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. | Jackson County | 4.9 |
| 2. | Lewis County | 5.1 |
| 3. | Leslie County | 5.9 |
| 4. | Letcher County | 5.9 |
| 5. | Wolfe County | 5.9 |
| 6. | Magoffin County | 6.5 |
| 7. | Johnson County | 7.1 |
| 8. | Rockcastle County | 7.2 |
| 9. | Floyd County | 7.2 |
| 10. | Robertson County | 7.3 |
| 11. | Lawrence County | 7.4 |
| 12. | Lee County | 7.4 |
| 13. | Pike County | 7.4 |
| 14. | Knott County | 7.7 |
| 15. | Estill County | 7.7 |
| 16. | Owsley County | 8.0 |
| 17. | Crittenden County | 8.2 |
| 18. | Breathitt County | 8.5 |
| 19. | Carter County | 8.6 |
| 20. | Pendleton County | 8.9 |
