New Mexico 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. | Rio Arriba County | 85.5 |
| 2. | Socorro County | 84.5 |
| 3. | Bernalillo County | 83.0 |
| 4. | Lea County | 82.9 |
| 5. | Cibola County | 81.8 |
| 6. | Valencia County | 81.5 |
| 7. | Sandoval County | 81.4 |
| 8. | Taos County | 81.1 |
| 9. | Doña Ana County | 81.0 |
| 10. | Otero County | 80.8 |
| 11. | Curry County | 80.5 |
| 12. | Luna County | 80.4 |
| 13. | Santa Fe County | 80.2 |
| 14. | Chaves County | 80.1 |
| 15. | Eddy County | 79.8 |
| 16. | San Miguel County | 78.8 |
| 17. | Roosevelt County | 78.0 |
| 18. | Guadalupe County | 77.8 |
| 19. | Grant County | 76.8 |
| 20. | Hidalgo County | 76.5 |
