Minnesota 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. | Nobles County | 79.0 |
| 2. | Watonwan County | 68.3 |
| 3. | Ramsey County | 67.5 |
| 4. | Mahnomen County | 64.0 |
| 5. | Hennepin County | 61.2 |
| 6. | Mower County | 55.1 |
| 7. | Dakota County | 52.4 |
| 8. | Kandiyohi County | 52.3 |
| 9. | Rice County | 50.9 |
| 10. | Beltrami County | 48.8 |
| 11. | Anoka County | 46.9 |
| 12. | Scott County | 46.9 |
| 13. | Olmsted County | 46.2 |
| 14. | Chippewa County | 43.9 |
| 15. | Cottonwood County | 43.9 |
| 16. | Freeborn County | 43.7 |
| 17. | Washington County | 43.6 |
| 18. | Stevens County | 41.8 |
| 19. | Lyon County | 41.5 |
| 20. | Steele County | 39.1 |
