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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Beaver County, PA
Series ID RACEDISPARITY042007
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 10:44 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 56.180330592743300
2010-01-01 52.487228419425120
2011-01-01 52.038108683407570
2012-01-01 49.616857801650470
2013-01-01 48.015806496356860
2014-01-01 50.045711356533770
2015-01-01 51.400575186738820
2016-01-01 52.849197026397185
2017-01-01 52.773962319080916
2018-01-01 52.361907061906180
2019-01-01 49.302187825244864
2020-01-01 49.089361737368115
2021-01-01 49.597475970271496
2022-01-01 50.250829133137320

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