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 | 89.3 |
| 2. | City of Central Falls | Providence | 86.6 |
| 3. | City of Pawtucket | Providence | 78.4 |
| 4. | City of Woonsocket | Providence | 68.3 |
| 5. | Melville Census Designated Place | Newport | 66.7 |
| 6. | City of Cranston | Providence | 59.7 |
| 7. | City of Newport | Newport | 51.1 |
| 8. | City of East Providence | Providence | 47.2 |
| 9. | Kingston Census Designated Place | Washington | 45.3 |
| 10. | Valley Falls Census Designated Place | Providence | 41.8 |
| 11. | Newport East Census Designated Place | Newport | 40.5 |
| 12. | City of Warwick | Kent | 31.8 |
| 13. | Cumberland Hill Census Designated Place | Providence | 26.5 |
| 14. | Westerly Census Designated Place | Washington | 25.6 |
| 15. | Pascoag Census Designated Place | Providence | 20.9 |
| 16. | Bradford Census Designated Place | Washington | 20.1 |
| 17. | Ashaway Census Designated Place | Washington | 19.7 |
| 18. | Carolina Census Designated Place | Washington | 18.4 |
| 19. | Clayville Census Designated Place | Providence | 18.2 |
| 20. | Narragansett Pier Census Designated Place | Washington | 16.1 |
