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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDIVERSITY SCOREVS 2000

1001Cortland County, NYNY45,85023+289%

1002Towner County, NDND2,04023+2800%

1003Mercer County, PAPA107,86023+55%

1004Wayne County, TNTN16,41623+26%

1005McPherson County, KSKS30,06423+209%

1006Warren County, MOMO39,01623+175%

1007Grafton County, NHNH93,22523+182%

1008Rawlins County, KSKS2,43123+671%

1009Delaware County, NYNY44,30523+158%

1010Pike County, MOMO17,95523−6%

1011Newaygo County, MIMI51,62223+84%

1012Faribault County, MNMN13,88823+136%

1013Lewis and Clark County, MTMT75,33123+317%

1014Union County, SDSD17,40223+226%

1015Leelanau County, MIMI22,98223+148%

1016McLeod County, MNMN36,63123+121%

1017Monroe County, MIMI156,00423+115%

1018Beaverhead County, MTMT10,04323+215%

1019Douglas County, ILIL19,88023+141%

1020Ozaukee County, WIWI94,34623+189%

1021Cheatham County, TNTN42,77824+237%

1022Gallatin County, MTMT128,74024+258%

1023Elk County, KSKS2,45824+265%

1024Franklin County, IDID15,88924+82%

1025Otsego County, NYNY60,58924+131%

1026Golden Valley County, MTMT84424+609%

1027McNairy County, TNTN26,23624+38%

1028Franklin County, KSKS26,29924+134%

1029Wayne County, PAPA51,70324+168%

1030Stanley County, SDSD3,01824+895%

1031Glascock County, GAGA3,14124+17%

1032Clay County, TXTX10,76424+133%

1033Red Willow County, NENE10,30724+251%

1034Emmet County, MIMI33,77524+419%

1035Weston County, WYWY6,84024+299%

1036Carroll County, ILIL15,41924+224%

1037Monroe County, WIWI46,57224+253%

1038Union County, KYKY12,83924−24%

1039Asotin County, WAWA22,54524+264%

1040Jefferson County, OHOH63,59724+52%

1041Golden Valley County, NDND1,80824+736%

1042Marion County, ILIL36,38224+87%

1043Augusta County, VAVA78,94024+107%

1044Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47724+377%

1045Seneca County, OHOH54,52224+82%

1046Washington County, IAIA22,66724+203%

1047St. Louis County, MNMN200,51824+313%

1048Washington County, MEME31,33424+590%

1049Portage County, WIWI71,94324+147%

1050Huron County, OHOH58,25024+110%

1051Preston County, WVWV34,00424+874%

1052Ross County, OHOH76,42924+44%

1053Livingston County, ILIL35,05724+27%

1054Dawson County, GAGA35,36524+333%

1055Henry County, OHOH27,59824+61%

1056Boundary County, IDID13,99724+143%

1057Jasper County, ININ33,89424+236%

1058Montcalm County, MIMI69,40624+114%

1059Lane County, KSKS1,50824+539%

1060Pennington County, MNMN13,68625+382%

1061Richland County, NDND16,73125+659%

1062Todd County, SDSD8,86325−11%

1063Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,75325+559%

1064Grayson County, VAVA15,23025+25%

1065Calumet County, WIWI53,98225+246%

1066York County, NENE14,56425+261%

1067Hyde County, SDSD1,19125+1416%

1068Callaway County, MOMO45,76525+46%

1069Mercer County, WVWV57,50325+55%

1070Sauk County, WIWI66,65225+349%

1071Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18625+208%

1072Clinton County, NYNY78,13825+58%

1073Keith County, NENE8,10025+129%

1074Bay County, MIMI102,12325+82%

1075Brooks County, TXTX6,57925+33%

1076Strafford County, NHNH135,04325+235%

1077Rabun County, GAGA17,76425+81%

1078Blount County, TNTN143,82025+118%

1079Lycoming County, PAPA112,58725+92%

