Alabama: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

64 counties

Alabama 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 51.7%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Diversity index
1	Madison County	AL	84	55,800	68.1%
2	Lee County	AL	38	24,812	65.5%
3	Jefferson County	AL	164	97,401	63.2%
4	Chambers County	AL	12	4,174	63.1%
5	Tuscaloosa County	AL	54	30,508	62.7%
6	Houston County	AL	30	15,127	62.2%
7	Mobile County	AL	100	59,070	62.1%
8	Dale County	AL	14	6,437	62.0%
9	Barbour County	AL	8	9,079	61.5%
10	Russell County	AL	16	10,127	61.3%
11	Morgan County	AL	41	20,204	60.5%
12	Monroe County	AL	7	2,963	60.4%
13	DeKalb County	AL	17	12,277	59.8%
14	Coffee County	AL	16	10,168	59.4%
15	Shelby County	AL	43	35,120	59.3%
16	Escambia County	AL	14	5,240	59.3%
17	Tallapoosa County	AL	10	5,658	58.2%
18	Calhoun County	AL	33	16,686	58.1%
19	Autauga County	AL	13	8,888	57.8%
20	Talladega County	AL	26	10,973	57.4%
21	Pike County	AL	8	3,951	57.4%
22	Limestone County	AL	26	24,258	56.9%
23	Crenshaw County	AL	3	2,063	55.7%
24	Marshall County	AL	34	19,416	55.2%
25	Elmore County	AL	20	13,867	54.6%
26	Franklin County	AL	13	6,178	54.5%
27	Pickens County	AL	6	2,210	54.4%
28	Etowah County	AL	37	15,139	54.4%
29	Chilton County	AL	12	7,921	53.9%
30	Washington County	AL	7	2,390	53.8%
31	Marengo County	AL	10	3,270	52.7%
32	Baldwin County	AL	47	35,975	51.7%
33	Colbert County	AL	22	8,178	51.7%
34	Randolph County	AL	10	3,444	51.6%
35	Butler County	AL	6	2,699	51.4%
36	Henry County	AL	5	2,524	50.4%
37	Clarke County	AL	10	3,143	49.8%
38	Bibb County	AL	8	3,063	49.2%
39	Clay County	AL	4	1,729	47.6%
40	Conecuh County	AL	7	1,344	45.0%
41	Montgomery County	AL	58	31,131	44.8%
42	Hale County	AL	6	2,193	43.4%
43	Lauderdale County	AL	22	12,526	43.1%
44	Jackson County	AL	21	7,616	42.6%
45	St. Clair County	AL	26	13,737	41.9%
46	Choctaw County	AL	4	1,025	40.6%
47	Geneva County	AL	12	4,043	40.2%
48	Lawrence County	AL	12	4,676	40.1%
49	Sumter County	AL	6	1,682	39.4%
50	Covington County	AL	14	6,173	39.3%

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