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Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project

The Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project (HCI) provides a standardized set of statistical measures, data, and tools on the social determinants of health in California. The goal of the HCI is to provide datasets and tools that a broad array of sectors can use for planning healthy communities and evaluating the impact of plans, projects, policy, and environmental changes on community health.

Indicator datasets include data for California, as well as its counties, regions, communities, and census tracts when available. Datasets also include stratifications by race/ethnicity and other population characteristics. Indicators are organized by the “A–N” categories in Section 131019.5 of the California Health and Safety Code (PDF). Content for these indicators is updated as data becomes available. The majority of datasets here can also be found on the California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal. For any questions, please contact HCIOHE@cdph.ca.gov.

Find out more information on the background of HCI (PDF).

Suggested Citation:

Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project, California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity. [Indicator Definition, data years]. Date accessed: [date].

Jump to an Indicator Category (“A-N” Category) by clicking on a link below:

(A) Income Security

(B) Food Security and Nutrition

(D) Housing

(E) Environmental Quality

(F) Accessbile Built Environments

(G) Health Care

(H) Prevention Efforts

(I) Discrimination

(J) Neighborhood Safety and Collective Efficacy

(A) Income Security

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Living Wage (PDF)	Living wage and percent of families with income below the living wage	25.0% of families (2010)	XLS (4.7MB)
Unemployment Rate (PDF)	Percent of the population in the labor force who are unemployed	6.7% unemployment rate (2018)	XLSX (2.9MB)	Tableau Unemployment Fact Sheet (PDF)
Poverty Rate (PDF)	Overall and child (0 to 18 years of age) poverty rate (200% FPL)	32.5% of overall population (2018)	XLSX (6.6MB)	Tableau Poverty Fact Sheet (PDF)
Income Inequality (Gini Index) (PDF)	Distribution of household income relative to the number of households, expressed on a 0 to 1 scale (Gini Index)	0.49 Gini index score (2018)	XLSX (841KB)
Jobs to Housing Ratio (PDF)	Jobs to housing ratio (number of jobs/number of housing units)	Not Available	XLSX (2.0MB)
Jobs to Employed Residents Ratio (PDF)	Jobs to employed residents ratio (number of jobs/number of employed residents)	Not Available	XLSX (5.6MB)

(B) Food Security and Nutrition

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Food Affordability (PDF)	Average cost of a market basket of nutritious food items relative to income	26.6% of income (2010)	XLS (3.9MB)
Retail Food Environment (PDF)	Modified retail food environment index (mRFEI = Number of healthy food retailers / Number of all food retailers x 100)%	20.9% mRFEI score (2022)	XLSX (1.4MB)	ESRI Storymap
Proximity to Alcohol Outlets (PDF)	Percent of the population within ¼ mile of alcohol outlets by type of establishment sales	43.8% of Californians (2014)	XLSX (38.7MB)

Indicator and Narrative

Indicator Full Title

State Estimate

Dataset

Visualizations

Food Affordability (PDF)

Average cost of a market basket of nutritious food items relative to income

26.6% of income

(2010)

XLS (3.9MB)

Retail Food Environment (PDF)

Modified retail food environment index
(mRFEI = Number of healthy food retailers / Number of all food retailers x 100)%

20.9% mRFEI score

(2022)

XLSX (1.4MB)

ESRI Storymap

Proximity to Alcohol Outlets (PDF)

Percent of the population within ¼ mile of alcohol outlets by type of establishment sales

43.8% of Californians

(2014)

XLSX (38.7MB)

