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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Castro County, TX
Series ID RACEDISPARITY048069
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 21.142078784424793
2010-01-01 23.719979795196767
2011-01-01 23.464118840919100
2012-01-01 31.886197840287068
2013-01-01 30.135813901282376
2014-01-01 28.201600406844996
2015-01-01 24.311610877088710
2016-01-01 22.769943570820740
2017-01-01 20.686181188868503
2018-01-01 22.113719319530407
2019-01-01 27.603831379399512
2020-01-01 26.646854258206360
2021-01-01 24.827868693929545
2022-01-01 21.171530534917420

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