Rhode Island 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 | County | Diversity Index | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | City of Providence | Providence | 87.4 |
| 2. | City of Central Falls | Providence | 83.5 |
| 3. | City of Pawtucket | Providence | 81.7 |
| 4. | City of Woonsocket | Providence | 73.4 |
| 5. | City of Cranston | Providence | 68.9 |
| 6. | Melville Census Designated Place | Newport | 61.9 |
| 7. | City of Newport | Newport | 54.6 |
| 8. | Valley Falls Census Designated Place | Providence | 53.2 |
| 9. | Kingston Census Designated Place | Washington | 51.2 |
| 10. | Newport East Census Designated Place | Newport | 50.2 |
| 11. | City of East Providence | Providence | 50.2 |
| 12. | City of Warwick | Kent | 40.7 |
| 13. | Wakefield-Peace Dale Census Designated Place | Washington | 36.7 |
| 14. | Bradford Census Designated Place | Washington | 35.2 |
| 15. | Cumberland Hill Census Designated Place | Providence | 34.7 |
| 16. | Westerly Census Designated Place | Washington | 33.2 |
| 17. | Carolina Census Designated Place | Washington | 25.0 |
| 18. | Harmony Census Designated Place | Providence | 24.0 |
| 19. | Pascoag Census Designated Place | Providence | 23.5 |
| 20. | Tiverton Census Designated Place | Newport | 22.9 |
