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Tennessee: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

90 counties

Tennessee 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 33.2%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1Montgomery CountyTN4640,24370.1%
2Davidson CountyTN17386,00570.1%
3Hamilton CountyTN8245,98169.1%
4Rutherford CountyTN6761,90468.4%
5Madison CountyTN2613,05063.3%
6Bedford CountyTN159,04260.2%
7Lauderdale CountyTN73,27758.8%
8Hamblen CountyTN1810,30058.6%
9Shelby CountyTN270154,20958.2%
10Fayette CountyTN82,94158.0%
11Maury CountyTN2413,09858.0%
12Robertson CountyTN2514,28157.2%
13Knox CountyTN9863,01456.1%
14Hardeman CountyTN93,15755.7%
15Wilson CountyTN3225,33152.2%
16Crockett CountyTN72,97650.6%
17Dyer CountyTN126,18550.6%
18Tipton CountyTN149,97550.4%
19Haywood CountyTN72,42249.5%
20Sumner CountyTN5330,71949.2%
21Gibson CountyTN228,90048.8%
22Bradley CountyTN2516,09248.6%
23Obion CountyTN104,60648.4%
24Loudon CountyTN137,72345.9%
25Williamson CountyTN6044,75444.4%
26Sevier CountyTN3114,40844.2%
27Warren CountyTN126,24144.1%
28Marshall CountyTN105,32243.4%
29Giles CountyTN83,59543.0%
30Lewis CountyTN73,73142.1%
31Coffee CountyTN209,19040.8%
32Putnam CountyTN2211,77639.5%
33DeKalb CountyTN63,64439.2%
34Washington CountyTN2515,78739.1%
35Henry CountyTN94,46238.9%
36Lincoln CountyTN114,97938.1%
37Dickson CountyTN177,77737.4%
38Weakley CountyTN103,99337.4%
39Chester CountyTN62,80136.5%
40Carroll CountyTN144,36436.3%
41Anderson CountyTN2812,05936.3%
42Trousdale CountyTN31,41135.9%
43Blount CountyTN3318,25735.3%
44McMinn CountyTN137,13134.8%
45Jefferson CountyTN136,93733.8%
46Henderson CountyTN124,79332.5%
47Franklin CountyTN125,35532.4%
48Rhea CountyTN84,78132.4%
49Macon CountyTN84,21632.3%
50Houston CountyTN51,26530.2%

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