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As of 2010 in Cleveland: > Black or African American: 53.3% > White: 37.3% (33.4% Non-Hispanic Whites) > Asians: 1.8% (0.7% Chinese, 0.4% Indian, 0.2% Vietna

As of 2010 in Cleveland: > Black or African American: 53.3% > White: 37.3% (33.4% Non-Hispanic Whites) > Asians: 1.8% (0.7% Chinese, 0.4% Indian, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Filipino) > Native American: 0.3% > Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders: 0.01% > Two or more races: 2.8% > Some other race: 4.5% > Hispanic and Latino Americans of any race: 10.0% (7.4% Puerto Rican, 1.3% Ecuadorian, 0.9% Mexican, 0.3% Dominican, 0.2% Guatemalan, 0.2% Salvadoran) > Amongst the city's white population, 9.9% were of German, 8.1% Irish, 5.0% Italian, 4.3% Polish, 2.8% English, 1.6% Slovak, and 1.5% Hungarian ancestry according to Census 2010. > 8,796 Clevelanders were born in Europe. Also note that the "white" ethnic groups are very active in Cleveland. There are Slovenian, Ukranian, Croatian, and Hungarian dance groups (probably more, but these are the ones I have first hand experience with). Columbus ranks 15th in the nation for LGBT populations. I now live in Denver, CO. That's a city where diversity is a real issue. Majority of people are white, bearded (males), and wear flannel (both). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Cleveland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Cleveland

tzakrajs 9y ago
Slovenian from Cleveland here and I can confirm that Ohio has some of the worst diversity in the country (I've lived in Cleveland, DC, Houston, Dallas, and SV) that I have experienced. The metropolitan neighborhoods are highly segregated by race and socioeconomic class. Summers regularly stay over 100 degrees and winters regularly stay under 32 for weeks at a time. It's far from the coasts and Lake Erie is disgusting (full of dead fish and debris). The people are generally racist and homophobic and like country music far too much for their geographic latitude.
- justin66 9y ago
  Well, there's some hyperbole there, although I guess your profile does advertise "Rants and over-reactions." It's interesting that you're Slovenian, though. Here's a question for you. According to your definition of "diversity" does the fact that Cleveland has the largest Slovenian population outside of Slovenia make it more diverse? Does the fact that Cleveland's ethnicities tend to form their own neighborhoods indicate less diversity, somehow? I always thought it was cool that Beachwood had the highest concentration of Jews anywhere outside Israel, but maybe instead of viewing that as an indicator of Cleveland's diversity, people think my God, they're putting their Jews in the ghetto.

tzakrajs 9y ago

Slovenian from Cleveland here and I can confirm that Ohio has some of the worst diversity in the country (I've lived in Cleveland, DC, Houston, Dallas, and SV) that I have experienced. The metropolitan neighborhoods are highly segregated by race and socioeconomic class. Summers regularly stay over 100 degrees and winters regularly stay under 32 for weeks at a time. It's far from the coasts and Lake Erie is disgusting (full of dead fish and debris). The people are generally racist and homophobic and like country music far too much for their geographic latitude.

justin66 9y ago
Well, there's some hyperbole there, although I guess your profile does advertise "Rants and over-reactions." It's interesting that you're Slovenian, though. Here's a question for you. According to your definition of "diversity" does the fact that Cleveland has the largest Slovenian population outside of Slovenia make it more diverse? Does the fact that Cleveland's ethnicities tend to form their own neighborhoods indicate less diversity, somehow? I always thought it was cool that Beachwood had the highest concentration of Jews anywhere outside Israel, but maybe instead of viewing that as an indicator of Cleveland's diversity, people think my God, they're putting their Jews in the ghetto.