Riverside County Vaccine Impacts
Dashboard
An easy to use guide to help identify vaccination rates for densely populated Black and Latino areas in Riverside County.
Methods and Sources
Methodology:
Relying mainly on 2020 census data, we mapped by population estimates by race by tract and colated that data into corresponding ZCTA5 (zipcode) areas. We then set a limted scope of African American and Latino “Dense” population areas. Derived from Census form language, “Dense” is defined as followis: for Latino population areas, greater than or equal to 50% or the populations identifies as ethnically Hispanic or Latino, non White; for African American population areas, greater than or equal to 7% of the population identifies as Black or African American (alone up to Two Races). For impact scoring and indicators of importance, we used the platform provided by our SoCalGas Commitment to Grantmaking Impacts Layer, we first calculate the percentage and rate estimates for each indicator and then assign County percentile scores based on how they rank from highest to lowest for each indicator. Each County is then given component scores by averaging indicator percentiles within each component and ranking these averages from highest to lowest to calculate percentile scores. Then we average the component percentile scores, and the percentile of that average is the color weighted percentile score. The use of percentile scores and components to create a single composite index closely relates to the CalEnviroScreen 3.0 methodology. Finally, COVID-19 vaccination information is provided by the Riverside County Department of Health.
External Sources:
The Healthy Places Index, Census Bureau, RACECOUNTS Statewide Vulnerability Index, and Riverside County Department of Health