1080Martin County, KYKY10,69725+1291%

1081Clay County, NENE6,17025+164%

1082Rappahannock County, VAVA7,43925+52%

1083McLean County, NDND9,74025+829%

1084Bristol County, RIRI50,00125+262%

1085Cheyenne County, KSKS2,60425+254%

1086Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37225+141%

1087Pine County, MNMN30,47225+198%

1088Schuylkill County, PAPA145,08525+188%

1089Marion County, MOMO28,52525+80%

1090Neosho County, KSKS15,63725+150%

1091Cayuga County, NYNY74,36525+66%

1092Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92025+110%

1093Jackson County, ALAL54,28125+99%

1094Lake County, SDSD10,99325+555%

1095Meade County, KYKY30,69925+54%

1096Henry County, ILIL48,09525+144%

1097Carroll County, KYKY11,14125+94%

1098Wyoming County, NYNY39,74125+24%

1099Allen County, KSKS12,30225+167%

1100Carlton County, MNMN36,71125+351%

1101Garfield County, WAWA2,41625+295%

1102DeKalb County, TNTN21,87325+101%

1103Catoosa County, GAGA69,62825+231%

1104Logan County, ARAR21,63325+323%

1105Mason County, KYKY16,93625+29%

1106Swift County, MNMN9,76326+53%

1107Sumner County, KSKS22,31226+131%

1108Wheeler County, OROR1,47226+95%

1109Williamson County, ILIL67,22526+150%

1110Logan County, KSKS2,66126+325%

1111Thomas County, KSKS7,72526+307%

1112Iroquois County, ILIL26,15026+118%

1113Sibley County, MNMN15,35626+84%

1114Armstrong County, TXTX1,84326+93%

1115Custer County, IDID4,63626+150%

1116Saratoga County, NYNY241,34326+179%

1117Morton County, NDND34,60126+810%

1118Dubuque County, IAIA99,38126+301%

1119Jackson County, COCO1,21126+65%

1120Transylvania County, NCNC34,21126+91%

1121Bourbon County, KSKS14,31926+124%

1122Dubois County, ININ44,01626+242%

1123Clear Creek County, COCO8,99426+135%

1124Kootenai County, IDID191,86426+247%

1125Floyd County, IAIA14,90126+435%

1126Manistee County, MIMI25,65626+133%

1127Waushara County, WIWI25,22326+153%

1128Polk County, NCNC20,53326+23%

1129Ontario County, NYNY113,13026+125%

1130Seneca County, NYNY32,88326+122%

1131Manitowoc County, WIWI81,71026+174%

1132Wayne County, NYNY91,25026+79%

1133Genesee County, NYNY58,41626+165%

1134Fulton County, OHOH41,85326+73%

1135Avery County, NCNC18,11026+79%

1136Ellis County, KSKS29,07526+180%

1137Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39126−25%

1138Izard County, ARAR14,40526+318%

1139Clark County, KYKY37,88826+80%

1140Ashtabula County, OHOH96,71326+93%

1141Otoe County, NENE16,53126+266%

1142Allamakee County, IAIA14,23826+175%

1143Converse County, WYWY13,82426+86%

1144Coles County, ILIL46,60726+144%

1145Grundy County, TNTN14,11626+725%

1146Cabell County, WVWV91,18326+92%

1147Logan County, KYKY28,66926+29%

1148DeKalb County, MOMO9,79526+14%

1149Rhea County, TNTN34,84427+173%

1150McMinn County, TNTN57,40427+60%

1151Dickson County, TNTN58,66227+86%

1152Claiborne County, MSMS8,05827−22%

1153Sherburne County, MNMN104,19427+326%

1154Taylor County, KYKY26,76327+86%

1155Barren County, KYKY45,64127+104%

1156Daviess County, ININ34,20927+298%

1157Brookings County, SDSD37,63527+328%

1158Boone County, ININ80,68927+452%

1159Madison County, ARAR18,41027+235%

1160Powell County, MTMT7,15727+261%

1161Branch County, MIMI45,99327+85%

1162Eau Claire County, WIWI109,03327+176%

1163Franklin County, MAMA70,69827+182%

