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 | 9.2 |
| 2. | Hancock County | 9.4 |
| 3. | Pickett County | 10.0 |
| 4. | Van Buren County | 11.6 |
| 5. | Clay County | 11.9 |
| 6. | Fentress County | 12.5 |
| 7. | Campbell County | 12.6 |
| 8. | Overton County | 13.2 |
| 9. | Union County | 14.1 |
| 10. | Claiborne County | 14.4 |
| 11. | Grundy County | 15.0 |
| 12. | Hawkins County | 15.2 |
| 13. | Polk County | 15.6 |
| 14. | Moore County | 15.9 |
| 15. | Meigs County | 16.4 |
| 16. | Jackson County | 16.7 |
| 17. | Perry County | 17.1 |
| 18. | Carter County | 18.2 |
| 19. | Lewis County | 18.8 |
| 20. | Grainger County | 19.0 |
