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.
| Name | County | Diversity Index | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ingold Census Designated Place | Sampson | 89.1 |
| 2. | Town of Magnolia | Duplin | 88.9 |
| 3. | Town of Candor | Montgomery | 87.7 |
| 4. | Town of Faison | Duplin | 86.9 |
| 5. | Town of Siler City | Chatham | 86.9 |
| 6. | Town of Selma | Johnston | 84.6 |
| 7. | Town of Columbia | Tyrrell | 83.4 |
| 8. | Town of Rennert | Robeson | 83.4 |
| 9. | Town of Saint Pauls | Robeson | 82.3 |
| 10. | Town of Green Level | Alamance | 82.1 |
| 11. | Town of Turkey | Sampson | 81.7 |
| 12. | Town of Creswell | Washington | 81.3 |
| 13. | City of Monroe | Union | 80.9 |
| 14. | Town of Walstonburg | Greene | 80.7 |
| 15. | Town of Wallace | Duplin | 80.6 |
| 16. | Shannon Census Designated Place | Robeson | 79.8 |
| 17. | Delway Census Designated Place | Sampson | 79.2 |
| 18. | Town of Biscoe | Montgomery | 78.9 |
| 19. | Town of Teachey | Duplin | 78.7 |
| 20. | Town of Pineville | Mecklenburg | 78.5 |
