Oregon 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. | Morrow County | 72.7 |
| 2. | Malheur County | 69.7 |
| 3. | Jefferson County | 67.5 |
| 4. | Marion County | 67.0 |
| 5. | Umatilla County | 66.1 |
| 6. | Hood River County | 63.4 |
| 7. | Washington County | 63.4 |
| 8. | Multnomah County | 57.4 |
| 9. | Wasco County | 53.1 |
| 10. | Yamhill County | 50.1 |
| 11. | Klamath County | 48.8 |
| 12. | Polk County | 48.7 |
| 13. | Jackson County | 44.6 |
| 14. | Benton County | 40.9 |
| 15. | Lane County | 40.4 |
| 16. | Clackamas County | 40.4 |
| 17. | Lincoln County | 40.1 |
| 18. | Linn County | 36.6 |
| 19. | Tillamook County | 36.4 |
| 20. | Lake County | 36.4 |
