Race, Diversity, and Ethnicity in Five Mile Prairie, Spokane, WA

The map below shows majority race by area in Five Mile Prairie, as self-identified on the US census. Darker shades indicate a larger racial majority in that neighborhood. This page also contains data and maps on Five Mile Prairie racial diversity and diversity scores. Click here to scroll to diversity data.

Five Mile Prairie, Spokane, WA map of race and ethnicity
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Majority race by area

The majority race in Five Mile Prairie overall is white, making up 85.7% of residents. The next most-common racial group is hispanic at 6.3%. There are more white people in the south areas of the neighborhood. People who identify as hispanic are most likely to be living in the northeast places. The data below shows how many people identify themselves as each of the following races, which most Americans base on their family's national origin:

Race in Five Mile Prairie

 
Self-Identified Race
Five Mile Prairie, Spokane, WA Population
White
85.7%
Hispanic
6.3%
Black
0.6%
Asian
4.5%
Native American
0.4%
Other
2.6%
   

Diversity and Diversity Scores for Five Mile Prairie, Spokane, WA

The map below shows diversity in Five Mile Prairie. Areas in green are more diverse, while areas in red are much less diverse. Diversity, in this case, means a mixture of people with different race and ethnicity living close to one another. For example, all-black and all-white areas in the neighborhood would both be considered lacking diversity.

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Five Mile Prairie Diversity Score

26.0

More diverse than 9% of US neighborhoods

Five Mile Prairie has a diversity score of 26.0: the chance, in percent, that two residents picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups, from ACS race counts. A place where everyone shares one group scores 0, and an even mix of the six groups in the chart above scores the maximum, 83.3. Five Mile Prairie is much less diverse than other US neighborhoods, more diverse than 9% of them. Within Five Mile Prairie's proper boundaries, the most diverse area is northeast Five Mile Prairie, and the least diverse areas are in south Five Mile Prairie.

Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2020-2024 5-year estimates (race and Hispanic origin); proprietary data mapping and analysis. Special thanks to the University of Virginia.

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