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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Hood County, TX
Series ID RACEDISPARITY048221
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 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-12-12 9:46 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 13.873906790935559
2010-01-01 18.282753611910880
2011-01-01 24.010049353856240
2012-01-01 23.896379691790322
2013-01-01 26.581482044754110
2014-01-01 23.287400548325863
2015-01-01 22.838025339947688
2016-01-01 23.974151508079647
2017-01-01 18.476395643728390
2018-01-01 18.982431700190517
2019-01-01 18.761058542247987
2020-01-01 20.749864748700897
2021-01-01 21.090603231018940
2022-01-01 24.540636414706480
2023-01-01 24.744952988948278

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