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 249 cities in Ohio to rank them from most to least diverse.
#1 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Hamilton County, Ohio
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#2 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Trumbull County, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in and the county seat of Mahoning County in the U.S. state of Ohio, with small portions extending into Trumbull County. According to the 2010 Census, Youngstown had a city proper population of 66,982, while the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area it anchors contained 565,773 people in Mahoning and Trumbull counties in Ohio, and Mercer County in Pennsylvania.
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#3 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the state’s second most-populous county. Located along Lake Erie, the city proper has a population of 388,072, making Cleveland the 51st largest city in the United States, and the second-largest city in Ohio after Columbus. Greater Cleveland ranked as the 32nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with 2,055,612 people in 2016. The city anchors the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 3,515,646 in 2010 and ranks 15th in the United States.
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#4 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Franklin County, Ohio
Whitehall is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, United States and an enclave on the east side of Columbus. The population was 18,062 at the 2010 census. The current mayor of Whitehall is Kim Maggard.
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#5 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Mahoning County, Ohio
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#6 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Lorain County, Ohio
Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, approximately 30 miles west of Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 64,097, making it Ohio’s tenth largest city, the second largest in Greater Cleveland, and the largest in Lorain County by population.
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#7 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Franklin County, Ohio
Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the 14th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 860,090 as of 2016 estimates. This makes Columbus the 3rd-most populous state capital in the United States after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Midwestern United States, after Chicago. It is the core city of the Columbus, Ohio, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses ten counties. With a population of 2,021,632, it is Ohio’s third-largest metropolitan area.
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#8 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Licking County, Ohio
Reynoldsburg is a city in Fairfield, Franklin, and Licking counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburban community in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area. The population was 35,893 at the 2010 census.
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#9 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Hamilton County, Ohio
Cincinnati is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio that serves as county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the north side of the confluence of the Licking with the Ohio River. With a population of 298,800, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and the 65th-largest city in the United States. It has the fastest growing economic power of the Midwestern United States and 28th-biggest metropolitan statistical area in the United States, the biggest in Ohio. The city drives the Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington combined statistical area, which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census.
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#10 most diverse in Ohio
Located in
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland. The city’s population was 46,121 at the 2010 census. As of the 2010 census, Cleveland Heights was ranked the 8th largest city by population in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area and ranked 20th in Ohio. It was founded as a village in 1903 and a city in 1921.
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Methodology: How we determined the most diverse cities in Ohio 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 Ohio.
