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Table Data - White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for St. Helena Parish, LA

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for St. Helena Parish, LA
Series ID RACEDISPARITY022091
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 7.9603623018230210
2010-01-01 7.7470534160457650
2011-01-01 13.2035968337187900
2012-01-01 7.8784285626438715
2013-01-01 21.2300649528332700
2014-01-01 8.8059755952467120
2015-01-01 9.5064469698831860
2016-01-01 14.6035953499137100
2017-01-01 15.0189323603445290
2018-01-01 13.4890825701761030
2019-01-01 24.3149519334775340
2020-01-01 13.5937476127908570
2021-01-01 1.4019248874205776
2022-01-01 3.0021484920711163
2023-01-01 3.7751622109160360

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