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New York: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

61 counties

New York 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 34.6%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Kings CountyNY582291,69774.8%
2Richmond CountyNY8762,25472.8%
3Nassau CountyNY313200,77572.0%
4Queens CountyNY392268,20571.0%
5New York CountyNY355152,10469.3%
6Schenectady CountyNY4021,55569.2%
7Albany CountyNY7339,94669.0%
8Westchester CountyNY254140,96867.8%
9Monroe CountyNY185106,10867.3%
10Orange CountyNY8257,12265.7%
11Suffolk CountyNY343222,43964.4%
12Rockland CountyNY6641,33564.2%
13Erie CountyNY222122,51963.3%
14Dutchess CountyNY7536,88563.2%
15Sullivan CountyNY209,16462.7%
16Onondaga CountyNY12267,04460.6%
17Ulster CountyNY4320,18957.4%
18Putnam CountyNY2112,95556.2%
19Bronx CountyNY470202,02853.4%
20Montgomery CountyNY167,22552.9%
21Rensselaer CountyNY4119,27452.5%
22Oneida CountyNY7232,26550.2%
23Broome CountyNY5224,59450.0%
24Niagara CountyNY5026,38849.9%
25Columbia CountyNY166,00648.4%
26Tompkins CountyNY3310,39247.6%
27Chautauqua CountyNY5017,05643.2%
28Chemung CountyNY2410,78841.2%
29Jefferson CountyNY3916,78938.9%
30Orleans CountyNY135,76736.3%
31Ontario CountyNY2714,11434.6%
32Wayne CountyNY3713,06834.3%
33Greene CountyNY165,04232.8%
34Cayuga CountyNY228,57632.7%
35Cattaraugus CountyNY2911,22832.0%
36Saratoga CountyNY5030,09731.3%
37Franklin CountyNY206,72430.8%
38Genesee CountyNY217,80029.2%
39Seneca CountyNY113,61228.4%
40Herkimer CountyNY259,61926.5%
41Fulton CountyNY177,17324.4%
42Otsego CountyNY216,21621.7%
43Livingston CountyNY207,21721.3%
44Delaware CountyNY215,30719.6%
45Warren CountyNY197,82519.4%
46Steuben CountyNY3413,70119.1%
47Oswego CountyNY3717,52917.1%
48Cortland CountyNY175,38116.8%
49Madison CountyNY258,40216.3%
50Schoharie CountyNY113,59715.7%

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