Florida 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. | Osceola County | 85.9 |
| 2. | Orange County | 84.7 |
| 3. | Hendry County | 84.5 |
| 4. | Broward County | 84.3 |
| 5. | Miami-Dade County | 82.8 |
| 6. | Hillsborough County | 80.7 |
| 7. | Hardee County | 80.0 |
| 8. | Palm Beach County | 76.1 |
| 9. | Polk County | 75.4 |
| 10. | DeSoto County | 75.3 |
| 11. | Seminole County | 73.7 |
| 12. | St. Lucie County | 73.5 |
| 13. | Duval County | 71.5 |
| 14. | Collier County | 70.8 |
| 15. | Glades County | 70.2 |
| 16. | Okeechobee County | 69.5 |
| 17. | Gadsden County | 68.0 |
| 18. | Lee County | 67.8 |
| 19. | Alachua County | 67.6 |
| 20. | Highlands County | 65.8 |
