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. | Tishomingo County | 18.9 |
| 2. | Itawamba County | 21.1 |
| 3. | Jefferson County | 25.1 |
| 4. | George County | 25.9 |
| 5. | Claiborne County | 25.9 |
| 6. | Holmes County | 30.1 |
| 7. | Hancock County | 30.5 |
| 8. | Prentiss County | 31.4 |
| 9. | Pearl River County | 33.7 |
| 10. | Alcorn County | 34.1 |
| 11. | Webster County | 35.8 |
| 12. | Perry County | 37.4 |
| 13. | Coahoma County | 38.9 |
| 14. | Stone County | 39.4 |
| 15. | Tunica County | 39.7 |
| 16. | Union County | 40.0 |
| 17. | Smith County | 41.4 |
| 18. | Tippah County | 41.9 |
| 19. | Greene County | 42.0 |
| 20. | Sharkey County | 42.2 |
