Mississippi Gazetteer
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelyhood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.
| County | Diversity Index | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Scott County | 73.3 |
| 2. | Leake County | 66.7 |
| 3. | Harrison County | 62.3 |
| 4. | DeSoto County | 62.0 |
| 5. | Neshoba County | 61.9 |
| 6. | Marshall County | 61.2 |
| 7. | Madison County | 60.2 |
| 8. | Copiah County | 60.0 |
| 9. | Issaquena County | 60.0 |
| 10. | Forrest County | 59.8 |
| 11. | Chickasaw County | 59.2 |
| 12. | Jackson County | 59.1 |
| 13. | Jones County | 58.8 |
| 14. | Lauderdale County | 57.6 |
| 15. | Oktibbeha County | 57.5 |
| 16. | Lowndes County | 57.2 |
| 17. | Adams County | 56.8 |
| 18. | Warren County | 56.5 |
| 19. | Newton County | 56.3 |
| 20. | Panola County | 56.1 |
