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

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Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Essex County, NJ
Series ID RACEDISPARITY034013
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 68.36926704661849
2010-01-01 67.84891828565581
2011-01-01 67.05740570280406
2012-01-01 67.21606553404169
2013-01-01 66.77334598732159
2014-01-01 66.76792288078533
2015-01-01 65.85877137664720
2016-01-01 65.36893084948724
2017-01-01 65.30331663193206
2018-01-01 65.20925128273504
2019-01-01 64.05938956372377
2020-01-01 63.42605578078931
2021-01-01 63.25339330708737
2022-01-01 62.73794299761949

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