• Racial and ethnic diversity in the US has grown steadily since 2000, with Hawaii, Nevada, Alaska, and California leading all states with the highest diversity index scores.
• Maine and Vermont continue to lag behind national diversity trends, with current diversity levels at about one-third of the national average.
• Many cities in the Midwest are becoming increasingly diverse. In Oklahoma, for instance, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, which previously ranked near the middle of the diversity index for the 100 largest US cities, are now positioned in the top 20.

Exclusionary immigration policies and racial segregation, forged through practices such as redlining and racially exclusive housing covenants, have historically hindered the economic prosperity of Black people and other people of color in the United States. However, immigrants and people of color are increasingly driving population growth. Population growth rates for Black, Latinx, Asian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial people far outpace growth rates for White Americans. By 2030, multiple states are projected to be majority people of color. Immigrants are also fueling growth, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest—regions with historically low diversity.

• Foster racial inclusion in governance.
• Build multiracial alliances, coalitions, and movements to advance policy change, including pro-immigrant policies.
• Dismantle barriers and build pathways to economic opportunity for boys and men of color.
• Include immigrants by ensuring access to health care, driver's licenses, in-state tuition, and municipal ID cards regardless of immigration status.
• Enact strong language access policies requiring interpretation and translation services for English-language learners and facilitate naturalization among green-card holders.
• Limit the participation of local law enforcement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and support community-led alternatives to policing and invest-divest strategies in communities of color.
• Strengthen democracy by increasing participation of marginalized groups, expanding voting rights (and preventing rollback), and building leadership development pipelines.
• At the federal level, end the lifetime ban on public benefits for people with criminal records, ensure that releasees from federal prison receive essential identification documents and access to transition social services support to reentry, enact all-mail elections, automatic voter registration, and extended voting periods.

• Reports: Racial Equity in Our Cities; Promising Practices and Lessons from Local Communities; Providing Identification to Unauthorized Immigrants; 2017 Race for Results; US Population Growth Hits 80-Year Low, Capping Off a Year of Demographic Stagnation; The American Dream and Promise Act of 2019: State-by-State Fact Sheets; Inside the Numbers: How Immigration Shapes Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
• Data: DiversityDataKids.org; Black Male Achievement City Index; Black Census Project; AAPI Data