West 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.
| Name | County | Diversity Index | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Corporation of Ranson | Jefferson | 64.2 |
| 2. | Institute Census Designated Place | Kanawha | 59.1 |
| 3. | West Dunbar Census Designated Place | Kanawha | 59.0 |
| 4. | City of Charles Town | Jefferson | 58.7 |
| 5. | Town of Moorefield | Hardy | 58.2 |
| 6. | Rand | Kanawha | 55.1 |
| 7. | City of Martinsburg | Berkeley | 54.8 |
| 8. | City of Welch | McDowell | 52.8 |
| 9. | Town of Northfork | McDowell | 51.9 |
| 10. | City of Keystone | McDowell | 50.7 |
| 11. | Raleigh Census Designated Place | Raleigh | 48.6 |
| 12. | City of Beckley | Raleigh | 48.2 |
| 13. | Malden Census Designated Place | Kanawha | 47.7 |
| 14. | Falling Waters | Berkeley | 45.9 |
| 15. | City of Mount Hope | Fayette | 45.3 |
| 16. | City of Charleston | Kanawha | 44.8 |
| 17. | Town of Kimball | McDowell | 44.5 |
| 18. | City of Gary | McDowell | 44.0 |
| 19. | City of Bluefield | Mercer | 43.8 |
| 20. | City of Montgomery | Kanawha | 43.1 |
