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Title:               Income Inequality in Mecosta County, MI
Series ID:           2020RATIO026107
Source:              U.S. Census Bureau
Release:             Income Inequality (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Ratio
Date Range:          2010-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated:        2023-12-07 10:43 AM CST
Notes:               This data represents the ratio of the mean income for the highest
                     quintile (top 20 percent) of earners divided by the mean income of the
                     lowest quintile (bottom 20 percent) of earners in a particular county.
                     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.
                     https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf

DATE                     VALUE
2010-01-01  12.924738365620130
2011-01-01  12.525491855299345
2012-01-01  12.363665187064045
2013-01-01  13.132285527177473
2014-01-01  13.921108982305872
2015-01-01  14.048826815642458
2016-01-01  14.613892647722148
2017-01-01  14.863660477453580
2018-01-01  14.465506958250497
2019-01-01  14.332164767747590
2020-01-01  12.206240040258324
2021-01-01  11.815242118947026
2022-01-01  11.185888252148997