Large U.S. Cities and Tolerance

Yesterday, I wrote about the geography of tolerance, providing a map and top 20 ranking for U.S. metros on three variables that help us measure tolerance—the share of immigrants or foreign-born residents, the Gay Index (the concentration of gays and lesbians), and the Integration Index, which tracks the level of segregation between ethnic and racial groups.

My ranking included large metros as well as smaller ones like Ithaca and Ann Arbor. I noted that: