Racial and Social Equity Composite Index Current

<div><div><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;'><font color='#dc143c' size='4'><b>!!PLEASE NOTE!!</b> </font><span style='font-size:16px;'>When downloading the data, please select &quot;File Geodatabase&quot; to preserve long field names. Shapefile will truncate field names to 10 characters.</span></span><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></span></div><div><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></span></div><div><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Version: </span><b>Current</b></div><div><br /></div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>Click <a href='https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPCD/Demographics/RacialSocialEquityIndexUsersGuide2023.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>here for a User Guide</a>.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>See the layer in action in the <a href='HTTPS://maps.seattle.gov/RSEIndex' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Racial and Social Equity Viewer</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Click </span><a href='https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPCD/Demographics/RacialSocialEquityIndex2023.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>here</a><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'> for an 11x17 printable pdf version of the map.</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Composite Index includes sub-indices of:   </div></div><div><font color='#8b008b'><br /></font></div><div><b><font size='3'><font color='#000000'>Race, English Language Learners, and Origins Index</font><font color='#32cd32'> </font></font></b><br /></div><div>ranks census tracts by an index of three measures weighted as follows:</div><div><div><ul><li> Persons of color (weight: 1.0)</li><li> English language learner (weight: 0.5)</li><li> Foreign born (weight: 0.5)</li></ul></div><div><div><b><font color='#000000' size='3'>Socioeconomic Disadvantage Index </font></b></div><div><div>ranks census tracts by an index of two equally weighted measures:</div><div><ul><li>Income below 200% of poverty level </li><li>Educational attainment less than a bachelor’s degree</li></ul></div><div><div><b><font color='#000000' size='3'>Health Disadvantage Index</font><font color='#ff4500'> </font></b></div><div>ranks census tracts by an index of seven equally weighted measures:</div><div><ul><li>No leisure-time physical activity</li><li>Diagnosed diabetes </li><li>Obesity</li><li>Mental health not good </li><li>Asthma</li><li>Low life expectancy at birth</li><li>Disability</li></ul></div><div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:14px;'><font size='2'><i>The index does not reflect population densities, nor does it show variation within census tracts which can be important considerations at a local level.</i></font></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Aven

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