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. | Keweenaw County | 11.9 |
| 2. | Alcona County | 13.4 |
| 3. | Presque Isle County | 14.2 |
| 4. | Gladwin County | 14.5 |
| 5. | Montmorency County | 14.6 |
| 6. | Alpena County | 15.7 |
| 7. | Roscommon County | 16.0 |
| 8. | Ontonagon County | 16.2 |
| 9. | Huron County | 16.4 |
| 10. | Oscoda County | 16.4 |
| 11. | Dickinson County | 16.5 |
| 12. | Ogemaw County | 16.6 |
| 13. | Benzie County | 16.8 |
| 14. | Clare County | 16.9 |
| 15. | Iron County | 17.3 |
| 16. | Antrim County | 17.4 |
| 17. | Crawford County | 17.4 |
| 18. | Arenac County | 17.5 |
| 19. | Osceola County | 17.8 |
| 20. | Kalkaska County | 18.3 |