1164Archer County, TXTX9,12927+120%

1165Calloway County, KYKY39,42127+80%

1166La Crosse County, WIWI121,33927+122%

1167Aurora County, SDSD2,80127+333%

1168Cheyenne County, NENE9,52827+126%

1169Howard County, MOMO10,18027+47%

1170Logan County, ILIL27,18227+33%

1171Harper County, KSKS5,37027+647%

1172Trigg County, KYKY14,51227+8%

1173Randolph County, MOMO24,51327+36%

1174Madison County, KYKY101,69627+84%

1175Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24427+734%

1176George County, MSMS26,33127+12%

1177Dare County, NCNC38,24527+113%

1178Union County, OROR25,90027+189%

1179Hancock County, OHOH75,03427+110%

1180Henderson County, TNTN28,51827+29%

1181Waseca County, MNMN18,68827+101%

1182Morgan County, ILIL32,51527+60%

1183Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09527−10%

1184Throckmorton County, TXTX1,55427+26%

1185Sublette County, WYWY8,92927+384%

1186Hopkins County, KYKY45,12727+56%

1187Cooper County, MOMO17,13627+20%

1188Benton County, MNMN41,74428+295%

1189Dodge County, WIWI89,09728+113%

1190Sherman County, OROR2,05128+114%

1191Kimball County, NENE3,39128+207%

1192Banks County, GAGA21,27328+60%

1193Miami County, ININ34,48728+143%

1194Adams County, PAPA107,59428+117%

1195Lawrence County, MOMO39,40128+196%

1196Ness County, KSKS2,61728+589%

1197Emmet County, IAIA9,10728+139%

1198Duval County, TXTX9,40228+8%

1199Franklin County, TNTN45,57928+58%

1200Cherry County, NENE5,56128+677%

1201Anderson County, TNTN82,06628+99%

1202Pend Oreille County, WAWA14,45728+287%

1203Athens County, OHOH63,19728+116%

1204Todd County, MNMN26,06028+388%

1205Gregory County, SDSD4,03728+840%

1206White County, ININ25,16428+105%

1207Crook County, OROR27,56428+90%

1208San Juan County, WAWA18,57728+218%

1209Pike County, GAGA20,93228−20%

1210Big Horn County, WYWY12,02428+83%

1211Jefferson County, WIWI86,50528+143%

1212Willacy County, TXTX19,97128−8%

1213Dimmit County, TXTX8,02428−11%

1214Washington County, KYKY12,36828+29%

1215Mineral County, COCO91028+449%

1216Sioux County, NDND3,66728+21%

1217Barnstable County, MAMA233,53928+205%

1218Marion County, KYKY20,11528+20%

1219Licking County, OHOH185,56428+238%

1220Renville County, MNMN14,35628+121%

1221Jefferson County, IAIA15,29128+177%

1222Cumberland County, MEME317,22228+242%

1223Jessamine County, KYKY57,14728+134%

1224Macon County, NCNC39,23229+273%

1225Lincoln County, NENE33,30329+90%

1226Lincoln County, NVNV4,32029+60%

1227Henry County, IAIA19,34929+155%

1228Walker County, ALAL65,14029+69%

1229Osceola County, IAIA5,98029+455%

1230Beaver County, PAPA166,03229+76%

1231Ionia County, MIMI66,55729+59%

1232Kent County, TXTX67429+36%

1233Norton County, KSKS5,28829+77%

1234Bond County, ILIL16,95929+37%

1235Webster County, KYKY12,92929+84%

1236Audrain County, MOMO24,52829+50%

1237Butler County, MOMO41,90429+83%

1238Butler County, KSKS69,48429+192%

1239Citrus County, FLFL171,66629+109%

1240Cherokee County, KSKS19,10529+423%

1241Pratt County, KSKS9,11729+166%

1242Lamar County, ALAL13,58729−1%

1243Oldham County, KYKY70,98629+104%

1244Portage County, OHOH163,40429+155%

1245Yankton County, SDSD23,63529+245%

1246Clinton County, MIMI80,43229+218%

1247Routt County, COCO25,32929+221%

1248Meade County, SDSD30,71129+179%

