Louisiana 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.
| Name | Parish | Diversity Index | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Amelia Census Designated Place | St. Mary | 88.6 |
| 2. | Terrytown Census Designated Place | Jefferson | 84.3 |
| 3. | City of Kenner | Jefferson | 83.9 |
| 4. | Good Pine Census Designated Place | LaSalle | 83.4 |
| 5. | Bridge City Census Designated Place | Jefferson | 79.8 |
| 6. | Gardere Census Designated Place | East Baton Rouge | 79.7 |
| 7. | City of Gretna | Jefferson | 78.7 |
| 8. | Harvey Census Designated Place | Jefferson | 78.6 |
| 9. | Timberlane Census Designated Place | Jefferson | 77.8 |
| 10. | New Orleans Station Census Designated Place | Plaquemines | 76.6 |
| 11. | Midway Census Designated Place | LaSalle | 76.4 |
| 12. | Avondale Census Designated Place | Jefferson | 76.1 |
| 13. | Estelle Census Designated Place | Jefferson | 75.1 |
| 14. | Town of Cottonport | Avoyelles | 73.9 |
| 15. | Town of New Llano | Vernon | 73.8 |
| 16. | Town of Zwolle | Sabine | 73.7 |
| 17. | Chalmette Census Designated Place | St. Bernard | 73.3 |
| 18. | Buras | Plaquemines | 73.2 |
| 19. | City of Gonzales | Ascension | 73.2 |
| 20. | Saint Rose Census Designated Place | St. Charles | 73.2 |
