This layer shows the overall vulnerability index along with nine domains of social needs for each census tract and ZIP code across the United States. Neighborhoods with scores greater than 1 are identified as areas of “high vulnerability,” meaning they face specific obstacles to care that are more than one standard deviation above the national average.
the new lending to businesses with revenues under $1 million, by amount and number of loans. Data are retrieved from Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) 2022 Aggregate data. Data includes amount, percent, and number of loans
This layer displays aggregated location based data from the FCC that’s gathered through the Broadband Data Collection program. The number of locations was derived from the number of unique location ids for each block group and aggregated up. Location ids may include multiple units which are not included in our calculations. The number of locations that meet broadband definitions are only for those locations served the required speeds by copper, cable, fiber, or licensed fixed wireless. Satellite, un-licensed fixed wireless, or ‘other’ are not inlcuded in our broadband calculations. A location is considered served by wireless alone if it meets the broadband definition (25/3+) by a wireless provider and is not served by any other technology type (not including satellite).
This layer displays the total number of providers that provide broadband level services. Only records with copper, cable, fiber, or licensed fixed wireless are counted.
The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) serves as the definitive Landsat-based, 30-meter resolution, land cover database for the Nation. NLCD provides spatial reference and descriptive data for characteristics of the land surface such as thematic class (for example, urban, agriculture, and forest), percent impervious surface, and percent tree canopy cover. NLCD supports a wide variety of Federal, State, local, and nongovernmental applications that seek to assess ecosystem status and health, understand the spatial patterns of biodiversity, predict effects of climate change, and develop land management policy. NLCD products are created by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium, a partnership of Federal agencies led by the U.S. Geological Survey.
This layer displays a point layer depicting Facilities that Discharge to Water indexed to NHDPlus version 2.1. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) is used by EPA programs, regions, states, and water programs for monitoring water quality. Discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States is regulated under the NPDES, a mandated provision of the Clean Water Act. To assist with the regulation process, state and federal regulators use an information management system called the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS-NPDES). ICIS-NPDES stores data about NPDES facilities, permits, compliance status, and enforcement activities. ICIS-NPDES replaces the legacy Permit Compliance System (PCS). The NPDES permit program addresses water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants to waters of the United States.
This layer displays GIS data from EPA Office of Water STORET Warehouse. Reach indexed NPDES locations comprise two basic types: facilities and pipes. For a given NPDES permit, the program may have locational information on the facility alone or specific pipe outfalls.
This layer displays impaired waterbodies, which means waterbodies not able to be used for certain purposes due to water quality from physical, chemical and biological factors.
This layer displays the estimated percentage of live births by cesarean delivery. A cesarean delivery is the extraction of the fetus, placenta, and membranes through an incision in the maternal abdominal and uterine walls. For more information visit Maternal and Infant Health Mapping Tool .
A local empirical Bayes algorithm was used to provide more stable estimates, particularly for counties with small numbers that would otherwise be unreliable or suppressed to ensure confidentiality. The degree of smoothing is inversely proportional to the number of events. Thus, counties with larger numbers of births will have less smoothing and little to no difference between actual or raw data available on CDC WONDER and smoothed estimates, while counties with smaller numbers of births will borrow strength from neighboring counties to improve the stability of estimates. Estimates are suppressed if there were fewer than 10 events in the county and its adjacent neighbors. For more information: Marshall RJ. Mapping disease and mortality rates using Empirical Bayes estimators. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 1991; 40:283-94.
New data include prevalence estimates for adult with any disability including vision, hearing, self-care, mobility, cognitive, and independent living. Estimates from the PLACES Project are available at the county, city, ZIP Code, and census tract levels for nearly every community in the United States. For more map layers from this series, search the Map Room for the terms BRFSS PLACES.