The Racial Dissimilarity Index measures the percentage of a group's population in a county that would have to move Census tracts for each
tract in the county to have the same percentage of that group as the whole county. Originally developed by Jahn, Schmid and Schrag [1947].

More information on measures of segregation can be found at https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/2958220

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


   

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Percent
Name 2024 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Allegany County, MD
47.98628 50.05887 50.05887
Anne Arundel County, MD
41.92215 42.64394 42.64394
Baltimore County, MD
48.58600 50.18387 50.18387
Calvert County, MD
13.75415 16.71080 16.71080
Caroline County, MD
25.80220 27.17375 27.17375
Carroll County, MD
25.12577 20.13416 20.13416
Cecil County, MD
29.31638 27.75547 27.75547
Charles County, MD
42.69646 40.81538 40.81538
Dorchester County, MD
40.19894 42.00710 42.00710
Frederick County, MD
37.21974 37.48003 37.48003
Garrett County, MD
29.13753 38.08404 38.08404
Harford County, MD
38.47906 39.80020 39.80020
Howard County, MD
22.42875 23.76633 23.76633
Kent County, MD
10.42149 17.54162 17.54162
Montgomery County, MD
40.12237 39.91817 39.91817
Prince George's County, MD
46.15962 46.27880 46.27880
Queen Anne's County, MD
25.07767 20.07900 20.07900
St. Mary's County, MD
36.93937 35.31269 35.31269
Somerset County, MD
41.07407 41.35830 41.35830
Talbot County, MD
28.98851 22.42901 22.42901
Washington County, MD
36.07542 37.52578 37.52578
Wicomico County, MD
31.68615 31.35725 31.35725
Worcester County, MD
37.53815 40.57233 40.57233
Baltimore City, MD
57.93643 59.00464 59.00464
   

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