Vermont 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. | Essex County | 14.0 |
| 2. | Orleans County | 17.2 |
| 3. | Orange County | 18.4 |
| 4. | Grand Isle County | 18.7 |
| 5. | Rutland County | 20.2 |
| 6. | Caledonia County | 20.4 |
| 7. | Windsor County | 20.5 |
| 8. | Franklin County | 20.7 |
| 9. | Lamoille County | 21.0 |
| 10. | Bennington County | 21.3 |
| 11. | Washington County | 23.1 |
| 12. | Addison County | 24.1 |
| 13. | Windham County | 24.2 |
| 14. | Chittenden County | 31.3 |
