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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Refugio County, TX
Series ID RACEDISPARITY048391
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 9:48 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 21.657720624600830
2010-01-01 12.678690934295755
2011-01-01 7.786017386833327
2012-01-01 7.209255062495545
2013-01-01 8.426662942791975
2014-01-01 4.874921408284696
2015-01-01 7.190954499941188
2016-01-01 15.839905698601997
2017-01-01 18.410738676107550
2018-01-01 20.865633159322220
2019-01-01 24.956774490618166
2020-01-01 22.310985332077090
2021-01-01 17.546728088092333
2022-01-01 11.693518400475947
2023-01-01 13.230669467111985

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