7. Montana
Diversity index: 7.6
We are continuing our list of most diverse states in America in 2017 with Montana that is a state where 7.9% of the total population doesn’t have a high school diploma. On the other hand, 28.7% has a bachelor’s degree. In addition, if we talk about race differences the results are the following – there is 89% of whites in this state, 1% of African-Americans and Asians as well, while there is 3% of the Hispanic population. Finally, there are 8 different religious denominations.