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. 2020 Aug 13;37(1):256–259. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12505

Table 1.

Social Vulnerability of American Indian and Alaska Native People by Geographic Area

Geographic Region # of Tracts % Pov % Unemp % PCI % NoHSDp % Age 65+ % Age ≤17 % Disabl % SngPnt
Albuquerque Area Southwest 25 23.1 (9.3) 12.1 (7.1) 19,137 (7,096) 15.3 (6.1) 14.2 (5.9) 26.5 (7.6) 13.7 (5.5) 12.6 (7.3)
California 88 25.1 (16.6) 14.5 (12.3) 26,570 (24,178) 17.9 (13.7) 16.6 (16.1) 26.9 (13.9) 15.2 (7.6) 15.7 (13.9)
Great Lakes 54 24.7 (12.4) 10.3 (6.9) 24,154 (14,034) 12.3 (6.6) 14.4 (7.2) 28.6 (8.4) 15.5 (5.0) 17.5 (9.8)
Great Plains 31 35.3 (13.7) 13.8 (7.2) 17,120 (6,039) 16.4 (5.1) 10.2 (4.2) 35.5 (5.4) 12.8 (3.0) 18.2 (6.2)
Inter‐Tribal Council of Arizona 50 32.1 (12.2) 17.3 (9.4) 17,250 (6,458) 20.7 (10.1) 13.3 (6.4) 27.7 (8.0) 16.8 (8.5) 14.3 (7.7)
Navajo 38 40.2 (7.0) 18.3 (7.1) 12,117 (1,823) 26.9 (7.2) 11.9 (2.3) 28.7 (3.4) 15.5 (4.4) 13.3 (3.3)
Northwest 66 21.9 (12.2) 11.3 (7.7) 23,740 (10,365) 15.3 (9.8) 15.2 (7.7) 25.9 (7.5) 17.5 (8.0) 13.6 (7.7)
Oklahoma Area 16 19.2 (12.8) 6.4 (3.5) 22,353 (6,147) 14.7 (9.3) 16.5 (5.4) 26.5 (8.6) 17.9 (3.9) 11.8 (10.2)
Rocky Mountain 23 24.3 (12.5) 10.0 (6.4) 21,313 (7,208) 11.2 (3.1) 15.2 (6.4) 28.8 (6.2) 13.9 (5.4) 11.3 (5.7)
United South & Eastern Tribes 38 30.0 (15.2) 13.7 (9.8) 20,269 (11,425) 19.7 (8.7) 11.6 (7.9) 31.3 (10.2) 15.7 (5.8) 19.5 (10.0)
All Tribal Areas average 429 27.5 (14.3) 13.3 (9.3) 21,351 (14,282) 17.3 (10.2) 14.2 (9.4) 28.3 (9.5) 15.6 (6.6) 15.2 (9.6)
US average 3141 15.6 (6.5) 5.8 (2.9) 27,036 (6,512) 13.4 (6.3) 18.4 (4.6) 22.4 (3.5) 15.9 (4.4) 8.3 (2.8)
Geographic Region % Minrty % LimEng % MUnit % Mobile % Crowd % NoVeh % GroupQ % UnInsur
Albuquerque Area Southwest 85.3 (22.4) 1.8 (1.9) 0.3 (0.6) 22.6 (9.0) 7.9 (7.0) 8.3 (4.8) 0.5 (0.7) 20.2 (10.4)
California 79.0 (24.3) 2.8 (8.2) 1.5 (4.5) 23.1 (21.3) 8.4 (11.1) 8.2 (8.1) 0.4 (2.4) 20.5 (14.8)
Great Lakes 60.3 (29.5) 0.4 (0.9) 3.5 (4.7) 9.7 (8.2) 4.0 (3.7) 11.2 (9.2) 1.1 (1.9) 14.5 (11.0)
Great Plains 77.8 (19.4) 0.8 (1.3) 3.2 (3.2) 17.1 (10.3) 12.7 (9.1) 9.8 (5.6) 1.1 (1.3) 27.0 (9.0)
Inter‐Tribal Council of Arizona 85.3 (22.8) 1.6 (2.4) 0.6 (1.1) 20.2 (17.5) 7.6 (7.6) 11.8 (10.2) 0.9 (2.1) 21.5 (9.5)
Navajo 98.6 (1.2) 6.3 (3.4) 0.3 (0.6) 21.2 (6.6) 17.4 (5.0) 14.4 (4.4) 0.5 (1.0) 24.0 (6.9)
Northwest 60.4 (28.8) 2.0 (4.0) 3.7 (10.5) 14.1 (10.3) 5.9 (4.9) 7.5 (8.3) 0.9 (2.3) 14.9 (7.4)
Oklahoma Area 49.2 (30.4) 1.4 (3.5) 0.8 (1.2) 13.4 (9.2) 3.4 (3.3) 5.3 (4.1) 1.8 (4.9) 15.3 (6.8)
Rocky Mountain 55.6 (29.0) 0.5 (0.7) 1.5 (2.0) 16.5 (9.5) 6.5 (5.2) 6.0 (4.3) 2.4 (3.5) 24.5 (11.2)
United South & Eastern Tribes 85.5 (14.1) 1.0 (1.5) 3.2 (8.6) 13.8 (13.6) 7.1 (9.1) 12.2 (9.3) 0.7 (1.3) 26.7 (19.3)
All Tribal Areas average 74.8 (27.3) 2.0 (4.6) 2.1 (5.7) 17.5 (14.6) 8.0 (8.4) 9.7 (8.2) 0.9 (2.2) 20.3 (12.4)
US average 23.5 (20.2) 1.7 (2.8) 4.7 (5.7) 12.9 (9.6) 2.4 (2.4) 6.4 (4.5) 3.5 (4.6) 10.1 (5.1)

Data presented as mean(SD).

# of Tracts: Number of census tracts (subdivisions of counties) for Tribal Areas and number of counties for US Average

% Pov: Percentage of persons below poverty estimate

% Unemp: Unemployment rate estimate

% PCI: Per capita income estimate, 2014‐2018 American Community Survey

% NoHSDp: Percentage of persons with no high school diploma (age 25+) estimate

% Age 65+: Percentage of persons aged 65+ years

% Age 65+: Percentage of persons aged 17 years

% Disabl: Percentage of civilian noninstitutionalized population with a disability estimate, 2014‐2018 American Community Survey

% SngPnt: Percentage of single‐parent households with children under 18 years estimate, 2014‐2018 American Community Survey

% Minrty: Percentage minority (all persons except white, non‐Hispanic) estimate, 2014‐2018 American Community Survey

% LimEng: Percentage of persons (age 5+) who speak English “less than well” estimate, 2014‐2018 American Community Survey

% MUnit: Percentage of housing in structures with 10 or more units estimate

% Mobile: Percentage of mobile homes estimate

% Crowd: Percentage of occupied housing units with more people than rooms estimate

% NoVeh: Percentage of households with no vehicle available estimate

% GroupQ: Percentage of persons in institutionalized group quarters estimate, 2014‐2018 American Community Survey

% UnInsur: Percentage uninsured in the total civilian noninstitutionalized population estimate, 2014‐2018 American Community Survey