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When Esri, the industry

leader in geographic data

and information, compared

data from Census 2000

and Census 2010, some of

the changes were startling,

including the fact that the

nation is becoming more

diverse. Cooke, Fannin,and Grayson Counties areactually near the top of thelist in Texas for countieswith the highest annualrate of change in local Di-versity Index scores be-tween 2000 and 2010.Cooke County DI: 7.5 11.5

Grayson County DI: 4.8- 7.4

Fannin County DI: 4.8 7.4

As the Texoma culture be-

comes richer, communi-

cating and interacting with

different racial and ethnic

groups will continue to present opportunities and challenges. This includes a new look at how public agen-

cies, companies, and nonprofits address assimilation and language isolation,

appropriate promotion of products and services, and communication with multi-

culturalism in mind.

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of Governments

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010 Census Trend Texoma Diversity Increases

The Census Bureau collects data about six race categories:

White, Black or African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native,Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Some Other Race, and anycombination of the six.

Esri has created a proprietary Diversity Index that measures diver-

sity on a scale from 0 to 100. The DI is the likelihood that two per-

sons, selected at random from the same area, would belong to a

different race or ethnic group. The DI measures only the degree of

diversity in an area, not its racial composition.

Source: Esri ArcNews Winter 2011/2012