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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Barnstable County, MA
Series ID RACEDISPARITY025001
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 9:46 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 30.738814312784502
2010-01-01 32.013474919902450
2011-01-01 31.957793837227050
2012-01-01 31.397038992827120
2013-01-01 31.120194271505780
2014-01-01 35.880531324620190
2015-01-01 33.778710532043334
2016-01-01 31.827373628140855
2017-01-01 29.232705483302790
2018-01-01 32.554096496818960
2019-01-01 34.382757483819570
2020-01-01 35.935152101979085
2021-01-01 39.417697507216815
2022-01-01 39.660313912606910
2023-01-01 40.569404558388854

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