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 | |
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1. | Davidson County | 72.1 |
2. | Shelby County | 68.0 |
3. | Montgomery County | 64.4 |
4. | Rutherford County | 62.7 |
5. | Madison County | 61.2 |
6. | Haywood County | 60.5 |
7. | Bedford County | 58.5 |
8. | Hardeman County | 57.2 |
9. | Hamilton County | 56.6 |
10. | Crockett County | 56.0 |
11. | Lauderdale County | 55.1 |
12. | Hamblen County | 54.4 |
13. | Fayette County | 53.0 |
14. | Lake County | 48.9 |
15. | Maury County | 48.8 |
16. | Robertson County | 47.7 |
17. | Tipton County | 45.1 |
18. | Knox County | 44.9 |
19. | Sumner County | 43.8 |
20. | Trousdale County | 43.4 |