Kentucky: By The Numbers
Kentucky: By The Numbers

Vulnerable Populations During a Disaster

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.
 

 Map of county results from the Social Vulnerability component of the FEMA National Risk Index   Map of county results from the Social Vulnerability component of the FEMA National Risk Index   


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

Click on the file that contains your county name. All counties are listed alphabetically.

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State Level Data

Adair            Allen             Anderson              Ballard                  Barren

Bath              Bell                Boone                 Bourbon                Boyd

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/ 

 

Contact Information

Julie N. Zimmerman
Professor, Rural Sociology

500 Garrigus Building Lexington, KY 40546-0215

(859) 257-7583

jzimm@uky.edu