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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Lauderdale County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Lauderdale County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 2.00 — 91 (Higher)Tract 3.00 — 45 (Middle)Tract 4.01 — 53 (Middle)Tract 4.02 — 98 (Higher)Tract 6.00 — 98 (Higher)Tract 7.00 — 96 (Higher)Tract 8.00 — 85 (Upper-middle)Tract 9.00 — 75 (Upper-middle)Tract 10.00 — 74 (Upper-middle)Tract 11.01 — 47 (Middle)Tract 11.02 — 29 (Lower-middle)Tract 102.03 — 12 (Lower)Tract 102.04 — 60 (Upper-middle)Tract 102.05 — 53 (Upper-middle)Tract 102.06 — 45 (Middle)Tract 103.01 — 42 (Middle)Tract 103.03 — 42 (Lower-middle)Tract 103.04 — 4 (Lower)Tract 104.00 — 31 (Lower-middle)Tract 105.01 — 24 (Lower)Tract 105.02 — 36 (Lower-middle)Tract 106.01 — 16 (Lower)Tract 106.02 — 38 (Lower-middle)Tract 107.00 — 93 (Higher)Tract 9800.00 — 0 (Lower)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (0 to 24)Lower-middle (29 to 42)Middle (42 to 53)Upper-middle (53 to 85)Higher (91 to 98)
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: 45th percentile (among tracts in MS).
These tracts span the 0th percentile to the 98th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median6 (24%) · 12,905 people
Above the median3 (12%) · 11,549 people
Near the median7 (28%) · 23,273 people
Below the median5 (20%) · 15,051 people
Well below the median4 (16%) · 8,726 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — 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.
Tract 4.02 (pop. 4,076) — 98th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 6.00 (pop. 1,368) — 98th 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 7.00 (pop. 3,206) — 96th 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 (above).
Tract 107.00 (pop. 893) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 2.00 (pop. 1,782) — 91st 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 (above).
Tract 8.00 (pop. 1,580) — 85th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9.00 (pop. 4,798) — 75th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 10.00 (pop. 3,768) — 74th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 102.04 (pop. 2,983) — 60th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 102.05 (pop. 5,540) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 4.01 (pop. 580) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 11.01 (pop. 3,088) — 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 3.00 (pop. 1,995) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 102.06 (pop. 1,831) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 103.01 (pop. 6,358) — 42nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 103.03 (pop. 3,881) — 42nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 106.02 (pop. 3,233) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 105.02 (pop. 2,639) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 104.00 (pop. 2,483) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 11.02 (pop. 4,383) — 29th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 105.01 (pop. 2,313) — 24th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 106.01 (pop. 3,616) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 102.03 (pop. 1,991) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 103.04 (pop. 3,106) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9800.00 (pop. 13) — 0th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
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 MS. "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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