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. | Tishomingo County | 21.3 |
| 2. | Claiborne County | 24.0 |
| 3. | Itawamba County | 24.1 |
| 4. | Jefferson County | 27.8 |
| 5. | Holmes County | 29.5 |
| 6. | George County | 30.2 |
| 7. | Prentiss County | 35.2 |
| 8. | Humphreys County | 36.6 |
| 9. | Hancock County | 38.2 |
| 10. | Webster County | 38.9 |
| 11. | Tunica County | 39.4 |
| 12. | Perry County | 39.7 |
| 13. | Quitman County | 39.9 |
| 14. | Coahoma County | 39.9 |
| 15. | Alcorn County | 39.9 |
| 16. | Pearl River County | 40.3 |
| 17. | Smith County | 42.2 |
| 18. | Stone County | 42.8 |
| 19. | Union County | 43.4 |
| 20. | Washington County | 43.9 |
