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Illinois: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

89 counties

Illinois 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 28.7%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Cook CountyIL1,271697,93470.9%
2Winnebago CountyIL8144,10370.6%
3Champaign CountyIL5625,91969.9%
4Rock Island CountyIL4821,92169.5%
5Will CountyIL177113,00869.2%
6Lake CountyIL186118,03267.8%
7DuPage CountyIL239138,55767.5%
8Peoria CountyIL6527,82767.2%
9Cass CountyIL82,35266.8%
10Kendall CountyIL4129,77365.5%
11Kankakee CountyIL3716,49964.6%
12St. Clair CountyIL8540,87963.6%
13Kane CountyIL12987,25262.4%
14Jackson CountyIL206,81161.9%
15Macon CountyIL3414,70261.4%
16McLean CountyIL5423,75960.0%
17DeKalb CountyIL3916,32859.5%
18Stephenson CountyIL206,09257.8%
19Boone CountyIL168,99357.2%
20Vermilion CountyIL3311,26757.0%
21Sangamon CountyIL6727,34555.5%
22McHenry CountyIL8350,12351.7%
23Warren CountyIL102,78851.5%
24Madison CountyIL7135,25350.5%
25Knox CountyIL176,35949.5%
26LaSalle CountyIL4414,52346.2%
27Grundy CountyIL2212,07045.5%
28Whiteside CountyIL288,44544.3%
29Ogle CountyIL228,26942.0%
30Jefferson CountyIL215,31441.5%
31McDonough CountyIL123,25039.4%
32Morgan CountyIL194,44638.6%
33Bureau CountyIL214,54738.3%
34Coles CountyIL135,97337.0%
35Douglas CountyIL102,78036.2%
36Iroquois CountyIL233,90935.1%
37Massac CountyIL92,02635.1%
38Adams CountyIL198,71735.0%
39Williamson CountyIL219,70034.7%
40Henry CountyIL257,72331.9%
41Lee CountyIL133,77830.9%
42Livingston CountyIL215,27330.8%
43Marion CountyIL225,63630.3%
44Randolph CountyIL133,87629.0%
45Ford CountyIL82,45028.7%
46De Witt CountyIL72,18527.4%
47Saline CountyIL153,70426.8%
48Jo Daviess CountyIL163,01226.6%
49Logan CountyIL143,44824.5%
50Bond CountyIL81,85223.7%

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