Washington: the counties with the most racially diverse public schools

36 counties

Washington 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 53.5%.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Diversity index
1	King County	WA	509	278,492	76.2%
2	Pierce County	WA	269	138,462	72.2%
3	Snohomish County	WA	216	118,688	68.8%
4	Okanogan County	WA	36	11,538	67.4%
5	Thurston County	WA	84	44,412	63.3%
6	Kitsap County	WA	74	34,233	59.4%
7	Clark County	WA	145	74,406	58.9%
8	Mason County	WA	23	8,539	58.8%
9	Columbia County	WA	6	1,144	58.2%
10	Grays Harbor County	WA	45	10,564	58.0%
11	Benton County	WA	66	38,191	58.0%
12	Skagit County	WA	51	18,298	57.8%
13	Whatcom County	WA	76	27,779	57.6%
14	Island County	WA	21	8,561	57.6%
15	Clallam County	WA	28	10,741	57.2%
16	Walla Walla County	WA	31	8,516	55.4%
17	Ferry County	WA	11	1,102	54.4%
18	Chelan County	WA	42	12,965	54.1%
19	Pacific County	WA	16	3,243	52.8%
20	Douglas County	WA	21	7,221	51.2%
21	Klickitat County	WA	21	2,803	50.8%
22	Grant County	WA	59	20,494	47.7%
23	Lewis County	WA	42	12,548	47.3%
24	Cowlitz County	WA	47	17,080	47.0%
25	San Juan County	WA	16	1,817	46.2%
26	Spokane County	WA	178	76,588	45.6%
27	Stevens County	WA	39	7,726	43.3%
28	Kittitas County	WA	20	5,387	43.0%
29	Whitman County	WA	28	4,753	42.9%
30	Yakima County	WA	113	52,145	42.4%
31	Franklin County	WA	39	21,403	40.8%
32	Jefferson County	WA	12	2,670	39.7%
33	Asotin County	WA	12	3,152	36.1%
34	Pend Oreille County	WA	11	1,825	35.0%
35	Adams County	WA	17	5,324	29.5%
36	Lincoln County	WA	18	2,233	29.5%

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