Kansas 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. | Smith County | 13.6 |
| 2. | Republic County | 13.9 |
| 3. | Osborne County | 14.4 |
| 4. | Marshall County | 15.2 |
| 5. | Mitchell County | 15.7 |
| 6. | Jewell County | 15.8 |
| 7. | Trego County | 15.8 |
| 8. | Nemaha County | 15.9 |
| 9. | Decatur County | 16.4 |
| 10. | Rooks County | 16.4 |
| 11. | Anderson County | 16.8 |
| 12. | Phillips County | 17.2 |
| 13. | Ottawa County | 18.1 |
| 14. | Woodson County | 18.1 |
| 15. | Linn County | 18.4 |
| 16. | Coffey County | 18.5 |
| 17. | Osage County | 18.5 |
| 18. | Rush County | 18.7 |
| 19. | Clay County | 18.8 |
| 20. | Gove County | 19.9 |
