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The counties with the most racially diverse public schools

2,707 counties

US 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 43.5%. Showing ranks 201 to 250.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
201Del Norte CountyCA144,00367.6%
202Westmoreland CountyVA62,16767.6%
203Dorchester CountyMD114,58667.6%
204Forsyth CountyGA4254,86467.6%
205Limestone CountyTX113,62867.6%
206Ellis CountyTX7646,34467.6%
207Providence CountyRI19988,79967.5%
208Johnston CountyNC5141,00467.5%
209Otero CountyNM257,63967.5%
210DuPage CountyIL239138,55767.5%
211Scotland CountyNC105,41667.5%
212Greene CountyGA52,59767.5%
213Escambia CountyFL6737,05667.4%
214Sedgwick CountyKS15984,56967.4%
215Leon CountyFL5535,24667.4%
216Kent CountyDE5431,25667.4%
217Broward CountyFL327244,50267.4%
218Okanogan CountyWA3611,53867.4%
219Harrison CountyTX2732,06267.4%
220Monroe CountyNY185106,10867.3%
221Highlands CountyFL2212,04067.3%
222Sampson CountyNC2311,00167.3%
223Polk CountyFL164117,00467.3%
224Washington CountyTX105,53067.2%
225Nacogdoches CountyTX2610,39667.2%
226Peoria CountyIL6527,82767.2%
227Hamilton CountyOH205111,40367.1%
228Toombs CountyGA95,39767.1%
229San Juan CountyNM6121,30967.1%
230Greenville CountySC10389,86367.1%
231Brazos CountyTX5332,43067.1%
232Dorchester CountySC3429,83267.1%
233Pinellas CountyFL15187,95567.1%
234Galveston CountyTX9162,76767.1%
235Plaquemines ParishLA94,28367.0%
236Putnam CountyGA42,93867.0%
237Beaufort CountyNC146,03067.0%
238Delaware CountyPA10974,66367.0%
239Pasquotank CountyNC145,77467.0%
240Le Flore CountyOK388,93866.9%
241Tate CountyMS83,75866.9%
242Aiken CountySC4124,28066.9%
243Caroline CountyVA54,60066.9%
244Burlington CountyNJ12969,02066.9%
245Cass CountyIL82,35266.8%
246Candler CountyGA42,15766.8%
247Yolo CountyCA6229,82066.8%
248St. Joseph CountyIN7035,61466.7%
249Johnston CountyOK131,86166.6%
250Jones CountyNC51,01666.6%

By state

54 states
Alaska 18Alabama 64Arkansas 66Arizona 15California 55Colorado 40Connecticut 8District of Columbia 1Delaware 3Florida 64Georgia 137Guam 1Hawaii 4Iowa 89Idaho 35Illinois 89Indiana 91Kansas 60Kentucky 110Louisiana 60Massachusetts 14Maryland 23Maine 16Michigan 73Minnesota 80Missouri 99Mississippi 70Montana 29North Carolina 94North Dakota 18Nebraska 44New Hampshire 9New Jersey 21New Mexico 26Nevada 11New York 61Ohio 88Oklahoma 66Oregon 33Pennsylvania 64Puerto Rico 72Rhode Island 5South Carolina 42South Dakota 30Tennessee 90Texas 192Utah 25Virginia 115US Virgin Islands 2Vermont 11Washington 36Wisconsin 70West Virginia 47Wyoming 21

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