Virginia 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. | Dickenson County | 7.0 |
| 2. | Russell County | 8.7 |
| 3. | Scott County | 11.3 |
| 4. | Highland County | 11.8 |
| 5. | Buchanan County | 11.9 |
| 6. | Craig County | 12.1 |
| 7. | Bland County | 14.3 |
| 8. | Giles County | 14.6 |
| 9. | Washington County | 15.2 |
| 10. | Smyth County | 15.6 |
| 11. | Tazewell County | 16.3 |
| 12. | Wythe County | 16.8 |
| 13. | Page County | 17.4 |
| 14. | Lee County | 18.1 |
| 15. | Carroll County | 19.1 |
| 16. | Alleghany County | 19.7 |
| 17. | Wise County | 19.8 |
| 18. | Bath County | 19.9 |
| 19. | Botetourt County | 20.9 |
| 20. | Floyd County | 21.2 |
