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Colorado: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

40 counties

Colorado 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 51.2%.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Arapahoe CountyCO172115,50270.2%
2Denver CountyCO20091,23364.1%
3El Paso CountyCO240114,35663.3%
4Montezuma CountyCO193,62061.4%
5Archuleta CountyCO51,58857.3%
6Weld CountyCO11461,27457.0%
7Adams CountyCO16787,93855.4%
8Boulder CountyCO8642,20055.4%
9Las Animas CountyCO121,87055.1%
10Pueblo CountyCO6432,25454.8%
11Morgan CountyCO196,03954.2%
12Summit CountyCO93,47354.1%
13Broomfield CountyCO1611,84453.9%
14Montrose CountyCO186,23753.1%
15Eagle CountyCO237,14853.0%
16Alamosa CountyCO82,29452.4%
17Otero CountyCO153,02752.3%
18Garfield CountyCO2710,79052.1%
19Jefferson CountyCO14874,73951.7%
20Rio Grande CountyCO111,62851.3%
21Douglas CountyCO9263,84151.2%
22Conejos CountyCO101,50750.9%
23Prowers CountyCO112,15350.5%
24Yuma CountyCO91,75950.5%
25Kit Carson CountyCO91,34249.5%
26Pitkin CountyCO72,36547.4%
27Moffat CountyCO71,82147.0%
28Larimer CountyCO9247,15947.0%
29Delta CountyCO174,59145.8%
30Mesa CountyCO5422,23245.2%
31Logan CountyCO132,64942.7%
32Gunnison CountyCO72,09542.3%
33Grand CountyCO61,68539.8%
34Park CountyCO81,26438.4%
35Fremont CountyCO134,64038.3%
36Routt CountyCO153,41935.9%
37Teller CountyCO82,24933.9%
38Chaffee CountyCO122,46233.4%
39Elbert CountyCO173,26533.0%
40Rio Blanco CountyCO51,15730.1%

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