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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Lake County, MT
Series ID RACEDISPARITY030047
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 11:33 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 20.637218407434553
2010-01-01 22.068112012756970
2011-01-01 27.078244838333944
2012-01-01 26.220699806869685
2013-01-01 24.247025990264653
2014-01-01 21.266421222054156
2015-01-01 18.144249619817142
2016-01-01 21.409931459609492
2017-01-01 25.822043857120676
2018-01-01 26.192702755232023
2019-01-01 22.831822140259206
2020-01-01 26.453337888313510
2021-01-01 20.630312683389057
2022-01-01 23.813380567600465

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