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Table Data - White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Cherokee County, AL

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Cherokee County, AL
Series ID RACEDISPARITY001019
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Racial Dissimilarity Index (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Percent
Date Range 2009-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated 2023-12-07 10:46 AM CST
Notes The Racial Dissimilarity Index measures the percentage of the non-hispanic white population in a county which would have to change Census tracts to equalize the racial distribution between white and non-white population groups across all tracts in the county.

Starting with the 2016 observations, the calculation has been changed so that counties with only one census tract have missing data. Zero values represent counties where the proportions of non-white population and non-hispanic white population are the same. Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period.

Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.

Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification.
DATE VALUE
2009-01-01 16.928045687030966
2010-01-01 28.937239840017800
2011-01-01 25.600196773917727
2012-01-01 22.874802829266205
2013-01-01 16.475983145210960
2014-01-01 13.671126915841702
2015-01-01 15.993201333223250
2016-01-01 17.312312408250758
2017-01-01 21.638780081323590
2018-01-01 18.567162653667467
2019-01-01 18.269298025950636
2020-01-01 27.054850712055483
2021-01-01 25.306944911188577
2022-01-01 28.654358433337730

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