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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Fayette County, TX
Series ID RACEDISPARITY048149
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 29.892189792543437
2010-01-01 25.668545947332845
2011-01-01 21.311192294918630
2012-01-01 13.668186811790589
2013-01-01 22.959896202455482
2014-01-01 18.570543952308810
2015-01-01 22.192291065870997
2016-01-01 24.761348177146505
2017-01-01 22.026359753034637
2018-01-01 18.063618193675268
2019-01-01 14.594702046431818
2020-01-01 24.937900336499650
2021-01-01 25.338521816389843
2022-01-01 24.599121103224680

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