FEMA and Argonne National Laboratory completed the first analysis of community resilience indicators in 2018 and repeated the process in 2022. The analysis process begins with a literature review and cataloguing of published peer-reviewed assessment methodologies on social vulnerability and community resilience. The literature review findings are then filtered by inclusion criteria established by the research team to ensure the methodologies are:

Quantitative,

Data and methodology are publicly available,

Calculated at the county level or lower,

Examine generalized hazard risk (rather than a singular hazard), and

Focused on pre-disaster community conditions.

After this, the research team identifies the commonly used indicators across these methodologies and selects the best data source for each indicator. Finally, the research team bins the data for visualization, conducts a correlation analysis, and creates a composite index called the "FEMA Community Resilience Challenges Index (CRCI)".

In 2022, the FEMA and Argonne research team updated the 2018 literature review and examined 14 methodologies published between 2003 and 2021. Examining the indicators used in these methodologies, the research team identified 22 indicators as commonly used (indicators used in five or more of the 14 methodologies). The research team produced the FEMA CRCI at the county and the census tract levels. More details on these indicators and the research process can be found in the FEMA CRCI Storymap.

Data last updated on May 13, 2023. This is the latest available version of the CRCI.

Questions or comments about this layer? Email the RAPT team at FEMA-TARequest@fema.dhs.gov