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The counties with the most racially diverse public schools

2,707 counties

US counties ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two public school students picked at random from the county belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 43.5%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Honolulu CountyHI186111,01179.1%
2Maui CountyHI3419,69578.9%
3Kauai CountyHI219,23678.8%
4Anchorage MunicipalityAK9441,24177.6%
5Fredericksburg cityVA53,62976.9%
6Howard CountyMD7757,56576.8%
7Hawaii CountyHI5527,12976.7%
8Sacramento CountyCA382259,34276.6%
9Muskogee CountyOK3611,91176.5%
10Fort Bend CountyTX193191,37276.4%
11Ramsey CountyMN24794,43776.3%
12King CountyWA509278,49276.2%
13Tulsa CountyOK179113,61675.9%
14Collin CountyTX291227,57575.6%
15Hoke CountyNC148,73275.1%
16Cabarrus CountyNC5643,27875.0%
17Montgomery CountyMD208159,18175.0%
18McCurtain CountyOK296,37074.9%
19Kings CountyNY582291,69774.8%
20Comanche CountyOK4420,78674.8%
21Robeson CountyNC3921,62574.5%
22Osage CountyOK346,65574.4%
23Prince William CountyVA9489,59174.2%
24Contra Costa CountyCA273167,42374.1%
25Fairfax cityVA45,33474.1%
26Oklahoma CountyOK220161,56974.0%
27Choctaw CountyOK121,98973.9%
28Fairfax CountyVA196174,47573.9%
29Somerset CountyNJ8451,27673.8%
30Milwaukee CountyWI278122,49673.8%
31Denton CountyTX240175,22273.7%
32Gwinnett CountyGA150196,92473.6%
33Henrico CountyVA7051,75373.6%
34Alameda CountyCA373210,51173.5%
35San Francisco CountyCA12456,50573.5%
36Stafford CountyVA3231,81273.5%
37Mercer CountyNJ10658,64773.3%
38Charlottesville cityVA115,15073.3%
39Cobb CountyGA129116,60973.1%
40Middlesex CountyNJ209129,25572.9%
41Mecklenburg CountyNC221170,40772.9%
42Richmond CountyNY8762,25472.8%
43Wake CountyNC226184,79072.8%
44Loudoun CountyVA9881,48672.6%
45Bell CountyTX11571,04172.5%
46New Castle CountyDE12578,53472.4%
47Marion CountyIN252161,45672.4%
48Alexandria cityVA1816,57572.3%
49Pierce CountyWA269138,46272.2%
50Hennepin CountyMN402177,50972.0%

By state

54 states
Alaska 18Alabama 64Arkansas 66Arizona 15California 55Colorado 40Connecticut 8District of Columbia 1Delaware 3Florida 64Georgia 137Guam 1Hawaii 4Iowa 89Idaho 35Illinois 89Indiana 91Kansas 60Kentucky 110Louisiana 60Massachusetts 14Maryland 23Maine 16Michigan 73Minnesota 80Missouri 99Mississippi 70Montana 29North Carolina 94North Dakota 18Nebraska 44New Hampshire 9New Jersey 21New Mexico 26Nevada 11New York 61Ohio 88Oklahoma 66Oregon 33Pennsylvania 64Puerto Rico 72Rhode Island 5South Carolina 42South Dakota 30Tennessee 90Texas 192Utah 25Virginia 115US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 11Washington 36Wisconsin 70West Virginia 47Wyoming 21

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