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. | Franklin County | 6.8 |
| 2. | Martin County | 7.0 |
| 3. | Washington County | 7.9 |
| 4. | Vermillion County | 8.0 |
| 5. | Ohio County | 8.4 |
| 6. | Pike County | 8.5 |
| 7. | Greene County | 8.6 |
| 8. | Dearborn County | 9.2 |
| 9. | Clay County | 9.5 |
| 10. | Owen County | 9.6 |
| 11. | Morgan County | 9.6 |
| 12. | Crawford County | 9.8 |
| 13. | Warren County | 9.9 |
| 14. | Posey County | 10.0 |
| 15. | Brown County | 10.2 |
| 16. | Fayette County | 10.2 |
| 17. | Lawrence County | 10.5 |
| 18. | Switzerland County | 10.7 |
| 19. | Whitley County | 11.2 |
| 20. | Rush County | 11.2 |
