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
Belknap County, NH
29.28010 28.20183 28.20183
Carroll County, NH
39.98116 35.09044 35.09044
Cheshire County, NH
32.69215 31.40729 31.40729
Coos County, NH
57.92798 56.90783 56.90783
Grafton County, NH
35.01319 34.67647 34.67647
Hillsborough County, NH
40.32620 40.13887 40.13887
Merrimack County, NH
35.02208 36.62435 36.62435
Rockingham County, NH
28.09816 30.67797 30.67797
Strafford County, NH
22.57543 26.09398 26.09398
Sullivan County, NH
29.29041 35.98791 35.98791
   

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