1249Skamania County, WAWA12,66929+140%

1250Bedford County, VAVA83,05929+68%

1251Buena Vista, VAVA6,67229+98%

1252Massac County, ILIL13,50229+89%

1253Bureau County, ILIL32,51029+116%

1254Wayne County, ININ66,16929+77%

1255Eddy County, NDND2,32929+1280%

1256Chase County, KSKS2,57230+330%

1257Henry County, TNTN32,89630+26%

1258Jefferson County, WAWA33,97030+218%

1259Adair County, MOMO25,68430+215%

1260Madison County, OHOH46,98530+69%

1261Grant County, OKOK4,06730+465%

1262Randolph County, ILIL29,92130+18%

1263Dawes County, NENE7,85830+233%

1264Allegan County, MIMI123,18830+66%

1265Columbia County, WAWA4,14130+78%

1266Phelps County, MOMO45,24730+140%

1267Clay County, SDSD15,03130+213%

1268Polk County, ARAR19,48630+211%

1269Douglas County, OROR111,95130+195%

1270Garfield County, UTUT5,25630+250%

1271Box Elder County, UTUT65,32030+65%

1272Carroll County, MDMD176,67730+206%

1273Luce County, MIMI6,33930+29%

1274Allegany County, MDMD66,84830+91%

1275Kent County, RIRI173,49530+211%

1276Missoula County, MTMT123,51330+307%

1277Uinta County, WYWY20,72830+118%

1278Orleans County, NYNY39,82530+16%

1279Johnson County, ININ174,26230+307%

1280Redwood County, MNMN15,26530+635%

1281Duchesne County, UTUT20,85630+201%

1282Franklin County, VAVA55,52630+21%

1283Graham County, NCNC8,19030+919%

1284Columbia County, OROR54,09130+262%

1285Sevier County, TNTN101,34230+420%

1286McDowell County, NCNC45,19830+61%

1287Richland County, MTMT11,37730+397%

1288Noble County, ININ47,93730+64%

1289Gilliam County, OROR1,97130+465%

1290Carver County, MNMN114,37930+166%

1291Washington County, COCO4,73230+99%

1292Park County, COCO18,31430+138%

1293Coffee County, TNTN62,41930+95%

1294White County, ARAR80,08530+116%

1295Jefferson County, IDID35,29730+29%

1296Fond du Lac County, WIWI104,66930+225%

1297Weakley County, TNTN33,26130+39%

1298Gem County, IDID21,77330+75%

1299Washington County, TNTN141,19930+114%

1300Holmes County, FLFL20,11930+47%

1301Brown County, SDSD37,56130+785%

1302Hamilton County, IAIA14,94431+298%

1303Carson County, TXTX5,80531+67%

1304Wood County, OHOH134,17631+125%

1305Latah County, IDID41,84231+159%

1306Pickens County, GAGA37,16731+251%

1307Elbert County, COCO30,53431+159%

1308Lincoln County, TNTN36,85331+50%

1309Waukesha County, WIWI417,21031+160%

1310Androscoggin County, MEME116,48731+478%

1311Rockingham County, VAVA89,31631+161%

1312Franklin County, PAPA160,65231+177%

1313Gloucester County, VAVA40,09731+8%

1314Harney County, OROR7,38031+154%

1315Burleigh County, NDND103,25131+813%

1316Stevens County, WAWA49,66831+344%

1317Jefferson County, MSMS6,82531+3%

1318Shawano County, WIWI41,56031+644%

1319Wilkes County, NCNC66,23331+64%

1320Nez Perce County, IDID42,90531+313%

1321Floyd County, ININ82,15331+115%

1322Cleveland County, ARAR7,22431−5%

1323Chittenden County, VTVT169,11531+218%

1324Platte County, WYWY8,63431+137%

1325Gilpin County, COCO6,07331+132%

1326Berkshire County, MAMA128,22431+175%

1327Currituck County, NCNC33,15831+46%

1328Campbell County, WYWY48,14531+217%

1329Marion County, OHOH65,11531+78%

1330Taney County, MOMO57,00131+303%

1331Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,18731+295%

1332Goshen County, WYWY12,64031+45%

