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Iowa: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

89 counties

Iowa 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 25.3%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Buena Vista CountyIA154,69168.1%
2Woodbury CountyIA3618,21066.5%
3Polk CountyIA13277,43664.4%
4Black Hawk CountyIA3418,22461.7%
5Johnson CountyIA4320,01960.8%
6Marshall CountyIA176,90360.7%
7Scott CountyIA4926,10058.8%
8Tama CountyIA102,77058.5%
9Wapello CountyIA186,89258.4%
10Crawford CountyIA113,00755.5%
11Muscatine CountyIA156,52755.5%
12Wright CountyIA72,45153.0%
13Clarke CountyIA51,67251.9%
14Sioux CountyIA185,32151.7%
15Linn CountyIA8136,48051.3%
16Franklin CountyIA71,80049.5%
17Louisa CountyIA92,16546.8%
18Emmet CountyIA41,29746.7%
19Des Moines CountyIA155,63245.9%
20Dallas CountyIA4022,93845.7%
21Allamakee CountyIA112,18345.7%
22Webster CountyIA114,67844.4%
23Hamilton CountyIA82,43242.7%
24Cerro Gordo CountyIA135,24842.1%
25Story CountyIA2611,66539.3%
26O'Brien CountyIA92,37739.0%
27Dubuque CountyIA2613,16438.4%
28Pottawattamie CountyIA3415,27036.2%
29Floyd CountyIA82,15235.2%
30Plymouth CountyIA164,21935.0%
31Clinton CountyIA187,12933.9%
32Henry CountyIA133,23032.8%
33Washington CountyIA133,82031.3%
34Jefferson CountyIA61,97430.4%
35Winnebago CountyIA92,19030.2%
36Taylor CountyIA41,04130.2%
37Clayton CountyIA113,62529.9%
38Cass CountyIA113,95729.8%
39Hancock CountyIA61,56029.0%
40Clay CountyIA62,14728.7%
41Humboldt CountyIA61,53027.8%
42Cherokee CountyIA82,04827.3%
43Monona CountyIA71,21027.3%
44Hardin CountyIA143,07325.4%
45Carroll CountyIA102,91225.3%
46Warren CountyIA2010,47325.1%
47Greene CountyIA51,42524.6%
48Jasper CountyIA185,66824.3%
49Kossuth CountyIA81,95423.8%
50Shelby CountyIA61,87723.7%

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