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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Hancock County, ME
Series ID RACEDISPARITY023009
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 31.828430798078056
2010-01-01 27.747409357239928
2011-01-01 20.372247943867475
2012-01-01 24.106233456493673
2013-01-01 28.598007240508128
2014-01-01 29.289503712786967
2015-01-01 28.964938076022406
2016-01-01 31.535633065633277
2017-01-01 31.468045640495703
2018-01-01 27.244427344685885
2019-01-01 29.853868850216784
2020-01-01 25.761314920065350
2021-01-01 19.992858824257890
2022-01-01 23.059892602570734

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