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 | 72.5 |
| 2. | Leake County | 66.0 |
| 3. | Harrison County | 61.4 |
| 4. | Neshoba County | 61.3 |
| 5. | Issaquena County | 61.2 |
| 6. | Marshall County | 60.5 |
| 7. | DeSoto County | 60.3 |
| 8. | Madison County | 59.6 |
| 9. | Forrest County | 59.3 |
| 10. | Copiah County | 59.0 |
| 11. | Chickasaw County | 58.7 |
| 12. | Jones County | 58.3 |
| 13. | Jackson County | 58.2 |
| 14. | Lauderdale County | 57.3 |
| 15. | Oktibbeha County | 57.1 |
| 16. | Lowndes County | 57.0 |
| 17. | Adams County | 56.8 |
| 18. | Warren County | 56.5 |
| 19. | Panola County | 55.9 |
| 20. | Newton County | 55.6 |