1333Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99631+181%

1334Jackson County, WIWI20,99931+183%

1335Lake County, OHOH232,21731+179%

1336Eureka County, NVNV1,86731+24%

1337Clearwater County, MNMN8,64731+839%

1338Becker County, MNMN35,49731+771%

1339Mathews County, VAVA8,52931+14%

1340Loudon County, TNTN63,76431+250%

1341Kenton County, KYKY175,77931+135%

1342Knox County, NENE8,33531+913%

1343Sierra County, CACA3,09831+105%

1344Blount County, ALAL60,15631+97%

1345Union County, OHOH73,44631+214%

1346Hickman County, KYKY4,37231+25%

1347Cuming County, NENE8,82331+130%

1348Marshall County, ININ46,59931+104%

1349Outagamie County, WIWI195,89431+168%

1350Kanawha County, WVWV172,38131+59%

1351Carteret County, NCNC70,46931+46%

1352Perry County, ILIL20,16031+36%

1353Chaffee County, COCO20,83131+28%

1354Des Moines County, IAIA38,07731+122%

1355McDonough County, ILIL25,91631+89%

1356Alexander County, NCNC36,95832+64%

1357Vilas County, WIWI23,76132+834%

1358Callahan County, TXTX14,49132+96%

1359Todd County, KYKY12,97232+31%

1360Marathon County, WIWI139,43232+136%

1361Grand County, COCO16,49632+138%

1362Union County, PAPA42,31332+21%

1363Gunnison County, COCO17,43932+122%

1364San Miguel County, COCO7,75332+77%

1365Madison County, VAVA14,23732+12%

1366Winnebago County, WIWI174,21832+167%

1367Raleigh County, WVWV71,77532+37%

1368Defiance County, OHOH38,29232+48%

1369Reeves County, TXTX12,13832−36%

1370Natrona County, WYWY80,52632+119%

1371Hardin County, TXTX58,72332+42%

1372Imperial County, CACA181,41132−38%

1373Kosciusko County, ININ80,89232+117%

1374Clarke County, VAVA15,60932+57%

1375Trumbull County, OHOH198,97232+52%

1376Alleghany County, NCNC11,47932+114%

1377Webster County, IAIA36,83832+109%

1378Benewah County, IDID10,50832+546%

1379Gilmer County, GAGA33,89432+70%

1380Heard County, GAGA12,14932+20%

1381Deschutes County, OROR213,07232+182%

1382Pike County, ARAR9,96432+86%

1383Nassau County, FLFL106,87932+43%

1384Teller County, COCO24,75632+185%

1385Chester County, TNTN17,99432+26%

1386Bristol, VAVA16,41832+98%

1387Daviess County, KYKY104,89832+136%

1388Toole County, MTMT5,21132+677%

1389San Juan County, COCO81332+83%

1390Fremont County, IDID14,20832+28%

1391Jones County, SDSD91332+3615%

1392Ellsworth County, KSKS6,25732+85%

1393Baca County, COCO3,34732+89%

1394Watauga County, NCNC54,78632+264%

1395Polk County, MNMN30,54532+150%

1396Trempealeau County, WIWI31,17132+1040%

1397Caldwell County, NCNC81,10532+66%

1398Putnam County, TNTN86,61232+138%

1399Cass County, MOMO115,85933+223%

1400Monongalia County, WVWV107,99133+98%

1401Atchison County, KSKS16,17233+80%

1402Jefferson County, ILIL36,14733+47%

1403Rains County, TXTX13,54233+57%

1404Holmes County, MSMS15,46533−24%

1405Buffalo County, NENE51,17233+131%

1406Powhatan County, VAVA32,59133−13%

1407Chippewa County, MNMN12,40633+454%

1408Pipestone County, MNMN9,26033+878%

1409Chautauqua County, KSKS3,32133+634%

1410Cass County, MIMI51,67733+52%

1411Clay County, MNMN67,73433+166%

1412Shenandoah County, VAVA45,83933+177%

1413Menominee County, WIWI4,19933−16%

1414Day County, SDSD5,48433+2016%

1415Traverse County, MNMN3,13033+765%

1416Pierce County, GAGA20,76433+11%

1417Lenawee County, MIMI97,77933+49%

