Table 3 Vulnerability metrics and absolute changes in the mean percentage, percentile ranking, and differences in vulnerability metrics from 1980 to 2020 for counties that are within the 95th (i.e., Mid-South) and 5th (i.e., Southern Plain) percentile for changes in tornado days per decade from 1980 to 2020
From: Changes in tornado risk and societal vulnerability leading to greater tornado impact potential
Category | Metric | 1980 | 2020 | Differences | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean % | Mean percentile ranking | Mean % | Mean percentile ranking | Mean % difference | Mean percentile ranking difference | ||
Socio-economic | Poverty | 21.8 (16.5) | 0.76 (0.57) | 18.4 (13.7) | 0.73 (0.49) | −3.4 (−2.9) | −0.030 (−0.077) |
Unemployed | 3.2 (1.5) | 0.61 (0.16) | 2.7 (2.2) | 0.59 (0.47) | −0.5 (0.7) | −0.019 (0.310) | |
Public Assistance | 13.8 (8.2) | 0.81 (0.52) | 16.4 (12.3) | 0.67 (0.47) | 2.6 (4.1) | −0.134 (−0.048) | |
Housing | Manufactured Homes | 9.3 (8.1) | 0.52 (0.43) | 21.5 (18.0) | 0.66 (0.57) | 12.3 (9.9) | 0.141 (0.145) |
Renters | 26.4 (27.0) | 0.48 (0.50) | 29.4 (27.9) | 0.55 (0.49) | 3.0 (0.9) | 0.073 (−0.011) | |
Age | Aged 65+ | 14.1 (15.6) | 0.59 (0.63) | 18.5 (18.3) | 0.45 (0.44) | 4.4 (2.8) | −0.135 (−0.183) |
Aged 17 or Younger | 30.3 (28.5) | 0.57 (0.42) | 22.7 (23.4) | 0.57 (0.64) | −7.6 (−5.1) | 0.005 (0.217) | |
Aged 4 or Younger | 7.7 (7.6) | 0.52 (0.47) | 5.9 (6.2) | 0.57 (0.61) | −1.8 (−1.4) | 0.046 (0.132) | |
Race and Ethnicity | Non-white | 21.4 (14.1) | 0.67 (0.67) | 30.0 (31.2) | 0.62 (0.69) | 8.6 (17.0) | −0.048 (0.028) |
Black | 20.6 (7.1) | 0.72 (0.59) | 22.7 (6.7) | 0.72 (0.54) | 2.1 (−0.4) | −0.009 (−0.046) | |
Hispanic | 0.1 (5.2) | 0.27 (0.88) | 3.9 (29.3) | 0.36 (0.87) | 3.8 (24.1) | 0.093 (−0.009) | |
Migration | Migrants | 0.2 (1.3) | 0.30 (0.76) | 0.6 (1.7) | 0.35 (0.63) | 0.4 (0.4) | 0.056 (−0.132) |
Language | Poor English | 1.3 (15.9) | 0.19 (0.79) | 1.5 (6.4) | 0.36 (0.79) | 0.1 (−9.5) | 0.173 (0.003) |
Disability | Disability | 7.8 (5.7) | 0.80 (0.46) | 9.8 (7.3) | 0.76 (0.48) | 2.0 (1.5) | −0.037 (0.015) |
Sex | Female | 51.5 (50.9) | 0.68 (0.54) | 50.9 (49.4) | 0.67 (0.44) | −0.7 (−1.5) | −0.010 (−0.103) |
Female Head of Household | 6.8 (4.8) | 0.65 (0.42) | 14.2 (11.7) | 0.71 (0.58) | 7.4 (6.9) | 0.061 (0.152) | |
Education | No High School Diploma | 51.9 (46.6) | 0.77 (0.65) | 14.1 (14.2) | 0.70 (0.65) | −37.7 (−32.5) | −0.065 (0.006) |
Overall | All | −(−) | 0.71 (0.66) | − (−) | 0.70 (0.68) | − (−) | −0.01 (−0.02) |
