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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Val Verde County, TX
Series ID RACEDISPARITY048465
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 11:31 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 42.747992201797340
2010-01-01 39.220498373891420
2011-01-01 38.783349958028880
2012-01-01 36.678197862838720
2013-01-01 33.767026396427600
2014-01-01 37.898195602466550
2015-01-01 40.637232541885770
2016-01-01 41.393280088920970
2017-01-01 38.561945523724040
2018-01-01 37.665528690511316
2019-01-01 35.418779501006960
2020-01-01 52.506391326840310
2021-01-01 55.732463067192070
2022-01-01 49.501982824865095

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