CENSUS BUREAU DATA HELP COMMUNITIES IN EMERGENCY PLANNING, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially began June 1, following a devastating 2024 season that saw 18 named storms. Of these, 11 developed into hurricanes and five intensified into major( Category 3 or higher) hurricanes, including Hurricane Helene.
To assist communities, states, and local governments with emergency event planning, we’ re highlighting U. S. Census Bureau resources available to help local and state officials, emergency managers, event planners and others prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’ s( www. noaa. gov /) outlook for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which goes until Nov. 30, predicts a 30 % chance of a near-normal season, a 60 % chance of an above-normal season, and a 10 % chance of a below-normal season.
To assist communities, states, and local governments with emergency event planning, we’ re highlighting U. S. Census Bureau resources available to help local and state officials, emergency managers, event planners and others prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters.
Our tools are designed to help communities gauge the potential effects of hurricanes on people and businesses in impacted areas.
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ESTIMATES The Community Resilience Estimates identify communities that may have a tougher time withstanding and recovering from natural disasters because of certain factors like age, education, poverty and housing conditions.
Estimates are available for every state, county and neighborhood( census tract) in the United States as well as U. S. territory Puerto Rico.
The Community Resilience Estimates Viewer is an interactive map that shows the number of people in these areas who may be particularly vulnerable to and have difficulty recovering from a disaster. Planners can use the Community Resilience Estimates Rankings to determine which counties and tracts are least resilient to the impacts of hurricanes.
CENSUS BUSINESS BUILDER The Census Business Builder( CBB) is an interactive tool that provides key economic and demographic data down to the census tract level. During declared disasters, this tool allows users to access detailed supply chain reports highlighting top imports, employment patterns and potentially impacted products to help inform response and recovery efforts.
ON THE MAP FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OnTheMap for Emergency Management is a web-based tool that integrates
real-time natural disaster, workforce, population and housing data. It provides insight into the demographic and economic conditions of disaster-impacted areas and includes information on historical events, allowing planners to analyze past disasters.
All these tools can be found on the Census Bureau’ s Emergency Management Hub at disasters. census. gov.
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