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.
| Name | County | Diversity Index | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Town of Candor | Montgomery | 86.3 |
| 2. | Town of Magnolia | Duplin | 86.1 |
| 3. | Town of Siler City | Chatham | 86.0 |
| 4. | Town of Faison | Duplin | 85.9 |
| 5. | Town of Selma | Johnston | 85.8 |
| 6. | Town of Saint Pauls | Robeson | 84.5 |
| 7. | Gorman Census Designated Place | Durham | 84.4 |
| 8. | Ingold Census Designated Place | Sampson | 83.9 |
| 9. | Town of Green Level | Alamance | 83.8 |
| 10. | Town of Rose Hill | Duplin | 82.4 |
| 11. | Town of Wallace | Duplin | 81.9 |
| 12. | City of Monroe | Union | 81.9 |
| 13. | Town of Biscoe | Montgomery | 81.7 |
| 14. | Town of Walstonburg | Greene | 81.4 |
| 15. | Shannon Census Designated Place | Robeson | 81.3 |
| 16. | Brogden Census Designated Place | Wayne | 81.3 |
| 17. | City of Sanford | Lee | 80.7 |
| 18. | Town of Red Springs | Robeson | 80.7 |
| 19. | Butner Census Designated Place (historical) | Granville | 80.5 |
| 20. | Barker Heights Census Designated Place | Henderson | 80.3 |
