Racial and Social Equity Composite Index Current for Countywide Comparisons

<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;'><span style='font-size:16px;'><br /></span></span></div><div>This version of the Racial and Social Equity Index indexes all tracts in the remainder of King County against tracts in the city of Seattle. This index should only be used in direct consultation with the Office of Planning and Community Development, and is intended to be of use for comparing tracts in the remainder of King County within the context of percentiles set by tracts within the city of Seattle.<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;'><span style='font-size:16px;'><br /></span></span></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;'><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 City of Seattle RSE Index 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>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><br /></div><div><div>   Persons of color (weight: 1.0)</div><div> English language learner (weight: 0.5)<br />  Foreign born (weight: 0.5)<br /></div><div><br /></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><br /></div><div>   Income below 200% of poverty level <font size='2'></font></div><div>  Educational attainment less than a bachelor’s degree</div><div><br /></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><br /></div><div> No leisure-time physical activity</div><div>  Diagnosed diabetes </div><div>   Obesity</div><div> Mental health not good </div><div>  Asthma</div><div>Low life expectancy at birth</div><div> Disability</div><div><br /></div><div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;

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