Kentucky 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. | Magoffin County | 6.2 |
| 2. | Knott County | 7.0 |
| 3. | Wolfe County | 7.4 |
| 4. | Leslie County | 7.6 |
| 5. | Jackson County | 7.9 |
| 6. | Letcher County | 8.1 |
| 7. | Floyd County | 8.1 |
| 8. | Lewis County | 8.3 |
| 9. | Lawrence County | 8.3 |
| 10. | Johnson County | 8.7 |
| 11. | Estill County | 9.1 |
| 12. | Robertson County | 9.3 |
| 13. | Menifee County | 9.4 |
| 14. | Owsley County | 9.6 |
| 15. | Carter County | 10.1 |
| 16. | Rockcastle County | 10.7 |
| 17. | Breathitt County | 10.8 |
| 18. | Pike County | 11.8 |
| 19. | Bath County | 11.9 |
| 20. | Bracken County | 12.0 |
