South Carolina 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. | Town of Edisto Beach | Colleton | 2.7 |
| 2. | Town of Sullivan's Island | Charleston | 4.9 |
| 3. | Town of Salem | Oconee | 5.4 |
| 4. | Town of Seabrook Island | Charleston | 6.3 |
| 5. | Town of Kiawah Island | Charleston | 6.4 |
| 6. | City of Isle of Palms | Charleston | 6.6 |
| 7. | Town of Pawleys Island | Georgetown | 9.4 |
| 8. | Town of Six Mile | Pickens | 10.3 |
| 9. | Brookdale Census Designated Place | Orangeburg | 10.6 |
| 10. | Lake Secession Census Designated Place | Abbeville | 13.4 |
| 11. | Town of Briarcliffe Acres | Horry | 14.0 |
| 12. | Lake Murray of Richland Census Designated Place | Richland | 14.1 |
| 13. | Town of Iva | Anderson | 14.9 |
| 14. | Gadsden Census Designated Place | Richland | 15.1 |
| 15. | Newry Census Designated Place | Oconee | 15.4 |
| 16. | Town of Surfside Beach | Horry | 15.5 |
| 17. | Fair Play Census Designated Place | Oconee | 16.3 |
| 18. | Garden City Census Designated Place | Horry | 16.7 |
| 19. | City of Folly Beach | Charleston | 16.9 |
| 20. | Town of Lane | Williamsburg | 16.9 |
