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Minnesota: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

80 counties

Minnesota 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 36.7%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Ramsey CountyMN24794,43776.3%
2Hennepin CountyMN402177,50972.0%
3Mower CountyMN317,43466.2%
4Anoka CountyMN12759,65664.4%
5Dakota CountyMN15174,68763.6%
6Kandiyohi CountyMN206,21361.7%
7Nobles CountyMN175,28460.1%
8Olmsted CountyMN6624,62759.1%
9Cottonwood CountyMN91,96658.7%
10Washington CountyMN9246,31358.7%
11Rice CountyMN308,30158.4%
12Freeborn CountyMN184,06156.8%
13Beltrami CountyMN358,08855.7%
14Stearns CountyMN6424,16054.2%
15Scott CountyMN5826,04153.8%
16Lyon CountyMN174,80353.5%
17Cass CountyMN184,57053.1%
18Watonwan CountyMN82,00250.7%
19Pipestone CountyMN81,64048.4%
20Clay CountyMN2611,47046.5%
21Chippewa CountyMN92,19446.2%
22Clearwater CountyMN41,33045.8%
23Becker CountyMN164,63745.7%
24Sibley CountyMN112,03445.5%
25Blue Earth CountyMN259,03443.9%
26Nicollet CountyMN184,44743.5%
27Swift CountyMN71,76743.3%
28Polk CountyMN195,07542.0%
29Todd CountyMN92,95741.9%
30Steele CountyMN206,99741.4%
31Stevens CountyMN71,69140.9%
32Renville CountyMN91,80640.7%
33Redwood CountyMN102,46840.5%
34Mahnomen CountyMN71,28439.9%
35Winona CountyMN194,58039.7%
36Faribault CountyMN61,82737.7%
37Lac qui Parle CountyMN51,22637.3%
38Yellow Medicine CountyMN61,27437.2%
39Martin CountyMN153,11037.0%
40Carlton CountyMN246,20136.9%
41Sherburne CountyMN4116,30636.5%
42Carver CountyMN4818,07636.4%
43Le Sueur CountyMN113,86936.4%
44Waseca CountyMN132,91535.9%
45McLeod CountyMN215,12135.8%
46Itasca CountyMN226,40735.1%
47Pine CountyMN153,65734.2%
48Houston CountyMN184,08933.8%
49Hubbard CountyMN122,41533.7%
50Otter Tail CountyMN318,50332.8%

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