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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Harford County, MD
Series ID RACEDISPARITY024025
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 42.778162652376540
2010-01-01 44.525275586375110
2011-01-01 42.988375061812550
2012-01-01 42.750929226952280
2013-01-01 41.816872069277050
2014-01-01 42.783446780447065
2015-01-01 41.991922571255870
2016-01-01 43.660432130389005
2017-01-01 41.693712974813565
2018-01-01 42.236763662263726
2019-01-01 43.791264974258425
2020-01-01 41.600813058603000
2021-01-01 40.983681089225790
2022-01-01 40.428797773650366
2023-01-01 39.800197321313476

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