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. | Scotland County | 8.7 |
| 2. | Clark County | 9.7 |
| 3. | Schuyler County | 10.1 |
| 4. | Osage County | 10.1 |
| 5. | Worth County | 10.4 |
| 6. | Knox County | 10.4 |
| 7. | Gentry County | 12.2 |
| 8. | Daviess County | 13.1 |
| 9. | Putnam County | 13.5 |
| 10. | Ralls County | 13.5 |
| 11. | Holt County | 13.6 |
| 12. | Atchison County | 14.0 |
| 13. | Shelby County | 14.0 |
| 14. | Chariton County | 14.3 |
| 15. | Ozark County | 14.5 |
| 16. | Bollinger County | 14.8 |
| 17. | Caldwell County | 15.7 |
| 18. | Harrison County | 15.7 |
| 19. | Ste. Genevieve County | 15.7 |
| 20. | Carroll County | 15.8 |
