Arkansas: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

66 counties

Arkansas 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 43.7%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Diversity index
1	Hempstead County	AR	10	3,212	68.9%
2	Bradley County	AR	6	1,865	68.7%
3	Sebastian County	AR	42	20,239	66.5%
4	Washington County	AR	75	42,451	65.4%
5	Pulaski County	AR	129	64,124	64.7%
6	Howard County	AR	9	2,825	61.7%
7	Arkansas County	AR	7	2,737	61.6%
8	Union County	AR	14	6,933	60.6%
9	Columbia County	AR	9	3,472	60.1%
10	Mississippi County	AR	21	6,930	59.8%
11	Benton County	AR	87	57,071	59.6%
12	Craighead County	AR	36	20,332	59.4%
13	Carroll County	AR	10	3,862	59.1%
14	Sevier County	AR	7	3,013	59.1%
15	Ouachita County	AR	9	3,268	57.8%
16	Miller County	AR	16	6,217	56.6%
17	Ashley County	AR	8	3,317	56.3%
18	Nevada County	AR	5	1,327	56.1%
19	Garland County	AR	27	14,391	55.7%
20	Drew County	AR	8	2,874	55.0%
21	Saline County	AR	31	20,022	54.5%
22	Little River County	AR	5	1,768	53.1%
23	Lincoln County	AR	3	1,460	52.9%
24	Faulkner County	AR	36	18,977	52.9%
25	Johnson County	AR	13	4,527	51.8%
26	Yell County	AR	12	3,945	51.6%
27	Conway County	AR	10	3,313	48.1%
28	Jackson County	AR	5	1,790	47.5%
29	Jefferson County	AR	21	8,520	46.8%
30	Cross County	AR	6	3,112	45.6%
31	Crawford County	AR	23	10,496	45.4%
32	Crittenden County	AR	17	8,770	44.2%
33	Poinsett County	AR	13	3,732	43.9%
34	Pope County	AR	24	10,311	43.4%
35	St. Francis County	AR	7	2,904	43.2%
36	Independence County	AR	13	6,855	42.2%
37	Hot Spring County	AR	14	5,410	41.8%
38	Lonoke County	AR	25	13,478	40.8%
39	White County	AR	26	12,342	35.7%
40	Randolph County	AR	6	2,565	35.3%
41	Cleveland County	AR	4	1,291	34.9%
42	Scott County	AR	7	2,244	34.7%
43	Phillips County	AR	9	2,669	34.6%
44	Polk County	AR	10	3,063	32.8%
45	Madison County	AR	8	2,501	32.1%
46	Pike County	AR	7	2,093	31.2%
47	Greene County	AR	15	7,364	29.3%
48	Chicot County	AR	7	1,147	29.1%
49	Prairie County	AR	4	1,202	28.8%
50	Montgomery County	AR	5	1,138	26.1%

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