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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 51 to 89.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
51Union CountyIL152,47823.3%
52Clinton CountyIL195,27823.2%
53Carroll CountyIL71,94522.7%
54Tazewell CountyIL5218,58122.6%
55Perry CountyIL82,54520.7%
56Woodford CountyIL206,33817.8%
57Marshall CountyIL71,57617.8%
58Richland CountyIL42,14517.4%
59Mercer CountyIL81,94117.1%
60Jersey CountyIL62,37716.0%
61Hancock CountyIL122,70316.0%
62Effingham CountyIL155,06316.0%
63Piatt CountyIL143,08615.9%
64Fulton CountyIL214,16015.8%
65Wabash CountyIL51,51315.2%
66Christian CountyIL184,74014.1%
67Franklin CountyIL195,52313.9%
68Clay CountyIL82,13013.9%
69Washington CountyIL71,73913.7%
70Edgar CountyIL152,65013.7%
71Lawrence CountyIL61,96413.7%
72Johnson CountyIL71,74313.5%
73Monroe CountyIL125,00613.2%
74Menard CountyIL71,70113.0%
75Montgomery CountyIL153,83513.0%
76Crawford CountyIL102,68413.0%
77Macoupin CountyIL267,22112.8%
78Fayette CountyIL122,85812.8%
79Wayne CountyIL122,40412.1%
80Moultrie CountyIL61,62812.1%
81Clark CountyIL82,45612.1%
82White CountyIL102,16812.1%
83Shelby CountyIL132,92211.9%
84Mason CountyIL92,12411.9%
85Pike CountyIL112,39410.8%
86Jasper CountyIL41,19710.2%
87Hamilton CountyIL41,0919.8%
88Greene CountyIL61,7039.6%
89Cumberland CountyIL51,4939.3%

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