New Jersey 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. | Borough of Carteret | Middlesex | 89.1 |
| 2. | City of Hackensack | Bergen | 89.0 |
| 3. | Silver Lake Census Designated Place | Essex | 88.7 |
| 4. | Ampere North Census Designated Place | Essex | 88.3 |
| 5. | Borough of North Plainfield | Somerset | 88.1 |
| 6. | Town of Harrison | Hudson | 87.9 |
| 7. | East Franklin Census Designated Place | Somerset | 87.9 |
| 8. | Borough of Haledon | Passaic | 87.8 |
| 9. | Borough of Bogota | Bergen | 87.8 |
| 10. | Borough of Woodlynne | Camden | 87.7 |
| 11. | Twin Rivers Census Designated Place | Mercer | 87.4 |
| 12. | City of Englewood | Bergen | 87.4 |
| 13. | Village of Ridgefield Park | Bergen | 87.4 |
| 14. | Borough of Prospect Park | Passaic | 87.0 |
| 15. | City of New Brunswick | Middlesex | 87.0 |
| 16. | City of Atlantic City | Atlantic | 86.9 |
| 17. | Watsessing Census Designated Place | Essex | 86.6 |
| 18. | Borough of Bound Brook | Somerset | 86.5 |
| 19. | Borough of Bergenfield | Bergen | 86.5 |
| 20. | City of Pleasantville | Atlantic | 86.5 |
