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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Bell County, TX
Series ID RACEDISPARITY048027
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 10:42 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 32.182921449609566
2010-01-01 32.718267088082990
2011-01-01 31.900840696534683
2012-01-01 31.900689763038407
2013-01-01 32.221020385770760
2014-01-01 31.446974726132915
2015-01-01 31.922252976376797
2016-01-01 31.833803686004280
2017-01-01 33.158031411796710
2018-01-01 33.244662067580606
2019-01-01 32.968103753631110
2020-01-01 34.504694320711390
2021-01-01 36.190466437657760
2022-01-01 33.653685417568674

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