Washington 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. | Parker Census Designated Place | Yakima | 87.6 |
| 2. | Town of Harrah | Yakima | 86.2 |
| 3. | White Center Census Designated Place | King | 85.9 |
| 4. | City of SeaTac | King | 85.7 |
| 5. | City of Tukwila | King | 85.4 |
| 6. | Boulevard Park Census Designated Place | King | 85.3 |
| 7. | City of Connell | Franklin | 84.9 |
| 8. | City of Federal Way | King | 84.7 |
| 9. | Midland Census Designated Place | Pierce | 84.3 |
| 10. | City of Mesa | Franklin | 83.4 |
| 11. | City of Burien | King | 83.2 |
| 12. | City of Fife | Pierce | 82.8 |
| 13. | City of Kent | King | 82.8 |
| 14. | City of Pasco | Franklin | 82.8 |
| 15. | City of Yakima | Yakima | 82.3 |
| 16. | City of Union Gap | Yakima | 82.2 |
| 17. | Cowiche Census Designated Place | Yakima | 81.9 |
| 18. | Chelan Falls Census Designated Place | Chelan | 81.7 |
| 19. | City of Moxee | Yakima | 81.7 |
| 20. | City of Zillah | Yakima | 81.4 |
