Identity & heritage community ranking

Top American communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_005E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	316,121	8,468,353
#2	Los Angeles, California	147,052	3,848,831
#3	Houston, Texas	98,509	3,320,004
#4	San Antonio, Texas	66,854	1,847,231
#5	Orlando, Florida	66,729	980,317
#6	Jacksonville, Florida	66,631	984,402
#7	Port Saint Lucie, Florida	58,254	251,124
#8	Knoxville, Tennessee	56,954	419,443
#9	Chicago, Illinois	54,418	2,694,535
#10	Las Vegas, Nevada	47,691	1,645,118

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Columbia, Tennessee	24.08%	67,482
#2	Fort Pierce, Florida	23.66%	104,230
#3	Carrollton, Georgia	23.32%	63,425
#4	Clermont, Florida	23.23%	98,517
#5	Port Saint Lucie, Florida	23.20%	251,124
#6	Montgomery, Alabama	22.73%	205,496
#7	Texarkana, Texas	20.72%	61,238
#8	Burleson, Texas	20.44%	103,825
#9	Cleburne, Texas	20.44%	54,044
#10	New Port Richey, Florida	20.22%	137,708

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Ancestry: 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_005E) — default ranking lens

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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