Danbury has been ranked as one of the 10 most Diverse Cities in America. Danbury came in 10th overall and is ranked 3rd when compared to only other small cities, those with fewer than 100,000 residents.
The findings by personal-finance website WalletHub determined the places in the U.S. with the most mixed demographics. The organization compared the profiles of more than 501 of the most populated cities across five major diversity categories: socioeconomic, cultural, economic, household and religious. WalletHub limited each state to no more than 10 cities each.
The top 5 overall most diverse cities were found to be Houston, Jersey City, New York, Dallas and LA.
Diversity in Danbury (1=Most Diverse; 250=Avg.):
18th – Income Diversity
126th – Educational-Attainment Diversity
78th – Racial & Ethnic Diversity
21st – Linguistic Diversity
138th – Birthplace Diversity
126th – Industry Diversity
142nd – Occupational Diversity
215th – Worker-Class Diversity
246th – Marital-Status Diversity
33rd – Age Diversity
Overall rankings for other Connecticut cities:
16. Stamford
21. Norwalk
23. Bridgeport
64. New Britain
98. Waterbury
113. New Haven
115. Hartford
225. West Hartford
247. Bristol
