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.
| Name | County | Diversity Index | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | City of Morton | Scott | 85.0 |
| 2. | City of Forest | Scott | 84.2 |
| 3. | Town of Vardaman | Calhoun | 80.7 |
| 4. | City of Carthage | Leake | 77.3 |
| 5. | Redwater Census Designated Place | Leake | 75.7 |
| 6. | City of Pascagoula | Jackson | 73.6 |
| 7. | Meridian Station Census Designated Place | Lauderdale | 72.8 |
| 8. | Standing Pine Census Designated Place | Leake | 71.9 |
| 9. | West Hattiesburg Census Designated Place | Lamar | 71.2 |
| 10. | Town of Morgan City | Leflore | 69.6 |
| 11. | Town of Walls | DeSoto | 68.1 |
| 12. | City of Gautier | Jackson | 67.9 |
| 13. | Victoria Census Designated Place | Marshall | 67.5 |
| 14. | City of D'Iberville | Harrison | 67.2 |
| 15. | City of Ridgeland | Madison | 66.9 |
| 16. | City of Gulfport | Harrison | 66.5 |
| 17. | City of Biloxi | Harrison | 66.4 |
| 18. | City of New Albany | Union | 66.0 |
| 19. | City of Horn Lake | DeSoto | 65.8 |
| 20. | Red Banks Census Designated Place | Marshall | 65.5 |
