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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Mercer County, KY
Series ID RACEDISPARITY021167
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 11:33 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 36.231582742688980
2010-01-01 43.748416280151766
2011-01-01 48.453371202841480
2012-01-01 50.224877541060720
2013-01-01 36.619024537346235
2014-01-01 18.893174347012090
2015-01-01 18.304035131687783
2016-01-01 19.167780448381997
2017-01-01 23.178919824471137
2018-01-01 21.738681815345150
2019-01-01 15.263332661314230
2020-01-01 25.659031117097808
2021-01-01 28.870869973061446
2022-01-01 34.545546418301740

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