The degree to which a community exhibits certain social conditions, including high poverty, low percentage of vehicle access, or crowded households, may affect that community’s ability to prevent human suffering and financial loss in the event of disaster. These factors describe a community’s social vulnerability. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National…
This indicator reports the survey response rate, defined as the ratio of the estimate of units interviewed after data collection is complete to the estimate of all units that should have been interviewed. Separate rates are calculated for housing unit responses and Group Quarters (GQ) person responses. For housing units, this includes interviews completed after…
This indicator reports the total and rate of illness and injury cases per 1,000 full-time workers in all establishment sizes (1 to over 1,000 employees per establishment) in the United States for the latest year. Data are from the Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics which produces a…
This indicator reports the seven-year average number of births per 1,000 female population age 15-19. Data were from the National Center for Health Statistics – Natality files (2017-2023) and are used for the 2025 County Health Rankings. Note: Data are suppressed for counties with fewer than 10 teen births in the time frame. Source Centers…
This indicator reports the percentage of the adult population that voted in the national elections on November 5, 2024. Results are preliminary as of December 2024. Source Fox News, Politico, New York Times, 2024. Source Description This GitHub repository provides detailed county-level U.S. presidential election results for 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. The data…
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a federal program that provides nutrition benefits to low-income individuals and families that are used at stores to purchase food. This indicator reports the average percentage of the population receiving SNAP benefits during the month of July during the most recent report year. Source US Census Bureau,…