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Latino Population Social Equity Indicators

Indicator Measurement Approach
Demographic Indicators
  • Population growth, spatial and age distribution
  • Language barriers
  • Census, American Community Survey (provide information on Latino population growth, its spatial and age distribution)
  • English fluency among the population
  • Insecurity Indicators
  • Immigration status
  • Deportations
  • Identification cards
  • Sense of security
  • An in-depth survey by trusted Latino organizations
  • Information on local deportation proceedings initiated in Lane County
  • Survey to determine how widespread the lack of official identification cards is in Lane County
  • Survey measure could also get a stronger sense of welcoming immigrants
  • Economic Indicators
  • Poverty rates by race and ethnicity
  • Free or reduced-price school lunch programs
  • Measuring wealth, not income
  • The American Community Survey provides data on poverty rates by race and ethnicity
  • Share of students enrolled in free or reduced-price school lunch programs, by school and race/ethnicity
  • A compelling body of evidence suggests that wealth, rather than income
  • Discrimination Indicators
  • Racism
  • Criminal justice system
  • Racial discrimination in the housing market is the matched pair "secret shopper" approach
  • Tracking racial and ethnic proportionality in Lane County’s juvenile and adult criminal justice systems
  • Education Indicators
  • Education completed
  • Years of education completed
  • Community Indicators
  • Access to urban benefits
  • Walk scores
  • 20-minute neighborhood
  • Benefits such as: transit access, walkability to groceries and schools, and sidewalk coverage around schools
  • Compare the Walk Scores (and possibly Transit Scores and Bike Scores) of the most heavily Latino neighborhoods with those of the whitest neighborhoods
  • 20-minute neighborhood heat map could also be compared with the distribution of Latinos in the metro area
  • Transportation Indicators
  • Cost of housing and transportation
  • Commuting trips
  • Pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities
  • The combined cost of housing and transportation.
  • The American Community Survey includes data on commuting trips.
  • Mapping the locations where people on foot or bicycles have died when hit by cars and trucks, and comparing those locations to concentrations of Latinos provide a sense of traffic risks in Latino neighborhoods