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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Fayette County, IN
Series ID RACEDISPARITY018041
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 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-12-12 9:47 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 28.409429267667047
2010-01-01 35.025707406923960
2011-01-01 43.745730874316930
2012-01-01 42.280359678972104
2013-01-01 28.792961563258395
2014-01-01 20.177238418326677
2015-01-01 30.939180367778580
2016-01-01 33.452959851480900
2017-01-01 31.712279098773756
2018-01-01 38.929840831467650
2019-01-01 45.156891763805966
2020-01-01 56.059344405191760
2021-01-01 37.178353369652115
2022-01-01 32.819818305539414
2023-01-01 34.502727358224390

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