Missouri 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. | Osage County | 5.7 |
| 2. | Scotland County | 6.2 |
| 3. | Schuyler County | 6.6 |
| 4. | Putnam County | 6.9 |
| 5. | Worth County | 7.1 |
| 6. | Clark County | 7.2 |
| 7. | Atchison County | 7.6 |
| 8. | Mercer County | 8.0 |
| 9. | Holt County | 8.3 |
| 10. | Ste. Genevieve County | 8.5 |
| 11. | Daviess County | 8.5 |
| 12. | Gentry County | 9.0 |
| 13. | Knox County | 9.0 |
| 14. | Gasconade County | 9.2 |
| 15. | Bollinger County | 9.3 |
| 16. | Chariton County | 10.5 |
| 17. | Ralls County | 10.8 |
| 18. | Maries County | 10.9 |
| 19. | Stoddard County | 11.3 |
| 20. | Carroll County | 11.5 |
