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social-vulnerability-index-socioeconomic·dataset

Poverty, unemployment, low income and schooling, from the CDC Social Vulnerability Index

Social Vulnerability Index (SocioEconomic)
land NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Ranks neighborhoods by economic vulnerability, reflecting poverty, unemployment, low income, and lack of a high school diploma. Areas are scored as a percentile from least to most vulnerable.

How it's made. Built from U.S. census and demographic data combined into a percentile ranking.

How & where you'd use it. Helps planners direct recovery resources to economically disadvantaged communities after disasters.

What's measured

socialvulnerabilityindexsocioeconomic

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2000-01-01 → 2018-12-31
  • Spatial extent-178.233, 18.908, -66.958, 71.383
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

Socioeconomic Status (Below Poverty, Unemployed, Income, No High School Diploma) - Percentile ranking

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("social-vulnerability-index-socioeconomic")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).