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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 401 to 450.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
401Mendocino CountyCA6312,73863.3%
402Thurston CountyWA8444,41263.3%
403Erie CountyNY222122,51963.3%
404Madison CountyTN2613,05063.3%
405Dinwiddie CountyVA74,14763.3%
406Western Connecticut Planning RegionCT14790,52063.3%
407Ben Hill CountyGA52,91063.2%
408Jefferson CountyAL16497,40163.2%
409Dutchess CountyNY7536,88563.2%
410Montgomery CountyPA160115,30263.1%
411Chambers CountyAL124,17463.1%
412Marshall CountyMS123,76263.1%
413Jackson CountyOK164,53663.0%
414Darlington CountySC209,48263.0%
415Madison CountyMS3016,43263.0%
416Cumberland CountyNJ4927,80363.0%
417Ketchikan Gateway BoroughAK92,04362.9%
418Hunt CountyTX4420,77162.9%
419Siskiyou CountyCA436,05962.9%
420St. Charles ParishLA158,75662.9%
421Mountrail CountyND92,20862.9%
422Iberia ParishLA2110,11162.9%
423Rockingham CountyNC2612,29962.8%
424Lamar CountyTX208,51662.8%
425Edgefield CountySC103,86262.8%
426Mecklenburg CountyVA63,90762.8%
427Wilkes CountyGA51,27262.8%
428Burleson CountyTX93,12862.8%
429Sandoval CountyNM4822,44562.7%
430Bulloch CountyGA1611,19462.7%
431Shawnee CountyKS5226,29462.7%
432Clay CountyFL4938,80662.7%
433Pulaski CountyGA31,32062.7%
434Lee CountyFL116102,52462.7%
435Tuscaloosa CountyAL5430,50862.7%
436Cherokee CountyTX2410,94862.7%
437Sullivan CountyNY209,16462.7%
438Brooks CountyGA62,17962.7%
439La Paz CountyAZ122,20362.6%
440Norfolk cityVA4426,80762.6%
441Kershaw CountySC1711,24762.6%
442Haskell CountyOK102,14862.6%
443Brevard CountyFL10973,58762.6%
444Atkinson CountyGA41,57162.6%
445Navajo CountyAZ7919,66262.6%
446Navarro CountyTX2110,68162.5%
447Laurens CountySC188,68162.5%
448Montgomery CountyOH15474,48762.5%
449Chatham CountyGA5936,38062.5%
450Colleton CountySC84,53962.5%

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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