fact check: hawaii most diverse population on earth, says abercrombie

Kotkin said a key indicator of diversity is intermarriage rates. Pointing to 2008 census data, he said Hawaii led the nation at 29.4 percent — nearly twice as high as the states with the next highest intermarriage ragte, Alaska, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Not coincidentally, all four states have sizable indigenous populations.

Kotkin said Latinos and Asians have “very high degrees” of intermarriage. Hawaii, of course, has large percentages of both.