Tennessee 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. | Scott County | 9.9 |
| 2. | Pickett County | 10.5 |
| 3. | Hancock County | 10.6 |
| 4. | Fentress County | 13.2 |
| 5. | Campbell County | 13.2 |
| 6. | Van Buren County | 14.1 |
| 7. | Clay County | 14.8 |
| 8. | Claiborne County | 14.9 |
| 9. | Overton County | 15.1 |
| 10. | Grundy County | 15.9 |
| 11. | Union County | 15.9 |
| 12. | Polk County | 16.0 |
| 13. | Hawkins County | 16.1 |
| 14. | Moore County | 16.7 |
| 15. | Meigs County | 17.5 |
| 16. | Perry County | 18.0 |
| 17. | Jackson County | 18.1 |
| 18. | Grainger County | 19.7 |
| 19. | Carter County | 19.7 |
| 20. | Lawrence County | 20.1 |
