Racial And Social Equity Composite Index Current

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Version: Current

The Racial and Social Equity Index combines information on race, ethnicity, and related demographics with data on socioeconomic and health disadvantages to identify where priority populations make up relatively large proportions of neighborhood residents.

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The Composite Index includes sub-indices of:

**Race, English Language Learners, and Origins Index **

ranks census tracts by an index of three measures weighted as follows:

• Persons of color (weight: 1.0)
• English language learner (weight: 0.5)
• Foreign born (weight: 0.5)

Socioeconomic Disadvantage Index

ranks census tracts by an index of two equally weighted measures:

• Income below 200% of poverty level
• Educational attainment less than a bachelor’s degree

**Health Disadvantage Index **

ranks census tracts by an index of seven equally weighted measures:

• No leisure-time physical activity
• Diagnosed diabetes
• Obesity
• Mental health not good
• Asthma
• Low life expectancy at birth
• Disability

The index does not reflect population densities, nor does it show variation within census tracts which can be important considerations at a local level.