(C) Child Development, Education, and Literacy

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Educational Attainment (PDF)	Percent of population age 25 and up with a four-year college degree or higher	33.3% of population age 25+ (2018)	XLSX (27.2MB)	Tableau ESRI Storymap
Licensed Daycare Center Slots (PDF)	Number of licensed daycare center slots per 1,000 children aged 0–5 years	266 slots per 1,000 children ≤ 5 (2019)	XLSX (3.6MB)
Children Reported with Neglect, Physical, or Sexual Abuse (PDF)	Children (under 18) reported with neglect, physical, or sexual abuse per 1,000 children	52.6 children neglected/abused per 1,000 children (2019)	XLSX (5.9MB)
Household Types (PDF)	Household by type of family and head of household	6.3% single-mother households (2018)	A–M Counties XLSX (42.0MB) N–Y Counties XLSX (28.0MB)

(D) Housing

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Percent of Households Incurring Housing Cost Burdens (PDF)	Percent of households paying more than 30% (or 50%) of monthly household income towards housing	40.6% of households pay >30% 19.7% of households pay >50% (2017)	Housing Cost Burden Datasets
Percent of Household Crowding (PDF)	Percent of household overcrowding (>1.0 persons per room) and severe overcrowding (>1.5 persons per room)	8.2% of households experience overcrowding 2.8% of households experience severe overcrowding (2018)	Overcrowding XLSX (35.3MB) Severe XLSX (31.7MB)	Tableau ESRI Storymap
Neighborhood Change (PDF)	10-year change in number of households by income and race/ethnicity	+751,398 households (2019)	A–Lake XLSX (31.7MB) Lassen–Sac XLSX (42.9MB) San Benito–Y XLSX (29.1MB)	Tableau

Indicator and Narrative

Indicator Full Title

State Estimate

Dataset

Visualizations

Percent of Households Incurring Housing Cost Burdens (PDF)

Percent of households paying more than 30% (or 50%) of monthly household income towards housing

40.6% of households pay >30%

19.7% of households pay >50%

(2017)

Housing Cost Burden Datasets

Percent of Household Crowding (PDF)

Percent of household overcrowding (>1.0 persons per room) and severe overcrowding (>1.5 persons per room)

8.2% of households experience overcrowding

2.8% of households experience severe overcrowding

(2018)

Overcrowding XLSX (35.3MB)

Severe XLSX (31.7MB)

Tableau

ESRI Storymap

Neighborhood Change (PDF)

10-year change in number of households by income and race/ethnicity

+751,398 households

(2019)

A–Lake XLSX (31.7MB)

Lassen–Sac XLSX (42.9MB)

San Benito–Y XLSX (29.1MB)

Tableau

(E) Environmental Quality

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Ozone Air Pollution (PDF)	Annual average number of unhealthy days of ozone air pollution	Not Available	XLSX (2.8MB)	RShiny
Fine Particulate Air Pollution (PDF)	Annual ambient concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5)	Not Available	XLSX (10.1MB)	RShiny
Unsafe Drinking Water (PDF)	Percent of the population served by community water systems not meeting regulations of the Safe Drinking Water Act	Not Available	A–N Counties XLSX (28.1MB) O–Y Counties XLSX (24.8MB)
Smoking (PDF)	Prevalence of smoking in adults and youth	1.2% of teens 9.0% of adults (2019)	XLSX (2.5MB)

(F) Accessible Built Environments

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Road Traffic Injuries (PDF)	Annual number of fatal and severe road traffic injuries per population (per 100,000) and per miles traveled by transport mode	35.3 injuries per 100,000 population (2010)	A–N Counties XLSX (30.6MB) O–Y Counties XLSX (34.5MB)
Miles Traveled by Occurrence (PDF)	Annual miles traveled by occurrence and by mode	8,798 vehicle miles (2010)	XLSX (2.2MB)
Mode of Transport to Work (PDF)	Residents aged 16 years and older mode of transportation to work	13.2 million residents drive alone (2018)	XLSX (23.1MB)
Percent of Workers’ Daily Commute 10 or More Minutes by Walking or Biking (PDF)	Percent of population 16 years or older whose commute to work is 10 minutes/day or more by walking or biking	1.7% of population age 16+ (2018)	XLS (5.1MB)
Walkable Distance to High Quality Public Transit (PDF)	Percent of the population residing within ½ mile of a major transit stop	Not Available	Bay Area XLSX (3.11MB) Southern California XLSX (5.33MB) San Diego County XLSX (1.86MB) Sacramento County XLSX (1.09MB)
Access to Parks (PDF)	Percent of population within ½ mile of park, beach, open space, or coastline	76.3% of population (2010)	XLSX (61.6MB)	Tableau ESRI Storymap
Tree Canopy Coverage (PDF)	Percent of area covered by tree canopy	Not Available	XLSX (18.0MB)