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 249 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 3,280 (Springdale) to 9,555 (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 2026. This report is our eleventh time ranking the most diverse places in Ohio.
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Race By City In Ohio For 2026
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| Rank | City | Population | HHI | % White | % Black | % Hispanic | % Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springdale | 11,033 | 3,280 | 41.8% | 37.0% | 10.3% | 5.5% |
| 2 | Youngstown | 59,331 | 3,370 | 40.3% | 39.3% | 12.3% | 0.7% |
| 3 | Cleveland | 366,097 | 3,375 | 33.7% | 45.1% | 13.2% | 2.6% |
| 4 | Whitehall | 20,019 | 3,405 | 40.8% | 39.8% | 10.9% | 2.9% |
| 5 | Campbell | 7,784 | 3,425 | 49.1% | 21.1% | 22.8% | 0.0% |
| 6 | Lorain | 65,395 | 3,511 | 49.1% | 16.5% | 28.3% | 0.4% |
| 7 | Columbus | 914,802 | 3,545 | 50.7% | 29.1% | 8.3% | 5.9% |
| 8 | Reynoldsburg | 41,224 | 3,548 | 50.0% | 30.4% | 6.5% | 5.7% |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 311,224 | 3,716 | 48.2% | 36.3% | 6.1% | 2.6% |
| 10 | Cleveland Heights | 44,497 | 3,734 | 45.8% | 39.7% | 3.3% | 6.0% |
| 11 | Brooklyn | 11,158 | 3,766 | 57.0% | 11.7% | 16.4% | 6.7% |
| 12 | Akron | 189,247 | 3,807 | 53.5% | 29.0% | 4.3% | 4.9% |
| 13 | Fairfield | 44,828 | 3,959 | 59.3% | 14.9% | 11.4% | 7.4% |
| 14 | Dayton | 136,579 | 3,962 | 49.9% | 37.6% | 5.7% | 1.3% |
| 15 | Shaker Heights | 28,922 | 3,990 | 53.4% | 32.9% | 4.3% | 3.8% |
| 16 | Toledo | 267,463 | 3,992 | 55.8% | 27.7% | 9.1% | 1.3% |
| 17 | Mayfield Heights | 20,022 | 4,069 | 59.3% | 20.2% | 4.4% | 7.7% |
| 18 | Pickerington | 24,477 | 4,085 | 57.6% | 26.1% | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| 19 | North College Hill | 9,555 | 4,104 | 39.7% | 49.4% | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| 20 | Grafton | 5,657 | 4,151 | 58.8% | 21.7% | 13.9% | 0.0% |
| 21 | Canton | 69,755 | 4,167 | 59.0% | 23.4% | 6.7% | 0.6% |
| 22 | Forest Park | 20,025 | 4,179 | 21.1% | 59.9% | 10.8% | 3.6% |
| 23 | Garfield Heights | 29,269 | 4,206 | 29.4% | 57.2% | 6.8% | 0.1% |
| 24 | Sandusky | 24,606 | 4,214 | 60.4% | 21.7% | 6.1% | 1.8% |
| 25 | South Euclid | 21,534 | 4,291 | 40.1% | 51.6% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| 26 | Mount Healthy | 6,919 | 4,397 | 40.3% | 52.4% | 4.7% | 0.4% |
| 27 | Moraine | 6,536 | 4,434 | 63.2% | 15.5% | 13.2% | 2.4% |
| 28 | Bedford | 12,931 | 4,446 | 32.8% | 57.7% | 4.4% | 0.0% |
| 29 | Painesville | 20,548 | 4,505 | 61.4% | 7.6% | 25.8% | 1.6% |
| 30 | Lima | 35,010 | 4,657 | 64.3% | 20.4% | 4.8% | 0.9% |
| 31 | Clayton | 13,277 | 4,670 | 62.1% | 27.7% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| 32 | Warren | 38,912 | 4,693 | 62.6% | 27.0% | 3.4% | 0.8% |
| 33 | Solon | 23,943 | 4,756 | 66.2% | 9.4% | 3.1% | 15.8% |
| 34 | Twinsburg | 19,410 | 4,791 | 66.3% | 17.3% | 2.0% | 8.0% |
| 35 | Groveport | 5,900 | 4,831 | 64.7% | 24.4% | 6.4% | 0.8% |
| 36 | Cheviot | 8,660 | 4,834 | 63.9% | 26.7% | 4.0% | 0.0% |
| 37 | Oberlin | 8,329 | 4,897 | 67.9% | 11.6% | 8.1% | 3.9% |
| 38 | Elyria | 53,035 | 4,920 | 67.8% | 12.2% | 10.5% | 1.4% |
| 39 | Richmond Heights | 10,626 | 4,942 | 28.8% | 64.0% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| 40 | Trotwood | 23,041 | 4,963 | 25.6% | 65.4% | 2.0% | 1.1% |
| 41 | Pataskala | 18,223 | 5,046 | 69.0% | 9.6% | 4.9% | 12.2% |
| 42 | Blue Ash | 13,455 | 5,130 | 69.7% | 8.4% | 3.6% | 13.0% |
| 43 | West Carrollton | 12,976 | 5,147 | 69.5% | 13.8% | 8.5% | 1.2% |
| 44 | Euclid | 48,823 | 5,162 | 26.3% | 66.7% | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| 45 | Fremont | 15,835 | 5,184 | 69.3% | 8.3% | 16.6% | 0.3% |
| 46 | Springfield | 58,190 | 5,188 | 69.3% | 17.3% | 5.6% | 0.4% |
| 46 | Gahanna | 35,486 | 5,187 | 69.7% | 16.2% | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| 48 | Sharonville | 14,030 | 5,206 | 70.4% | 5.9% | 12.5% | 4.3% |
| 49 | Ashtabula | 17,856 | 5,213 | 70.1% | 8.5% | 14.0% | 0.5% |
| 50 | Mansfield | 47,663 | 5,266 | 70.2% | 15.8% | 3.3% | 0.9% |
| 51 | Middletown | 51,617 | 5,287 | 70.8% | 13.2% | 8.2% | 0.9% |
| 52 | University Heights | 13,394 | 5,290 | 69.6% | 20.6% | 2.6% | 1.9% |
| 53 | Huber Heights | 43,455 | 5,320 | 71.0% | 14.2% | 5.5% | 3.5% |
| 54 | Pepper Pike | 6,840 | 5,412 | 72.1% | 4.2% | 3.0% | 11.3% |
| 55 | Hamilton | 63,468 | 5,478 | 72.3% | 7.5% | 12.0% | 0.8% |
| 56 | Willoughby Hills | 9,975 | 5,509 | 70.6% | 22.4% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| 57 | Englewood | 13,356 | 5,512 | 72.2% | 14.0% | 2.6% | 1.4% |
