2023 Parks and Recreation Aquatics Master Plan

Aquatic Facilities Master Plan EQUITY ASSESSMENT

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METHODOLOGY The Social Vulnerability Index combines demographic characteristics commonly used as indicators for areas considered at risk of experiencing negative social or health outcomes. Social vulnerability includes an analysis of socioeconomic status, household composition and disability, minority status and language, and housing and transportation to determine the area’s vulnerability. The data set for this analysis is created by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention with the intention of assisting communities after a natural disaster. More recently, this data set has been applied to community planning, especially in the areas of public health, parks and recreation and greenway planning. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention social vulnerability index “uses U.S. Census data to determine the social vulnerability of every census tract. Census tracts are subdivisions of counties for which the Census collects statistical data. The social vulnerability index ranks each tract on 15 social factors, including poverty, lack of vehicle access, and crowed housing, and groups them into four related themes. Each tract receives a separate ranking for each of the four themes, as well as an overall ranking.”

Below Poverty Unemployed Income No High School Diploma Age 65 or Older Age 17 or younger Civilian with a Disability Single-Parent Households Minority Speak English “less than well”

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION + DISABILITY

OVERALL SOCIAL VULNERABILITY

MINORITY STATUS + LANGUAGE

Multi-Unit Structures Mobile Homes Crowding No Vehicle Group Quarters

HOUSING + TRANSPORTATION

Components of the overall social vulnerability index and four composite indices

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