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
Addison County, VT
29.35229 35.20073 35.20073
Bennington County, VT
26.77275 31.09339 31.09339
Caledonia County, VT
18.58364 17.06226 17.06226
Chittenden County, VT
28.86960 25.41801 25.41801
Essex County, VT
23.51857 20.20981 20.20981
Franklin County, VT
20.64089 20.06428 20.06428
Grand Isle County, VT
12.02753 8.75976 8.75976
Lamoille County, VT
29.49369 28.93667 28.93667
Orange County, VT
17.54095 24.55687 24.55687
Orleans County, VT
21.81272 19.22655 19.22655
Rutland County, VT
28.05877 32.71102 32.71102
Washington County, VT
37.40406 28.17528 28.17528
Windham County, VT
20.32519 18.55663 18.55663
Windsor County, VT
24.36152 24.16535 24.16535
   

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