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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 51 to 90.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
51Cheatham CountyTN145,45129.1%
52Greene CountyTN259,06528.6%
53Marion CountyTN124,02727.6%
54Unicoi CountyTN72,07427.5%
55Sullivan CountyTN3519,06627.1%
56Monroe CountyTN176,53827.0%
57Hardin CountyTN73,29425.9%
58Smith CountyTN93,05623.7%
59Roane CountyTN186,17823.6%
60Cocke CountyTN134,93221.9%
61McNairy CountyTN93,73321.7%
62Cumberland CountyTN126,97021.5%
63Sequatchie CountyTN31,92421.5%
64Clay CountyTN31,05420.8%
65Humphreys CountyTN62,64120.4%
66Decatur CountyTN51,49220.3%
67Benton CountyTN62,15020.1%
68Hickman CountyTN93,00119.2%
69White CountyTN83,73618.4%
70Carter CountyTN207,21718.2%
71Hawkins CountyTN197,57218.1%
72Bledsoe CountyTN51,57017.5%
73Perry CountyTN51,10017.2%
74Grainger CountyTN92,97517.0%
75Lawrence CountyTN146,86716.7%
76Cannon CountyTN51,81316.7%
77Stewart CountyTN41,97215.8%
78Johnson CountyTN61,93815.3%
79Meigs CountyTN41,79714.6%
80Jackson CountyTN41,38913.7%
81Wayne CountyTN82,07912.8%
82Union CountyTN92,79111.5%
83Claiborne CountyTN133,96710.8%
84Fentress CountyTN72,72210.6%
85Polk CountyTN72,1609.9%
86Overton CountyTN82,9339.1%
87Morgan CountyTN82,8009.1%
88Scott CountyTN103,8248.0%
89Campbell CountyTN125,1188.0%
90Grundy CountyTN51,7116.1%

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