1418Bayfield County, WIWI16,78733+1076%

1419Stark County, NDND34,01333+795%

1420Carroll County, TNTN29,20033+24%

1421Chautauqua County, NYNY124,12633+109%

1422Bourbon County, KYKY20,24333+49%

1423Box Butte County, NENE10,49433+64%

1424Independence County, ARAR38,78533+225%

1425Lee County, ILIL32,91433+65%

1426Vigo County, ININ106,51233+68%

1427Delaware County, ININ113,10633+69%

1428Cape May County, NJNJ93,39033+61%

1429Prairie County, ARAR7,92334+5%

1430Curry County, OROR22,62134+201%

1431Simpson County, KYKY20,78834+27%

1432Cook County, MNMN5,52234+794%

1433Josephine County, OROR87,86734+165%

1434Crawford County, KSKS39,00834+160%

1435Sumter County, FLFL157,77234−22%

1436Ogle County, ILIL51,39934+108%

1437Stevens County, MNMN9,74734+406%

1438Marshall County, SDSD4,42634+1280%

1439Shackelford County, TXTX3,19734+84%

1440St. Clair County, ALAL98,20634+56%

1441Gilchrist County, FLFL20,48834+47%

1442Newport County, RIRI83,05134+85%

1443Yellowstone County, MTMT172,69234+191%

1444Rio Blanco County, COCO6,68334+160%

1445Sanpete County, UTUT31,45334+93%

1446Greene County, MOMO309,28634+166%

1447Brule County, SDSD5,27834+911%

1448McDowell County, WVWV16,87834+23%

1449Steele County, MNMN37,46434+148%

1450Scott County, KYKY62,26234+93%

1451Nicollet County, MNMN34,27334+274%

1452Lewis County, IDID3,70434+401%

1453Montague County, TXTX21,96634+145%

1454Dolores County, COCO2,46634+222%

1455St. Charles County, MOMO426,49934+181%

1456Warren County, VAVA42,74034+110%

1457Graves County, KYKY37,05034+104%

1458Summit County, UTUT43,14134+60%

1459Greene County, NYNY47,23834+45%

1460St. Joseph County, MIMI60,96834+102%

1461Johnson County, MOMO56,67034+65%

1462Stark County, OHOH373,77134+69%

1463LaSalle County, ILIL107,77334+100%

1464Gratiot County, MIMI41,19034+71%

1465Fall River County, SDSD7,46734+461%

1466Iron County, UTUT67,14134+170%

1467Buffalo County, SDSD1,80235+156%

1468Grundy County, ILIL54,05235+211%

1469Boone County, KYKY145,31635+199%

1470Major County, OKOK7,53635+230%

1471Richland County, OHOH124,89335+40%

1472Oconee County, SCSC83,77535+36%

1473Coos County, OROR63,99235+200%

1474Madison County, IDID55,17235+205%

1475Ellis County, OKOK3,61335+406%

1476Alger County, MIMI8,64135+91%

1477Pitkin County, COCO16,62535+84%

1478Chemung County, NYNY80,41535+78%

1479Roanoke County, VAVA97,15035+142%

1480Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,99935+111%

1481Queen Anne's County, MDMD54,44835+46%

1482Woodford County, KYKY27,88335+70%

1483Dunn County, NDND4,05835+1320%

1484Greeley County, KSKS1,18235+33%

1485Fayette County, ALAL15,87235+22%

1486Llano County, TXTX23,35335+152%

1487Pawnee County, KSKS5,99135+54%

1488Sioux County, IAIA36,77435+330%

1489Scott County, ARAR9,96535+111%

1490Cascade County, MTMT85,02935+217%

1491Labette County, KSKS19,68535+80%

1492Lawrence County, ILIL13,79035+699%

1493Walworth County, WIWI106,12735+87%

1494Franklin County, NYNY46,50035+35%

1495Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63435+205%

1496Howard County, ININ83,90435+57%

1497Johnson County, ILIL13,36335−4%

1498Adams County, NENE31,07135+118%

1499Warren County, TNTN43,71735+77%

1500Lonoke County, ARAR76,66435+75%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES