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Table Data - White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Des Moines County, IA

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Des Moines County, IA
Series ID RACEDISPARITY019057
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 10:45 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 37.728399243262730
2010-01-01 38.524105428930190
2011-01-01 37.908243153326970
2012-01-01 37.447376390490830
2013-01-01 28.593813956165260
2014-01-01 36.682703842909090
2015-01-01 34.580703455547784
2016-01-01 36.785491216074140
2017-01-01 41.440936594478266
2018-01-01 37.789242598181175
2019-01-01 35.522393390363410
2020-01-01 35.664530984701780
2021-01-01 33.341351117919100
2022-01-01 28.779482154785235

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