| 58 | Parma Heights | 20,581 | 5,525 | 72.3% | 16.1% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| 59 | Dublin | 49,294 | 5,573 | 72.0% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 18.9% |
| 60 | Beachwood | 13,865 | 5,675 | 73.9% | 10.1% | 1.7% | 9.3% |
| 61 | Steubenville | 18,124 | 5,692 | 73.8% | 13.5% | 5.2% | 0.8% |
| 62 | Mason | 35,509 | 5,721 | 74.0% | 5.0% | 3.9% | 14.0% |
| 63 | New Albany | 10,896 | 5,736 | 74.6% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 9.7% |
| 64 | Bedford Heights | 10,847 | 5,756 | 12.6% | 74.3% | 5.8% | 0.0% |
| 65 | Wyoming | 8,723 | 5,851 | 75.0% | 12.3% | 1.6% | 2.8% |
| 66 | Maple Heights | 23,258 | 5,883 | 21.0% | 73.7% | 1.4% | 0.8% |
| 67 | New Carlisle | 5,544 | 5,893 | 73.4% | 0.8% | 22.2% | 0.0% |
| 68 | Streetsboro | 17,661 | 5,933 | 75.7% | 13.0% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| 69 | Macedonia | 12,152 | 5,950 | 75.7% | 12.1% | 1.2% | 7.6% |
| 70 | Fairborn | 34,534 | 6,121 | 77.1% | 9.0% | 2.8% | 1.4% |
| 71 | Oxford | 21,753 | 6,131 | 77.5% | 5.7% | 2.4% | 7.9% |
| 72 | Reading | 10,502 | 6,135 | 77.2% | 9.3% | 3.7% | 0.9% |
| 73 | Norwood | 19,114 | 6,143 | 77.2% | 11.3% | 6.6% | 0.6% |
| 74 | Powell | 14,451 | 6,168 | 77.0% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 14.7% |
| 75 | Fostoria | 12,344 | 6,172 | 77.5% | 5.4% | 10.8% | 0.8% |
| 76 | Fairlawn | 7,711 | 6,193 | 77.9% | 8.4% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| 77 | Hilliard | 38,033 | 6,203 | 78.0% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 7.0% |
| 78 | Defiance | 17,276 | 6,212 | 76.8% | 2.7% | 17.3% | 0.2% |
| 79 | Lyndhurst | 13,801 | 6,223 | 77.7% | 12.4% | 4.5% | 1.8% |
| 80 | Ravenna | 11,274 | 6,282 | 78.3% | 10.3% | 3.1% | 1.4% |
| 81 | Northwood | 5,193 | 6,381 | 78.2% | 0.0% | 15.6% | 2.3% |
| 82 | Middleburg Heights | 15,786 | 6,385 | 79.1% | 3.1% | 6.8% | 8.4% |
| 83 | Martins Ferry | 6,140 | 6,422 | 79.2% | 6.0% | 0.8% | 3.0% |
| 84 | Willard | 6,164 | 6,428 | 78.0% | 0.5% | 18.3% | 0.9% |
| 85 | Berea | 18,218 | 6,435 | 79.5% | 8.0% | 4.0% | 1.3% |
| 86 | Xenia | 25,689 | 6,444 | 79.5% | 7.7% | 2.8% | 1.1% |
| 87 | Marion | 35,669 | 6,450 | 79.5% | 8.5% | 4.0% | 0.5% |
| 88 | Wickliffe | 12,659 | 6,452 | 79.5% | 9.4% | 3.0% | 1.4% |
| 89 | Parma | 79,870 | 6,483 | 79.8% | 5.4% | 8.4% | 3.0% |
| 90 | Delaware | 44,589 | 6,513 | 80.1% | 4.5% | 4.8% | 5.9% |
| 91 | Canal Winchester | 10,170 | 6,599 | 80.2% | 11.3% | 2.0% | 0.7% |
| 92 | Zanesville | 24,740 | 6,604 | 80.5% | 8.5% | 2.2% | 1.3% |
| 93 | Westerville | 38,645 | 6,625 | 80.7% | 8.5% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| 94 | Riverside | 24,435 | 6,644 | 80.9% | 7.2% | 3.6% | 2.8% |
| 95 | Kent | 27,116 | 6,670 | 81.0% | 8.5% | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| 96 | Beavercreek | 47,126 | 6,724 | 81.5% | 3.0% | 4.7% | 5.0% |
| 97 | Struthers | 9,923 | 6,728 | 81.3% | 2.5% | 9.3% | 1.2% |
| 98 | Athens | 23,396 | 6,745 | 81.6% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 3.2% |
| 99 | Centerville | 25,205 | 6,771 | 81.7% | 6.2% | 5.7% | 2.2% |
| 100 | Bowling Green | 29,983 | 6,774 | 81.7% | 4.6% | 6.7% | 1.9% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 249 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
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, Youngstown, Cleveland, Whitehall, Campbell, Lorain, Columbus, Reynoldsburg, Cincinnati, and Cleveland Heights. Not sold on Ohio? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Most Diverse Cities In Ohio FAQs
What is the most diverse city in Ohio?
Springdale is the most diverse city in Ohio for 2026, posting the lowest diversity index (3,280) of the 249 places we measured. Youngstown and Cleveland are next.
What are the 10 most diverse cities in Ohio?
The ten most diverse cities in Ohio are Springdale, Youngstown, Cleveland, Whitehall, Campbell, Lorain, Columbus, Reynoldsburg, Cincinnati, and Cleveland Heights. We ranked all 249 places with more than 5,000 residents by their racial-diversity HHI.
How do you measure diversity?
We use a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) across each city’s White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian population shares from the Census American Community Survey. A lower score means the mix is more even, so the lowest HHI wins.
What is the least diverse city in Ohio?
Wellston is the least diverse city in Ohio, with a diversity index of 9,555. That means one group makes up most of its population.
Where does this data come from?
All population shares come from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020-2024). Diversity scores in Ohio range from 3,280 in Springdale to 9,555 in Wellston.
