North Carolina: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

94 counties

North Carolina 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 60.2%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Diversity index
1	Hoke County	NC	14	8,732	75.1%
2	Cabarrus County	NC	56	43,278	75.0%
3	Robeson County	NC	39	21,625	74.5%
4	Mecklenburg County	NC	221	170,407	72.9%
5	Wake County	NC	226	184,790	72.8%
6	Forsyth County	NC	85	55,902	71.7%
7	Durham County	NC	71	46,109	71.6%
8	Bladen County	NC	14	4,756	71.2%
9	Alamance County	NC	41	25,737	71.2%
10	Guilford County	NC	137	79,539	70.8%
11	Harnett County	NC	31	20,611	70.6%
12	Richmond County	NC	15	6,504	70.4%
13	Wayne County	NC	36	18,481	70.4%
14	Craven County	NC	27	12,526	69.5%
15	Franklin County	NC	19	11,614	69.4%
16	Cumberland County	NC	88	50,815	69.1%
17	Granville County	NC	18	8,376	69.0%
18	Montgomery County	NC	12	3,818	68.7%
19	Greene County	NC	6	2,699	68.5%
20	Lee County	NC	20	10,641	68.2%
21	Gaston County	NC	60	35,898	68.1%
22	Orange County	NC	35	19,582	68.1%
23	Columbus County	NC	19	8,386	67.9%
24	Wilson County	NC	29	12,482	67.6%
25	Johnston County	NC	51	41,004	67.5%
26	Scotland County	NC	10	5,416	67.5%
27	Sampson County	NC	23	11,001	67.3%
28	Beaufort County	NC	14	6,030	67.0%
29	Pasquotank County	NC	14	5,774	67.0%
30	Jones County	NC	5	1,016	66.6%
31	Lenoir County	NC	18	8,480	66.1%
32	Pitt County	NC	42	25,202	66.1%
33	Rowan County	NC	34	18,917	66.1%
34	Union County	NC	58	45,934	65.8%
35	Catawba County	NC	44	22,392	65.6%
36	Nash County	NC	25	14,285	65.2%
37	Duplin County	NC	13	9,822	65.1%
38	Caswell County	NC	6	2,098	64.6%
39	Chowan County	NC	4	1,767	64.1%
40	Onslow County	NC	40	27,501	63.7%
41	Person County	NC	15	5,659	63.5%
42	Rockingham County	NC	26	12,299	62.8%
43	Chatham County	NC	24	10,374	62.4%
44	Anson County	NC	9	2,924	61.1%
45	Iredell County	NC	51	31,906	61.1%
46	New Hanover County	NC	50	27,460	61.0%
47	Vance County	NC	18	7,495	60.2%
48	Swain County	NC	9	3,393	60.2%
49	Halifax County	NC	23	6,803	60.1%
50	Cleveland County	NC	29	15,682	59.9%

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