Idaho 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. | Clark County | 76.4 |
| 2. | Jerome County | 74.8 |
| 3. | Power County | 74.5 |
| 4. | Minidoka County | 74.1 |
| 5. | Lincoln County | 72.1 |
| 6. | Gooding County | 69.7 |
| 7. | Cassia County | 69.5 |
| 8. | Canyon County | 66.4 |
| 9. | Owyhee County | 65.7 |
| 10. | Elmore County | 60.8 |
| 11. | Blaine County | 60.3 |
| 12. | Bingham County | 58.5 |
| 13. | Twin Falls County | 55.4 |
| 14. | Payette County | 55.2 |
| 15. | Teton County | 53.2 |
| 16. | Washington County | 50.9 |
| 17. | Bonneville County | 48.3 |
| 18. | Ada County | 44.7 |
| 19. | Bannock County | 42.9 |
| 20. | Fremont County | 42.7 |
