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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 51 to 94.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
51Brunswick CountyNC2215,06958.6%
52Pamlico CountyNC51,62858.5%
53Davidson CountyNC4723,69657.8%
54Randolph CountyNC4221,65657.6%
55Warren CountyNC71,68756.3%
56Moore CountyNC2614,70856.2%
57Stanly CountyNC249,47154.8%
58Gates CountyNC51,41054.8%
59Burke CountyNC2912,36054.8%
60Jackson CountyNC113,82354.0%
61Henderson CountyNC2513,57254.0%
62Buncombe CountyNC6129,90853.8%
63Pender CountyNC1911,07353.4%
64Surry CountyNC3011,13949.9%
65Rutherford CountyNC209,20549.7%
66Perquimans CountyNC41,78649.6%
67Yadkin CountyNC145,17449.4%
68Davie CountyNC136,11648.6%
69Wilkes CountyNC228,54746.0%
70Lincoln CountyNC2414,42845.9%
71Dare CountyNC114,96844.9%
72Caldwell CountyNC2610,92044.7%
73Currituck CountyNC114,65144.1%
74Alleghany CountyNC41,35243.5%
75Macon CountyNC124,46943.4%
76McDowell CountyNC165,71241.8%
77Alexander CountyNC114,34441.0%
78Polk CountyNC72,11040.3%
79Graham CountyNC31,09640.3%
80Carteret CountyNC188,05339.6%
81Hertford CountyNC72,36739.0%
82Transylvania CountyNC103,64037.7%
83Camden CountyNC51,91834.9%
84Avery CountyNC102,02533.8%
85Northampton CountyNC62,24633.3%
86Yancey CountyNC72,14831.8%
87Watauga CountyNC124,82131.5%
88Bertie CountyNC71,81930.8%
89Cherokee CountyNC132,99230.3%
90Ashe CountyNC62,67629.9%
91Clay CountyNC41,32227.8%
92Haywood CountyNC167,09227.7%
93Stokes CountyNC195,75826.2%
94Madison CountyNC72,06315.8%

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