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Table Data - White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Big Horn County, MT

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Big Horn County, MT
Series ID RACEDISPARITY030003
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 9:48 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 20.237125531722327
2010-01-01 11.079359247588980
2011-01-01 8.712474564146683
2012-01-01 17.934224110100295
2013-01-01 9.198314943118639
2014-01-01 10.325981402539899
2015-01-01 13.618260933697176
2016-01-01 25.121424716675662
2017-01-01 28.064078842818212
2018-01-01 23.578234680099214
2019-01-01 23.718317972350230
2020-01-01 24.792649127161408
2021-01-01 20.270289298965732
2022-01-01 18.584245942736505
2023-01-01 19.422738667368390

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