2. Hawaii
Diversity index: 3.6
We mentioned Hawaii previously in the introduction part, and now, we would like to elaborate why it’s on our list of most diverse states in America in 2017. It has 9.6% of people aged 25 or older who haven’t finished high school. Moreover, the percentage of people who have bachelor’s degree is 30.1%. If we look at the racial diversity, we could see that the highest percentage of the population are Asian with 39%. Then, 19% are whites, 10% are Hispanic and 2% are African-Americans. Lastly, it counts 9 different religious denominations.