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. | Benson County | 54.9 |
| 2. | Mountrail County | 52.3 |
| 3. | McKenzie County | 42.7 |
| 4. | Rolette County | 41.3 |
| 5. | Ward County | 40.6 |
| 6. | Grand Forks County | 38.1 |
| 7. | Walsh County | 37.2 |
| 8. | Sioux County | 36.7 |
| 9. | Ramsey County | 33.4 |
| 10. | Cass County | 27.6 |
| 11. | Williams County | 27.1 |
| 12. | Eddy County | 23.2 |
| 13. | Dunn County | 22.8 |
| 14. | McLean County | 21.8 |
| 15. | Stutsman County | 21.7 |
| 16. | Burleigh County | 21.3 |
| 17. | Richland County | 20.7 |
| 18. | Traill County | 20.3 |
| 19. | Pierce County | 19.0 |
| 20. | Pembina County | 18.5 |