(G) Health Care

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Health Insurance (PDF)	Percent of adults aged 18–64 years without health insurance	8.5% of adults (2018)	XLSX (2.64MB)

Indicator and Narrative

Indicator Full Title

State Estimate

Dataset

Visualizations

Health Insurance (PDF)

Percent of adults aged 18–64 years without health insurance

8.5% of adults

(2018)

XLSX (2.64MB)

(H) Prevention Efforts

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Childhood Fitness (PDF)	Percent of children scoring 6 of 6 on FITNESSGRAM®	23.1% of Grade 5 28.2% of Grade 7 33.0% of Grade 9 (2019)	Years 2001–2005 XLSX (25.6MB) Years 2006–2010 XLSX (27.2MB) Years 2011–2016 XLSX (37.2MB)	Tableau ESRI Storymap

Indicator and Narrative

Indicator Full Title

State Estimate

Dataset

Visualizations

Childhood Fitness (PDF)

Percent of children scoring 6 of 6 on FITNESSGRAM®

23.1% of Grade 5

28.2% of Grade 7

33.0% of Grade 9

(2019)

Years 2001–2005 XLSX (25.6MB)

Years 2006–2010 XLSX (27.2MB)

Years 2011–2016 XLSX (37.2MB)

Tableau

ESRI Storymap

(I) Discrimination

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Spatial Social Polarization (PDF)	Measures current residential segregation, a consequence of structural discrimination and bias	Racial polarization: 0.30 (slight polarization toward advantage) Ethnic polarization: -0.02 (near zero polarization) Economic polarization: 0.01 (near zero polarization)	County-Level Dataset XLSX (23.8KB) Census Tract-Level Dataset XLSX (1.4MB)	ESRI Storymap Racial Polarization Ethnic Polarization Economic Polarization

Indicator and Narrative

Indicator Full Title

State Estimate

Dataset

Visualizations

Spatial Social
Polarization (PDF)

Measures current residential segregation, a consequence of structural discrimination and bias

Racial polarization: 0.30
(slight polarization toward advantage)

Ethnic polarization: -0.02
(near zero polarization)

Economic polarization: 0.01
(near zero polarization)

County-Level Dataset XLSX (23.8KB)

Census Tract-Level Dataset XLSX (1.4MB)

ESRI Storymap

Racial Polarization

Ethnic Polarization

Economic Polarization

(J) Neighborhood Safety and Collective Efficacy

Indicator and Narrative	Indicator Full Title	State Estimate	Dataset	Visualizations
Violent Crime Rate (PDF)	Violent crimes per 100,000 population	447.4 crimes per 100,000 population (2018)	XLSX (7.2MB)
Voter Registration and Participation (PDF)	Percent of eligible voters who are registered to vote Percent of registered voters who voted in the most recent general election	77.5% of eligible voters 62.4% of registered voters (2018)	XLSX (12.2MB)	Tableau (2016) Tableau (2018) Voter Registration Fact Sheet (PDF)

Indicator and Narrative

Indicator Full Title

State Estimate

Dataset

Visualizations

Violent Crime Rate (PDF)

Violent crimes per 100,000 population

447.4 crimes per 100,000 population

(2018)

XLSX (7.2MB)

Voter Registration and Participation (PDF)

Percent of eligible voters who are registered to vote