 5.4% | 3.0% | 14.1% |
| 64 | Maple Heights, OH | 23,350 | 5,871 | 20.3% | 73.8% | 1.6% | 0.6% |
| 65 | Fairlawn, OH | 7,689 | 5,885 | 75.5% | 11.1% | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| 66 | Steubenville, OH | 18,144 | 5,886 | 75.2% | 13.8% | 4.4% | 1.1% |
| 67 | South Lebanon, OH | 6,552 | 5,960 | 76.2% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.2% |
| 68 | New Carlisle, OH | 5,552 | 5,990 | 74.2% | 0.5% | 21.8% | 0.0% |
| 69 | Macedonia, OH | 12,142 | 6,136 | 77.1% | 11.5% | 1.6% | 6.6% |
| 70 | Fostoria, OH | 12,671 | 6,140 | 77.2% | 4.1% | 11.8% | 1.6% |
| 71 | Riverside, OH | 24,432 | 6,165 | 77.7% | 7.9% | 3.8% | 3.2% |
| 72 | Fairborn, OH | 34,506 | 6,168 | 77.5% | 8.7% | 3.0% | 1.5% |
| 73 | Bedford Heights, OH | 10,876 | 6,175 | 14.1% | 77.1% | 5.3% | 0.0% |
| 74 | Wyoming, OH | 8,712 | 6,203 | 77.5% | 12.5% | 1.4% | 2.5% |
| 75 | Middleburg Heights, OH | 15,817 | 6,212 | 77.8% | 2.6% | 7.0% | 9.7% |
| 76 | Oxford, OH | 22,069 | 6,259 | 78.3% | 4.8% | 2.9% | 8.2% |
| 77 | Lyndhurst, OH | 13,854 | 6,264 | 77.9% | 12.7% | 4.0% | 1.7% |
| 78 | Reminderville, OH | 5,370 | 6,288 | 78.1% | 4.5% | 0.0% | 12.1% |
| 79 | Streetsboro, OH | 17,514 | 6,299 | 78.5% | 10.3% | 3.6% | 2.8% |
| 80 | Berea, OH | 18,330 | 6,369 | 79.0% | 8.5% | 3.6% | 1.7% |
| 81 | Hilliard, OH | 36,560 | 6,370 | 79.1% | 4.2% | 5.0% | 7.2% |
| 82 | Defiance, OH | 16,830 | 6,392 | 78.3% | 2.8% | 16.0% | 0.3% |
| 83 | Marion, OH | 35,771 | 6,448 | 79.4% | 8.8% | 4.6% | 0.3% |
| 84 | Delaware, OH | 43,168 | 6,457 | 79.7% | 4.6% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| 85 | Ravenna, OH | 11,286 | 6,503 | 79.7% | 10.7% | 3.3% | 1.0% |
| 86 | Kent, OH | 27,190 | 6,508 | 79.9% | 8.3% | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 87 | Willard, OH | 6,174 | 6,545 | 78.7% | 0.0% | 18.5% | 0.8% |
| 88 | Xenia, OH | 25,555 | 6,590 | 80.5% | 7.6% | 3.1% | 0.9% |
| 89 | Obetz, OH | 6,293 | 6,613 | 80.5% | 9.4% | 6.5% | 0.1% |
| 90 | Zanesville, OH | 24,726 | 6,629 | 80.6% | 8.6% | 2.6% | 1.0% |
| 91 | Athens, OH | 23,211 | 6,712 | 81.4% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.4% |
| 92 | Orrville, OH | 8,361 | 6,720 | 81.4% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 2.7% |
| 93 | Parma, OH | 80,131 | 6,721 | 81.4% | 4.7% | 8.1% | 2.3% |
| 94 | Beavercreek, OH | 46,787 | 6,736 | 81.6% | 2.8% | 4.3% | 4.7% |
| 95 | Struthers, OH | 9,995 | 6,746 | 81.5% | 3.7% | 8.5% | 1.1% |
| 96 | Westerville, OH | 38,543 | 6,751 | 81.5% | 8.3% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| 97 | Canal Winchester, OH | 9,659 | 6,764 | 81.3% | 11.2% | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| 98 | Powell, OH | 14,229 | 6,801 | 81.7% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 10.2% |
| 99 | Reading, OH | 10,490 | 6,817 | 82.1% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 2.8% |
| 100 | Martins Ferry, OH | 6,192 | 6,862 | 82.2% | 5.3% | 0.5% | 3.4% |