Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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St. Landry Parish — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
St. Landry Parish — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (17 to 44)Lower-middle (47 to 59)Middle (59 to 70)Upper-middle (72 to 81)Higher (87 to 97)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.

The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 65th percentile (among tracts in LA).
These tracts span the 17th percentile to the 97th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median7 (25%) · 14,818 people
Above the median9 (32%) · 32,831 people
Near the median8 (29%) · 21,559 people
Below the median2 (7%) · 8,423 people
Well below the median2 (7%) · 4,039 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Household Characteristics — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.

The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 7 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 9613.02 (pop. 2,847) — 97th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 9614.01 (pop. 2,204) — 97th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 9616.01 (pop. 2,509) — 96th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 9615.01 (pop. 1,859) — 95th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 9609.02 (pop. 2,496) — 90th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9613.01 (pop. 2,020) — 87th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9614.02 (pop. 883) — 81st percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Above the median — 9 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 9608.00 (pop. 4,293) — 76th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9619.00 (pop. 2,784) — 75th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9605.00 (pop. 5,212) — 74th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9606.01 (pop. 4,689) — 74th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 9617.01 (pop. 4,689) — 72nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9602.00 (pop. 3,871) — 70th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9616.02 (pop. 1,414) — 69th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9610.00 (pop. 2,259) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9607.02 (pop. 3,620) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Near the median — 8 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 9603.00 (pop. 3,591) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 9611.00 (pop. 2,751) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9601.00 (pop. 1,981) — 58th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9612.00 (pop. 5,342) — 55th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9604.00 (pop. 1,763) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9618.02 (pop. 2,585) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9606.02 (pop. 1,914) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9609.01 (pop. 1,632) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Below the median — 2 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 9618.01 (pop. 5,844) — 39th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 9615.02 (pop. 2,579) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 2 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 9617.02 (pop. 1,873) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9607.01 (pop. 2,166) — 17th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in LA. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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