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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 51 to 70.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
51Greene CountyMS51,62141.4%
52Humphreys CountyMS31,13040.9%
53Washington CountyMS216,32940.5%
54Bolivar CountyMS154,41540.2%
55Hancock CountyMS105,59839.8%
56Prentiss CountyMS103,97339.3%
57Yazoo CountyMS73,04038.4%
58Coahoma CountyMS133,51838.3%
59Clay CountyMS62,52834.6%
60Leflore CountyMS133,92130.2%
61Jefferson CountyMS31,08330.0%
62Tishomingo CountyMS62,84427.7%
63Claiborne CountyMS31,13527.2%
64Hinds CountyMS6932,87026.1%
65Itawamba CountyMS63,27523.3%
66Tunica CountyMS51,59823.1%
67Adams CountyMS72,71421.1%
68Tallahatchie CountyMS51,34519.7%
69Sunflower CountyMS112,80712.4%
70Holmes CountyMS72,3003.8%

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