Table 1 Social vulnerability index theme and variables

Socioeconomic status

% Below poverty level

% Unemployed

Per Capita Income

% Age 25 or older with no high school diploma

Household composition & disability

% Age 65 or older

% Age 17 or younger

% Single parent household

Minority status & languages

% Minority

% Age 5 or older speak english “less than well”

Housing & transportation

% Multi-unit structure

% Mobile homes

% Crowding (more people than rooms)

% Households without a vehicle

% In institutionalized group quarters