The data will not only trigger a rush to redraw congressional and state legislative districts across the country amid voting rights fights, but it also shows how the U.S. has grown more diverse.
Census 2020 employees help New Yorkerers fill out the census form at Sylvia's Restaurant in Harlem during Census Drive, Sept. 9, 2020.
Jones partly attributed that growth to a new two-question format for race and ethnicity in the 2020 census. The second largest group was the 18.7% who identify as Hispanic or Latino, which can also include any race. That population grew 23% over the past decade. The states with highest diversity index scores were Hawaii, California, and Nevada. On the east coast, Maryland, the District of Columbia, New York, and New Jersey also received high scores.
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