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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Lafayette County, MS
Series ID RACEDISPARITY028071
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 15.730703184684302
2010-01-01 18.471724347684244
2011-01-01 19.498465416079240
2012-01-01 18.935952200974140
2013-01-01 21.134183437216645
2014-01-01 22.642610371376286
2015-01-01 22.105693494217878
2016-01-01 19.913474223774436
2017-01-01 19.762994732859035
2018-01-01 15.210486980561782
2019-01-01 17.530962453012080
2020-01-01 21.224378133720716
2021-01-01 20.930078118973550
2022-01-01 22.560512449351933

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