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 | 62.6 |
| 2. | West Dunbar Census Designated Place | Kanawha | 62.1 |
| 3. | Institute Census Designated Place | Kanawha | 59.0 |
| 4. | City of Charles Town | Jefferson | 57.8 |
| 5. | City of Martinsburg | Berkeley | 57.0 |
| 6. | Town of Moorefield | Hardy | 54.0 |
| 7. | Rand Census Designated Place | Kanawha | 53.9 |
| 8. | City of Welch | McDowell | 51.9 |
| 9. | Town of Northfork | McDowell | 50.1 |
| 10. | Malden Census Designated Place | Kanawha | 48.7 |
| 11. | Town of Kimball | McDowell | 48.1 |
| 12. | City of Keystone | McDowell | 48.0 |
| 13. | Maybeury Census Designated Place | McDowell | 47.5 |
| 14. | Raleigh Census Designated Place | Raleigh | 47.4 |
| 15. | City of Beckley | Raleigh | 47.0 |
| 16. | Town of Hedgesville | Berkeley | 46.7 |
| 17. | City of Bluefield | Mercer | 43.9 |
| 18. | City of Charleston | Kanawha | 43.7 |
| 19. | Falling Waters Census Designated Place | Berkeley | 43.4 |
| 20. | City of Mount Hope | Fayette | 43.2 |
