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. | Harkers Island Census Designated Place | Carteret | 7.7 |
| 2. | Town of Pine Knoll Shores | Carteret | 9.5 |
| 3. | Waves Census Designated Place | Dare | 9.8 |
| 4. | Town of Casar | Cleveland | 10.1 |
| 5. | Town of Ocean Isle Beach | Brunswick | 11.3 |
| 6. | Town of Saint James | Brunswick | 11.3 |
| 7. | Carolina Meadows Census Designated Place | Chatham | 11.4 |
| 8. | Town of Caswell Beach | Brunswick | 11.6 |
| 9. | Gloucester Census Designated Place | Carteret | 12.4 |
| 10. | Marshallberg Census Designated Place | Carteret | 13.1 |
| 11. | Town of Indian Beach | Carteret | 13.5 |
| 12. | Davis Census Designated Place | Carteret | 13.5 |
| 13. | Cypress Landing Census Designated Place | Beaufort | 14.4 |
| 14. | Town of Atlantic Beach | Carteret | 14.9 |
| 15. | Town of Wrightsville Beach | New Hanover | 15.0 |
| 16. | Town of Hot Springs | Madison | 15.5 |
| 17. | Town of Topsail Beach | Pender | 16.1 |
| 18. | Brandywine Bay Census Designated Place | Carteret | 16.2 |
| 19. | Town of Trent Woods | Craven | 16.4 |
| 20. | Town of Holden Beach | Brunswick | 16.6 |
