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

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Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Newton County, TX
Series ID RACEDISPARITY048351
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 30.895684177662770
2010-01-01 30.672722083384120
2011-01-01 26.376786526718178
2012-01-01 25.683517015742275
2013-01-01 27.083429403278952
2014-01-01 28.667226880999447
2015-01-01 30.865093274362900
2016-01-01 30.410589404667643
2017-01-01 37.640878936595236
2018-01-01 35.552567892322400
2019-01-01 35.149963108232825
2020-01-01 36.779570114974590
2021-01-01 37.650460276679595
2022-01-01 24.688819737719490

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