Louisiana: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

60 counties

Louisiana 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 55.5%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Diversity index
1	Terrebonne Parish	LA	31	15,201	71.8%
2	St. Mary Parish	LA	23	7,765	70.4%
3	Jefferson Parish	LA	77	47,983	69.3%
4	St. Bernard Parish	LA	12	7,592	68.7%
5	Plaquemines Parish	LA	9	4,283	67.0%
6	Sabine Parish	LA	10	3,741	64.7%
7	Lafayette Parish	LA	48	35,903	64.6%
8	Ascension Parish	LA	32	23,743	64.1%
9	Bossier Parish	LA	34	22,233	63.9%
10	Tangipahoa Parish	LA	32	19,077	63.5%
11	St. Charles Parish	LA	15	8,756	62.9%
12	Iberia Parish	LA	21	10,111	62.9%
13	Calcasieu Parish	LA	59	30,278	61.2%
14	Lincoln Parish	LA	14	6,360	60.1%
15	St. Martin Parish	LA	16	6,696	59.9%
16	Rapides Parish	LA	46	21,481	59.6%
17	Lafourche Parish	LA	31	13,426	59.6%
18	Union Parish	LA	4	2,548	58.9%
19	De Soto Parish	LA	9	4,923	58.9%
20	Assumption Parish	LA	9	2,701	57.8%
21	Avoyelles Parish	LA	13	5,726	57.6%
22	West Baton Rouge Parish	LA	10	4,153	57.3%
23	Webster Parish	LA	14	4,967	57.2%
24	Natchitoches Parish	LA	14	5,064	57.0%
25	St. Tammany Parish	LA	56	36,212	56.9%
26	Washington Parish	LA	14	6,326	56.9%
27	Ouachita Parish	LA	58	25,952	56.8%
28	Concordia Parish	LA	11	3,396	56.5%
29	Pointe Coupee Parish	LA	5	2,293	56.1%
30	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	125	66,892	55.8%
31	St. Landry Parish	LA	34	11,731	55.2%
32	Evangeline Parish	LA	13	5,326	55.0%
33	Richland Parish	LA	12	3,312	54.0%
34	Bienville Parish	LA	7	1,799	53.8%
35	East Feliciana Parish	LA	7	1,649	53.7%
36	Winn Parish	LA	5	1,732	53.5%
37	Franklin Parish	LA	6	2,454	52.9%
38	Red River Parish	LA	5	1,243	52.9%
39	Acadia Parish	LA	27	9,043	51.9%
40	Caddo Parish	LA	59	33,851	51.3%
41	Jackson Parish	LA	5	1,927	50.6%
42	Vernon Parish	LA	18	7,887	50.6%
43	West Feliciana Parish	LA	4	2,145	50.3%
44	St. James Parish	LA	6	3,194	50.2%
45	Livingston Parish	LA	43	27,209	50.2%
46	Jefferson Davis Parish	LA	12	5,210	50.1%
47	Vermilion Parish	LA	23	10,278	49.6%
48	Morehouse Parish	LA	5	3,082	48.4%
49	Iberville Parish	LA	9	4,589	48.3%
50	Orleans Parish	LA	77	48,238	46.5%

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