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Developing a Data-Driven System for Identifying the Most Vulnerable Communities in Puerto Rico
Developing a Data-Driven System for Identifying the Most Vulnerable Communities in Puerto Rico
Working Paper Number SEHSD-WP-2023-19
Introduction
By helping communities better anticipate, respond, resist, and recover from disasters, social vulnerability mapping strengthens community resilience. This paper explains common issues indices have when identifying socially vulnerable communities in Puerto Rico and how the U.S. Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates for Puerto Rico (CRE-PR) overcome these concerns. We demonstrate how small area modeling produces more precise and timely measures of the communities most and least vulnerable to disasters. The vulnerability of three groups in Puerto Rico are described: the total population, the population in the most vulnerable tracts, and the population in the least vulnerable tracts. We also analyze the similarities and differences in areas identified as the most vulnerable by CRE-PR and another commonly used index. Decision-makers and disaster planners may benefit from CRE-PR, which provides estimates of vulnerability that permit statistical comparisons, to make data-driven decisions that increase the resilience of underserved communities in Puerto Rico.
Related Information
EXPERIMENTAL DATA PRODUCT
Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) for Puerto Rico
Page Last Revised - June 5, 2023
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