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. | Tyler County | 4.5 |
| 2. | Lincoln County | 4.9 |
| 3. | Clay County | 5.0 |
| 4. | Wirt County | 5.3 |
| 5. | Tucker County | 5.5 |
| 6. | Webster County | 5.6 |
| 7. | Boone County | 5.7 |
| 8. | Wayne County | 5.9 |
| 9. | Wyoming County | 6.2 |
| 10. | Nicholas County | 6.3 |
| 11. | Wetzel County | 6.4 |
| 12. | Ritchie County | 6.6 |
| 13. | Braxton County | 6.7 |
| 14. | Calhoun County | 7.2 |
| 15. | Mason County | 7.5 |
| 16. | Marshall County | 7.7 |
| 17. | Lewis County | 7.7 |
| 18. | Roane County | 7.8 |
| 19. | Jackson County | 8.1 |
| 20. | Mingo County | 8.7 |
