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SOCIAL VULNERABILITIES are data reported by various geographic boundaries that describe the demographics and social characteristics of the community.
Data Type
Data
Years
U.S. Census
Decennial Census
Data. (2010 Census
data on the way)
1990,
2000,
US Census American
Community Survey
Data (Including
2005-2009 5-year
averages)
20052009
US Census
Redistricting Data
US Census Bureau
Small Area Health
Insurance Estimates
Reporting
Levels/
Geographies
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BG, CO, TR,
TW, SC
Extent
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Examples
Normalizations (Display As) Available
(for select data classes)
Population Groupings
MSA
Total population - and groupings by age,
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race, sex, income level, marital status,
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educational attainment, employment
status, family, household, housing unit, and
others.
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Per square mile.
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By total population, sub-populations (based 
on age, sex, race), households, families,

and occupied units.

Others as appropriate.
Persons living in poverty
Female population age 19 to 24
Family households with own children under age 18
Total vacant housing units
CO, TW,
SC,MSA, TR,
BG
MSA
Household and family groupings including 
presence of children, poverty, and income. 
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Per square mile.
Households, families, and occupied units.
Others as appropriate.
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Total Households
Households with Children
Married Couple Families
2010
CO, TW,
SC,MSA, TR,
BG
MSA
Population by age, race, and ethnicity.
Housing by tenure.
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Per square mile.
As percent of total population.
Others as appropriate.
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African American Population
Hispanic Population
Occupied Housing Units
2005,
2006
CO
MSA
Estimates of population with and without
health insurance coverage broken out by
gender, age, and income level.
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By sub-population groups
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Population 40 - 64 with Health Insurance Coverage
Males 18 - 64 at or below 200% of Poverty with no
Health Insurance Coverage
Population Under 19 at or below 200% of Poverty
with no Health Insurance Coverage
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Indiana State
Department of
Education Data
1980,
19902009
SC, CO
MSA
Total population, enrollees, students,

teachers, graduates, dropouts, adults,
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children, families, people per household,
and lunch program participants and others and groupings by, grade level, race,
public/nonpublic, educational attainment. 
Per square mile.
By total population, graduates, enrollees,
drop outs, and sub-populations of these
based on grade level and public/nonpublic
status.
Others as appropriate.
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Total enrollment-female
Public enrollment-Hispanic
Free and reduced lunch Program participants
Adults with highest educational attainment of high
school diploma
Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act
(FFEIC) Housing
Data
19942010
CO, TR, MSA
MSA
Total loans for home purchase
(conventional, guaranteed), home
improvement, and refinancing - and
groupings by income level and race
(Caucasian, African American, Hispanic).
Per square mile.
By home purchase, improvement, and
refinancing applications.
Per 100 occupied housing units
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Denied home purchase loan apps – low income
applicants
All home improvement loan apps – African
American
Approved guaranteed home purchase loan apps –
Hispanic
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Data Type
Data
Years
Reporting
Levels/
Geographies
*
CO, TR
Extent
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Examples
Normalizations (Display As) Available
(for select data classes)
Population Groupings
20052010
HUD Subsidized
Housing Data
2008
CO, TR, MSA
MSA
Total number of people living in and units 
available for subsidized housing including 
public housing, Section 8 voucher housing, 
and Low Income Housing Tax Credit.
Percent of Public Housing Households
per Square Mile
as % of HUD Program Residents
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Average Size of Household for Public Housing
Percent of LIHTC Households Headed by a Female
Percent of Section 8 Voucher Units that are
Occupied
Indiana Department
of Local
Government
Finance
20022009
CO, BG,
SC,TR, TW,
ZP, CL, INH
Marion
County
Parcel-level property data including
assessed values, tax bills, and dwelling
characteristics.
As % of total properties
As % of residential properties
As % of single family dwellings

Residential One Family Dwellings Built in 1979 or
Earlier
Residential Properties with a Tax Bill $2,000 and up
Residential Properties with Assessed Value between
$60,000 - $99,999
Indiana Family and
Social Services
Administration Data
19972004
NH,SC,TR
MSA
All food stamp and all TANF recipients - and 
groupings by age, race, marital status, and
educational attainment.
By total population, recipients, and
subpopulations of these based on age,
race, and marital status

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Food stamp recipients age 5 or under
Hispanic food stamp recipients age 5 or under
Adult unmarried African American TANF recipients
age 18 or under
Indiana State
Department of
Health Birth Defect
Data
2005
CO
MSA
Birth defects as reported by the Indiana
Birth Defects and Problems Registry.
Per 10,000 live births
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All Birth Defects per 10,000 Live Births
Down Syndrome Cases per 10,000 Live Births
Indiana State
Department of
Health
Communicable
Disease Data
20042006
CO
MSA
Communicable disease rates for a selection 
of reportable diseases.
Per 100,000 population
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Hepatitis B Cases per 100,000 Population
Shigellosis Cases per 100,000 Population
West Nile Virus Cases per 100,000 Population
Indiana State
Department of
Health Cancer Data
19992004
CO
MSA
Cancer incidents and deaths by county

Per 100,000 population (age adjusted)
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Cancer deaths in females
Cancer incidents in males
Indiana State
Department of
Health Hospital
Discharge Data
20002009
CO
MSA
Hospital discharges by payer type and
diagnosis.

