North Carolina 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. | Madison County | 23.7 |
| 2. | Clay County | 25.1 |
| 3. | Mitchell County | 25.8 |
| 4. | Haywood County | 26.5 |
| 5. | Cherokee County | 26.8 |
| 6. | Ashe County | 26.9 |
| 7. | Yancey County | 27.0 |
| 8. | Stokes County | 27.2 |
| 9. | Graham County | 30.9 |
| 10. | Avery County | 31.0 |
| 11. | Transylvania County | 31.1 |
| 12. | Polk County | 32.0 |
| 13. | Carteret County | 32.1 |
| 14. | Dare County | 33.4 |
| 15. | Alexander County | 34.6 |
| 16. | Currituck County | 36.0 |
| 17. | McDowell County | 36.8 |
| 18. | Wilkes County | 36.8 |
| 19. | Caldwell County | 37.1 |
| 20. | Watauga County | 38.1 |
