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. | Cleburne County | 16.2 |
| 2. | Winston County | 17.0 |
| 3. | Cherokee County | 17.7 |
| 4. | Marion County | 18.3 |
| 5. | Cullman County | 20.3 |
| 6. | Walker County | 23.8 |
| 7. | Jackson County | 24.2 |
| 8. | Lamar County | 26.1 |
| 9. | St. Clair County | 28.6 |
| 10. | Fayette County | 29.9 |
| 11. | Lauderdale County | 30.0 |
| 12. | Covington County | 30.4 |
| 13. | Geneva County | 32.1 |
| 14. | Blount County | 32.3 |
| 15. | Baldwin County | 33.4 |
| 16. | Clay County | 34.9 |
| 17. | Macon County | 35.2 |
| 18. | Greene County | 35.7 |
| 19. | Colbert County | 38.1 |
| 20. | Chilton County | 40.5 |
