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Mississippi: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

70 counties

Mississippi 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 53.4%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Neshoba CountyMS105,18571.5%
2Scott CountyMS115,62769.4%
3Tate CountyMS83,75866.9%
4Jasper CountyMS72,11066.5%
5Harrison CountyMS4830,52165.7%
6DeSoto CountyMS3934,93465.0%
7Jones CountyMS1511,31364.3%
8Leake CountyMS72,64463.9%
9Calhoun CountyMS51,98963.8%
10Forrest CountyMS2010,85763.5%
11Marshall CountyMS123,76263.1%
12Madison CountyMS3016,43263.0%
13Chickasaw CountyMS82,70962.3%
14Newton CountyMS93,63461.4%
15Lee CountyMS3014,80861.2%
16Jackson CountyMS4022,71260.7%
17Covington CountyMS72,49259.4%
18Walthall CountyMS51,69859.0%
19Lafayette CountyMS117,61758.5%
20Rankin CountyMS3222,45457.7%
21Lamar CountyMS1510,31857.7%
22Copiah CountyMS73,39757.2%
23Lawrence CountyMS51,67456.4%
24Attala CountyMS92,92556.0%
25Marion CountyMS113,66755.7%
26Wayne CountyMS62,97755.4%
27Simpson CountyMS73,02355.2%
28Pontotoc CountyMS125,86555.0%
29Lauderdale CountyMS2010,32554.9%
30Lowndes CountyMS168,51254.7%
31Grenada CountyMS33,86354.3%
32Perry CountyMS61,43354.2%
33Choctaw CountyMS41,23354.1%
34Monroe CountyMS104,38754.0%
35Noxubee CountyMS31,32153.6%
36Lincoln CountyMS105,32753.3%
37Panola CountyMS105,32353.2%
38Winston CountyMS62,41352.6%
39Franklin CountyMS41,14752.4%
40Warren CountyMS146,61051.5%
41Tippah CountyMS83,62351.4%
42Jefferson Davis CountyMS41,21751.0%
43Clarke CountyMS72,37750.9%
44Oktibbeha CountyMS74,88049.7%
45Union CountyMS75,13549.1%
46Alcorn CountyMS115,62647.8%
47Smith CountyMS42,53845.9%
48Pearl River CountyMS158,45644.5%
49Pike CountyMS155,71743.5%
50Stone CountyMS42,53242.9%

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