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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Sheridan County, KS
Series ID RACEDISPARITY020179
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 2019-01-01
Last Updated 2020-12-10 4:37 PM 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 11.988852662064442
2010-01-01 14.228527344419684
2011-01-01 17.651597912223206
2012-01-01 43.726225603469730
2013-01-01 1.479843227416039
2014-01-01 26.507128756306210
2015-01-01 31.546341785816573
2016-01-01 36.967949939648060
2017-01-01 33.003530826834280
2018-01-01 26.436915396826933
2019-01-01 12.573424219473194

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