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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Nash County, NC
Series ID RACEDISPARITY037127
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 9:45 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 25.044610070587233
2010-01-01 25.177079994462710
2011-01-01 25.349786428907723
2012-01-01 23.984042552647146
2013-01-01 24.554165823826570
2014-01-01 25.805299489773166
2015-01-01 24.108802605379758
2016-01-01 24.744890957111508
2017-01-01 25.949056271509296
2018-01-01 27.115801639522850
2019-01-01 24.638489383271654
2020-01-01 28.276318761093854
2021-01-01 31.035867930049076
2022-01-01 28.998571800767092
2023-01-01 29.430668879493638

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