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 | 6.5 |
| 2. | Knott County | 6.8 |
| 3. | Wolfe County | 7.8 |
| 4. | Leslie County | 7.9 |
| 5. | Floyd County | 8.2 |
| 6. | Letcher County | 8.5 |
| 7. | Lawrence County | 8.5 |
| 8. | Jackson County | 8.6 |
| 9. | Lewis County | 8.7 |
| 10. | Johnson County | 9.1 |
| 11. | Menifee County | 9.9 |
| 12. | Carter County | 10.1 |
| 13. | Estill County | 10.1 |
| 14. | Owsley County | 10.6 |
| 15. | Rockcastle County | 10.9 |
| 16. | Breathitt County | 11.1 |
| 17. | Pike County | 11.9 |
| 18. | Powell County | 12.3 |
| 19. | Bath County | 12.3 |
| 20. | Edmonson County | 12.3 |
