Vulnerable Populations During a Disaster
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Not everyone has access to the same kinds of resources to be able to plan for, respond to, and recover from a disaster. While it can be tempting to see vulnerability and resilience as opposite sides of the same coin, this is not always the case. A community with a large vulnerable population can still have high levels of resilience.
In addition to providing data from the 2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, this issue of Kentucky: By The Numbers includes two maps as a way to visualize county results from the two resources: the Social Vulnerability component of the FEMA National Risk Index (https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/social-vulnerability); and the ATSDR/CDC Social Vulnerability index (https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/place-health/php/svi/index.html). On each website, zoom in to see below the county level.
For counties with small populations and small population groups, the margins of error (indicated by a +/-___) can be quite large. The margin of error tells us how precise the estimate is by indicating the range within which the estimate most likely falls. For help in understanding the margin of error, see the brief Kentucky: By The Numbers publication “And Now for the Grain of Salt.”
County Data Sheets
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State Level Data
Adair Allen Anderson Ballard Barren
Boyle Bracken Breathitt Breckinridge Bullitt
Butler Caldwell Calloway Campbell Carlisle
Carroll Carter Casey Christian Clark
Clay Clinton Crittenden Cumberland Daviess
Edmonson Elliott Estill Fayette Fleming
Floyd Franklin Fulton Gallatin Garrard
Grant Graves Grayson Green Greenup
Hancock Hardin Harlan Harrison Hart
Henderson Henry Hickman Hopkins Jackson
Jefferson Jessamine Johnson Kenton Knott
Knox LaRue Laurel Lawrence Lee
Leslie Letcher Lewis Lincoln Livingston
Logan Lyon McCracken McCreary McLean
Madison Magoffin Marion Marshall Martin
Mason Meade Menifee Mercer Metcalfe
Monroe Montgomery Morgan Muhlenberg Nelson
Nicholas Ohio Oldham Owen Owsley
Pendleton Perry Pike Powell Pulaski
Robertson Rockcastle Rowan Russell Scott
Shelby Simpson Spencer Taylor Todd
Trigg Trimble Union Warren Washington
Wayne Webster Whitley Wolfe Woodford
Data Sources
These data are from the 2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Additional data can be accessed at https://data.census.gov/