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. | Schuyler County | 9.2 |
| 2. | Scotland County | 9.5 |
| 3. | Worth County | 10.6 |
| 4. | Osage County | 10.7 |
| 5. | Clark County | 11.3 |
| 6. | Knox County | 12.3 |
| 7. | Gentry County | 13.4 |
| 8. | Ralls County | 13.5 |
| 9. | Holt County | 13.7 |
| 10. | Putnam County | 13.8 |
| 11. | Daviess County | 14.3 |
| 12. | Shelby County | 14.6 |
| 13. | Chariton County | 14.7 |
| 14. | Atchison County | 14.9 |
| 15. | Bollinger County | 15.0 |
| 16. | Ste. Genevieve County | 15.9 |
| 17. | Harrison County | 16.0 |
| 18. | Reynolds County | 16.2 |
| 19. | Lewis County | 16.4 |
| 20. | Ozark County | 16.6 |
