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. | Adams County | 82.1 |
| 2. | Costilla County | 81.6 |
| 3. | Alamosa County | 79.5 |
| 4. | Pueblo County | 77.1 |
| 5. | Morgan County | 76.9 |
| 6. | Denver County | 76.5 |
| 7. | Conejos County | 75.6 |
| 8. | Crowley County | 75.6 |
| 9. | Prowers County | 75.4 |
| 10. | Arapahoe County | 75.1 |
| 11. | Bent County | 74.4 |
| 12. | Otero County | 74.3 |
| 13. | Saguache County | 74.0 |
| 14. | Las Animas County | 73.9 |
| 15. | Rio Grande County | 73.5 |
| 16. | Lake County | 73.5 |
| 17. | Garfield County | 72.8 |
| 18. | Weld County | 71.6 |
| 19. | Eagle County | 70.0 |
| 20. | Yuma County | 69.4 |