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Macon County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan 12024 <br /> Social vulnerability is also one of five components included in the formulation of the "National <br /> Risk Index Score", in addition to Community Resilience, Estimated Annual Loss (EAL) based on <br /> Exposure,Annualized Frequency,and Historic Loss Ratio(HLR)factors(FEMA National Risk Index, <br /> 2023). <br /> Table 3-4 Neighborhoods At-Risk illustrates at-risk populations in Macon County as compared to <br /> U.S. percentages and the differences thereof. <br /> Table 3-4.Macon County Neighborhoods At-Risk Table(2017-2021) <br /> NEIGHBORHOODS AT-RISK TABLE <br /> MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS <br /> Indicators 2021* Macon County Macon County U.S. Percent Difference <br /> Population Percentage Percentage (Macon County vs.U.S.) <br /> People under 5 years 6,404 6.1% 5.9% 0.2% <br /> People over 65 years 20,706 19.8% 16.0% 3.8% <br /> People of color <br /> (including Hispanic) 21532 24.6% 40.6% (-16%) <br /> People who don't <br /> speak English well 4.1% (-3.8%) <br /> People without a <br /> high school degree 5,926 8.3% 11.1% (-2.8%) <br /> Families in poverty 2,714 10.5% 8.9% 1.6% <br /> Housing units that <br /> are rentals 13,353 30.9% 35.4% (-4.5%) <br /> Households with no <br /> car <br /> 4,102 9.5% 8.3% 1.2% <br /> People with <br /> disabilities 14,828 14.5% 12.6% 1.9% <br /> People without <br /> health insurance 4,840 4.7% 8.5% (-3.8%) <br /> High Reliability:Data with coefficients of variation(CVs)<12%are in black to show that the sampling error is small. <br /> Medium Reliabilltvi Data with CVs between 12&40%are in orange.These values should be interpreted with caution. <br /> Low Reliability:Data with CVs>40%are displayed in red to indicate that the estimate is considered very unreliable. <br /> *ACS 5-year estimates:2021 represents average characteristics from 2017-2021. <br /> CITATION:U.S.Department of Commerce.2022.Census Bureau,American Community Survey Office,Washington D.C., <br /> reported by Headwaters Economics'Neighborhoods at Risk,headwaterseconomics.org/par. <br /> Source:Neighborhoods At Risk(2023) <br /> Table 3-5 illustrates 14 (out of 34) census tracts in Macon County which are identified as <br /> "disadvantaged" (US Counsil on Environmental Quality, 2023). The total population of these 14 <br /> census tracts is 31,633 which is 30.88%of the total Macon County population (US Census Bureau, <br /> 2023). <br /> According to the US Council on Environmental Quality (USCEQ), a community is identified as <br /> "disadvantaged" if it is located in a census tract that is at or above the threshold for one or more <br /> Chapter 3: Community Profile 31 <br />