Our city ranks #3 in cultural diversity
In the entire U.S., four Montgomery County cities made the top ten as "Most Culturally Diverse" in 2017. Gaithersburg came in at #3 overall. The list was created by researchers at Wallethub, who looked into 501 of the largest U.S. cities using these three key indicators: ethnoracial diversity, linguistic diversity, and birthplace diversity. Each indicator was graded on a 100-point scale, with 100 representing the highest possible rating for cultural diversity.
Gaithersburg scored 93.4 on the cultural diversity score, coming sixth in the ethnoracial rank, fifth in the linguistic diversity rank, and 79th in the birthplace diversity rank.
To see how other cities ranked, including the least culturally diverse, click here for the full report.