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Per 1,000 Population
As % of total hospitalizations
As % of total hospital costs

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
Total Hospitalizations
Hospitalizations paid by Medicare
Average days of hospitalizations due to injury and
poisoning
Indiana State
Department of
Health Vitals Data
19892003
CO
MSA
Births and deaths by county
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Per 1,000 population
Per square mile
As % of total births (for subgroups)
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
Low weight births
Births of Male/Female babies
Births by age and race groups
MSA
Total number of addresses and total vacant 
addresses. Beginning in 2008, addresses

are divided into residential and commercial 
groupings.
Residential and commercial addresses identified as
vacant in quarter 1
Commercial addresses vacant for 3 to 6 months in
quarter 2
Total residential addresses in quarter 4
Residential and commercial addresses in service in
quarter 3 that were vacant in previous quarter
HUD Aggregated
United States Postal
Service (USPS) Data
on Address
Vacancies
Per square mile
As % of total addresses
Number (units)
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Data Type
Data
Years
Reporting
Levels/
Geographies
*
BG,SC,TR,
TW, ZP, CL,
INH, PO, CDC
Extent
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Examples
Normalizations (Display As) Available
(for select data classes)
Population Groupings
Total offenses - and groupings by age, race 
(white, black), and sex. Offenses by type of 
charge. Offenses by drug or alcohol
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abusers.
Per square mile
Per total offense charges
Per subpopulations based on race and
gender

Offenses with charge of rape, aiding rape or
attempted rape
Offenses committed by Hispanic males
Marion
County
Total births – and groupings by weight and 
by mother’s age, race, education, prenatal
behavior, and use of support services (e.g., 
MCH, WIC) and by father’s age, race, and
education
Per 1,000 population with subpopulations 
based on race of mother
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By total births with subpopulations based 
on race and age of mother
Births to Hispanic mothers under age 19
Low weight births
Births where prenatal care began in the first
trimester
SC,TR, INH
Marion
County
Total deaths - and groupings based on age 
and race (AA, Caucasian, Hispanic) and by
type of death (suicide, homicide, accident) 
By total deaths with subpopulations based 
on age

Per 1,000 population with subpopulations 
based on race
Deaths of African American individuals under age 1
Deaths by accident
Deaths of Hispanic individuals under age 20
HPA, CO
Marion
County
Adults included in MCHH telephone survey 
on obesity, nutrition and exercise. Public
school children measured as part of MCHD
program
As % of survey respondents
Adults who are overweight
Adults who meet CDC minimums for eating fruits
and vegetables
Adults who walk for exercise
Public School Students who are Overweight
Marion County
Juvenile Justice
Data
19922010
Marion County
Health and Hospital
Birth Certificate
Data
19882010
SC,TR, INH
Marion County
Health and Hospital
Death Certificate
Data
19882010
Marion County
Health and Hospital
Obesity Data
2005
Marion
County
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Primary Care
Service Area Data
19992006
PCSA, ZCTA
MSA
Physician Assistants, Physicians, Medicare, 
Census data is also included as a means of 
providing contextual data for ZCTAs and
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PCSAs.
As % by groups
Count
Others as appropriate
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Females 18 - 64 with Health Insurance Coverage
Deaths of HMO Medicare Beneficiaries
Physician Assistants
Population per Clinically Active Primary Care
Physician
Uniform Crime
Report Data
19922010
BG, INH,
SC,TR,TW, ZP,
GINI, PO, CDC
Marion
County
Total Part 1 crimes (criminal homicide,
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robbery, aggravated assault, burglary,
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larceny, motor vehicle theft, and rape) and 
groupings by type of crime.
Per square mile
Per 1,000 population
Per total crimes
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Aggravated assaults
Burglaries
U.S. EPA Air Quality
Data
19982008
County
MSA
Air quality data as reported by AirData Air
Quality Index Summary Report.
Percent of days
Index value

