CNN compared percentages of the 2010 Census' racial and ethnic groups in each county with the nation as a whole, then ranked the counties by how closely they matched.

Technically, Brazos County, Texas came out on top, but numbers for the home of Texas A&M University are skewed by thousands of students coming in and out of the county when school is in session.

Consider the numbers: The entire United States is 64% white, 12% African-American, 16% Hispanic and 5% Asian, 0.7% American Indian, 0.2% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. About 0.2% checked the Census box for "other," and 2% said they're two or more races.

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In Lee County, 65% are white, 11% African-American, 22% Hispanic, 0.3% Asian. 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% are Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. About 0.4% identified as "other" and 1.2% said they were two or more races.

Places around the United States have long had the monikers Chinatown or Little Italy. Across the country, there are enclaves of Mexicans, Poles, Indians, Germans, Puerto Ricans, Arabs and others. But the lessons of the 2010 Census showed there's diversity everywhere, and that ideas of what makes an American are changing.

In Lee County -- a place named for a Confederate general, bolstered by railroads, and getting more diverse -- it's something else: Little America, with all its changes, worries and promise.

Of course, in many ways, Lee County isn't like the rest of the United States at all. At 26.2%, it has a higher percentage of children than the United States as a whole. Its 6.1% unemployment rate beats by far the national statistic of 9.2%. Lee County has a higher percentage of homeowners -- 78.2% -- than the nation at large.

And it's much, much smaller -- just 16,612 people.

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