Following table summarizes all 49 variables by each of the six capitals, for County level BRIC, with calculation details.
Educational attainment equality |
Absolute difference between % population over 25 with college education and % population over 25 with less than high school education (Inverted: more equality is more resilient) |
Pre-retirement age |
% Population below 65 years of age |
Transportation Access |
% Households with at least one vehicle |
Communication capacity |
% Households with telephone service available |
English language competency |
% Population proficient English speakers |
Non-special needs |
% Population without sensory, physical, or mental disability |
Health insurance |
% Population under age 65 with health insurance |
Mental health support |
Psychosocial support facilities per 10,000 persons |
Food provisioning capacity |
Food security rate |
Physician access |
Physicians per 10,000 persons |
Homeownership |
% Owner-occupied housing units |
Employment rate |
% Labor force employed |
Race/ethnicity income equality |
Gini coefficient (Inverted; more equality is more resilient) |
Non-dependence on primary/tourism sectors |
% Employees not in farming, fishing, forestry, extractive industry, or tourism |
Gender income equality |
Absolute difference between male and female median income (Inverted; more equality is more resilient) |
Business size |
Ratio of large to small businesses |
Large retail-regional/national geographic distribution |
Large retail stores per 10,000 persons |
Federal employment |
% Labor force employed by federal government |
Place attachment-not recent immigrants |
% Population not foreign-born persons who came to US within previous five years |
Place attachment-native born residents |
% Population born in state of current residence |
Political engagement |
% Voting age population participating in recent election |
Social capital-religious organizations |
# affiliated with a religious organization per 10,000 persons |
Social capital-civic organizations |
# civic organizations per 10,000 persons |
Social capital-disaster volunteerism |
# Red Cross volunteers per 10,000 persons |
Citizen disaster preparedness and response skills |
# Red Cross training workshop participants per 10,000 persons |
Mitigation spending |
Ten year average per capita spending for mitigation projects |
Flood insurance coverage |
% Housing units covered by National Flood Insurance Program |
Performance regimes-state capital |
Distance from county seat to state capital (Inverted; closer is more resilient) |
Performance regimes-nearest metro area |
Distance from county seat to nearest county seat within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (Inverted; closer is more resilient) |
Political & jurisdictional fragmentation |
# governments and special districts per 10,000 persons (Inverted; less fragmented is more resilient) |
Disaster aid experience |
# Presidential Disaster Declarations divided by # of loss-causing hazard events for ten year period |
Local disaster training |
% Population in communities covered by Citizen Corps programs |
Population stability |
Population change over previous five year period (Inverted; less change is more resilient) |
Nuclear plant accident planning |
% Population within 10 miles of nuclear power plant |
Crop insurance coverage |
Crop insurance policies per square mile |
Sturdier housing types |
% housing units not mobile homes |
Temporary housing availability |
% vacant housing units that are for rent |
Medical care capacity |
# hospital beds per 10,000 persons |
Evacuation routes |
Major road egress points per 10,000 persons |
Housing stock construction quality |
% housing units built prior to 1970 or after 2000 |
Temporary shelter availability |
# hotels/motels per 10,000 persons |
School restoration potential |
# public schools per 10,000 persons |
Industrial re-supply potential |
Rail miles per square mile |
High speed internet infrastructure |
% Population with access to broadband internet service |
Local food suppliers |
Farms marketing products through Community Supported Agriculture per 10,000 persons |
Natural flood buffers |
% Land in wetlands |
Efficient energy use |
Megawatt hours per energy consumer (Inverted; more efficient is more resilient) |
Pervious surfaces |
Average percent perviousness |
Efficient water use |
Water Supply Stress Index (Inverted; more efficient is more resilient) |