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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Chester County, TN
Series ID RACEDISPARITY047023
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 11:31 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 24.333171657960307
2010-01-01 25.472809666844263
2011-01-01 23.142759126423920
2012-01-01 24.894468959662603
2013-01-01 36.515197628454910
2014-01-01 31.404695455614950
2015-01-01 35.841993493319470
2016-01-01 35.047666906213650
2017-01-01 35.754419390599720
2018-01-01 41.615332684243130
2019-01-01 40.651127512471200
2020-01-01 37.542257570907440
2021-01-01 44.821371185128080
2022-01-01 36.978961986534180

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