Community Resilience Estimates show that income inequality is linked to social vulnerability to disasters.





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Now Available: 2022 Community Resilience Estimates Equity Supplement [ [link removed] ]

The U.S. Census Bureau today released the 2022 Community Resilience Estimates Equity Supplement [ [link removed] ] (CRE) and an update to the CRE for Equity interactive tool [ [link removed] ] for U.S. areas most socially vulnerable to disasters and other stressors.

The new supplement shows a connection between income inequality and higher social vulnerability to the impact of disasters [ [link removed] ]. It includes new 2022 equity estimates with race-iterated variables that allow users to examine select topics related to social vulnerability by specific race and Hispanic origin groups.

Community resilience is the capacity of individuals and households within a community to absorb the external stresses of a disaster.

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Income Inequality Linked to Social Vulnerability to Disasters [ [link removed] ]

Income Inequality Linked to Social Vulnerability to Disasters

The share of residents socially vulnerable to disasters is higher in counties where income inequality is the same as or greater than the national average, according to a U.S. Census Bureau analysis.

The analysis of the Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) Equity Supplement [ [link removed] ] linked social vulnerability and income inequality.

Nationally, 20.6% of people were found to be highly vulnerable to disasters in 2022. But in counties where income inequality was at or above the national average, 23.4% were highly vulnerable. In counties with income inequality "below" the national average, 19.2% of residents were deemed highly vulnerable.

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