New Census Data Tool Helps FEMA Better Understand Disaster Vulnerability

Community Resilience Estimates tool examines at-risk factors from low income to lack of health insurance. Learn more in this story.

America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers New Census Data Tool Helps FEMA Better Understand Disaster Vulnerability Tornadoes, high winds, flooding and severe storms ravaged parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois last December. A new U.S. Census Bureau tool is helping the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gauge the number of people particularly vulnerable to disasters like these because they are more "at risk." Read More The Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) tool provides an important metric to measure the risk of every neighborhood in the United States should disaster strike. Having prior estimates of community resilience are vital to FEMA efforts: The CRE can help determine outreach services, the number and type of personnel to deploy and disaster assistance programs that can be activated to aid affected areas. Continue reading to learn more about: Can the CRE pinpoint areas eligible for assistance? CRE provides equitable information Help us spread the word about America Counts. Share this story on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This You May Be Interested Measuring Community Resilience Equitably: Earlier this year, the Census Bureau's Community Resilience Estimates program released a dataset and tool that help decision makers understand their communities' vulnerabilities. Learn More About America Counts America Counts tells the stories behind the numbers in a new inviting way. It features stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, economy, emergency management, health, population, income and poverty. Contact our Public Information Office for media inquiries or interviews. Don't miss an America Counts story! Subscribe here.

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