Percent of Days Where Air Quality was Reported as
Good
Percent of Days Where the Main Criteria Pollutant
was Reported as Ozone
Median Air Quality Index Value
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U.S. EPA Emissions
Data
1990,
Air pollution emissions data as reported by 
CO
MSA
Short Tons
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Total Ammonia Emissions
1996U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Carbon Monoxide emissions from electric utilities
2002
*BG = Census block group, CO = County, NH = Neighborhood, SC = School corporation, TR = Census tract, TW = Township, ZP = ZIP Code, CL = City Limits, INH = Indy Neighborhood, HPA = Health Planning Area,
GINI = Great Indy Neighborhood Initiative Neighborhood. PO = Police Jurisdiction, CDC = Community Development Corporation Service Boundary.
** MSA = Indianapolis MSA and Madison County
Notes: 1) Some aggregation geographies are not available for all sources due to confidentiality constraints. 2) Not all aggregation geographies are available for all years of data. 3) Neighborhood aggregations
are only available for Marion County. 4) Not all normalizations are available for all data classes.
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REPORTING LEVEL/GEOGRAPHIES establish a relative location and are units by which the vulnerability data are reported.
Reporting Level/Geography Category
Available for the MSA, with exceptions as noted
Boundaries:
1
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Census Block Group (1990, 2000, 2010)
1
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Census Tract (1990, 2000, 2010)
2
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Township
2
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County
2
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School Corporation
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City and Town
2
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ZIP Codes (2003,2007)
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Indiana State Senate District (114th)
2,5
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Indy Neighborhoods
2,5
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Police Jurisdictions (2003, 2007)
2,5
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Health Planning Areas
2,5
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Community Development Corps
2,5
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GINI Neighborhoods
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ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2000)
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Primary Care Service Areas
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Metropolitan Statistical Areas (2003)
Boundaries:
3
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Park
2
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Neighborhood (UDAP Census Tabulation
Areas)
4,5
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Neighborhood (Registered Community
Organizations)
4
Street Address Centerlines (for geocoding)
4
Interstates
4
Highways
4
Main Streets
4
All Streets
2
Railroad Lines Rivers and Streams
2
Lakes and Reservoirs
4,5
Greenways
1
Updated with decennial census
Updates as needed
3
Updated Annually
4
Updated semi-annually
5
Marion County only
2
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SOCIAL ASSETS are sites, programs, and agencies in the community. 2010-2012 Data unless otherwise indicated.
Asset Category
Available for the 11 central counties of the Indianapolis MSA
2
4, 6
Health Education
Playgrounds (2002)
1
•
All Health Education
Public Libraries
2
Adult Continuing Education
1
Banks
•
•
•
1
•
All Banks
Branch Offices
Main Offices
•
•
•
2
1
All Day Cares
Licensed Day Care Centers
Licensed Home Day Cares
Registered Day Care Ministries
2
Employment Programs
•
•
All Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement Programs
2
Family Support Services
•
•
All Family Support Services
Case Management
Financial Assistance
•
2
•
Community Development Corporations (CDCs)
2
Day Cares
•
•
•
•
City / County Hospital
Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded
Long Term Care
All Community Centers
Senior Centers
2
Utility Assistance
•
•
Maternal And Infant Care
2
Mental Health Facilities
•
•
•
2
Municipal Services/Public Works
2
Nutrition Related Public Assistance Programs
•
WIC Clinics
1
Parks (Points)
1
Places of Worship
•
•
All Food Production
Confined Feeding Operations
1, 6
Local Health Departments
6
Hazardous Waste
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1
4
All Hazardous Waste
Brownfields
Commissioner Bulletins
Corrective Action Sites
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Superfund Sites
Underground Storage Tanks
Voluntary Remediation Programs
Updated annually
Marion County Only
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5
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•
Updated semi-annually
2004 Data
2
Outpatient Mental Health Facilities
Adolescent/Youth Counseling Programs
2
Government Offices
2
Clothing
Food Pantries
1
Food Production
•
All Long Term Care Facilities
Nursing Homes
Material Assistance
•
3
6
All Public Libraries
Branch
Main
2
Rehabilitation
Christmas Programs
1
Hospitals
Community Clinics
Community Health Centers
Rural Health Clinics
Community Centers
•
•
•
•
•
2
Holiday Programs
Clinics
•
•
•
Other Health Education
Wellness Programs1
•
All Places of Worship
Christian
o
Baptist
o
Catholic
o
Christian Church (DOC
o
Church of God
o
Church of God in Christ (COGIC)
o
Churches of Christ
o
Episcopal
o
Lutheran
o
Methodist
o
Nazarene
o
Non-Denominational
o
Pentecostal
o
Presbyterian
o
Religious Society of Friends (Quaker)
o
United Church of Christ (UCC)
o
Wesleyan
Jewish
Other
•
•
Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
Outpatient Physical Therapy/Speech Pathology Services Sites
Sanitation
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1
6
All Sanitation
Construction Demo Waste Sites
Open Dumps
Waste Industrial Sites
Waste Restricted Sites
Waste Septage Sites
Waste Solid Active Permitted Sites
Waste Tire Sites
Waste Transfer Station Sites
Waste Treatment Storage Disposal Sites
Schools
•
•
•
All Schools
Private
Private
2
Special Interest Clubs
2
Specialized Health Care
•
•
Home Health Care
Hospice Care
Substance Abuse Services
•
•
•
•
All Substance Abuse Services
Smoking Cessation Programs
Substance Abuse Counseling
Substance Abuse Counseling Outpatient
Surgery Centers
•
2
2
Ambulatory
1
United Way Agencies
2
Youth Programs
NOTE: These are the most frequently requested Sites,
Programs, and Agencies. SAVI has many more categories
than what is listed here.
Updated quarterly
No updates Planned
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