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

Title White to Non-White Racial Dissimilarity (5-year estimate) Index for Grayson County, VA
Series ID RACEDISPARITY051077
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 13.054401307697109
2010-01-01 12.436974789915967
2011-01-01 19.738556928337953
2012-01-01 26.182769219101505
2013-01-01 39.006940956699650
2014-01-01 42.016338598680534
2015-01-01 20.673964229273366
2016-01-01 27.926024560823070
2017-01-01 25.993807986022667
2018-01-01 22.218855980929570
2019-01-01 17.748700264882363
2020-01-01 22.825425048251212
2021-01-01 26.770297146988150
2022-01-01 36.633147045923620

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