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  "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
  "accessLevel": "public",
  "bureauCode": [
    "026:00"
  ],
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    "hasEmail": "mailto:metadata@ciesin.columbia.edu"
  },
  "description": "The U.S. Social Vulnerability Index Grids, Revision 01 data set contains gridded layers for the overall Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) using four sub-category themes (Socioeconomic, Household Composition & Disability, Minority Status & Language, and Housing Type & Transportation) based on census tract level inputs from 15 variables for the years 2000, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. SVI values range between 0 and 1 based on their percentile position among all census tracts in the U.S., with 0 representing lowest vulnerability census tracts and 1 representing highest vulnerability census tracts. SEDAC has gridded these vector inputs to create 1 kilometer spatial resolution raster surfaces allowing users to obtain vulnerability metrics for any user-defined area within the U.S. Utilizing inputs from CIESIN's Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4) Revision 11 data sets, a mask is applied for water, and optionally, for no population. The data are provided in two different projection formats, NAD83 as a U.S. specific standard, and WGS84 as a global standard. The goal of the SVI is to help identify vulnerable commUnities by ranking them on these inputs across the U.S.",
  "distribution": [
    {
      "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
      "description": "Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI.",
      "downloadURL": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2F2ev1-g103",
      "format": "HTML",
      "mediaType": "text/html",
      "title": "Google Scholar search results"
    }
  ],
  "identifier": "C2820969258-SEDAC",
  "issued": "2023-12-19",
  "keyword": [
    "earth-science",
    "human-dimensions",
    "population",
    "socioeconomics"
  ],
  "language": [
    "en-US"
  ],
  "modified": "2025-07-17",
  "programCode": [
    "026:001"
  ],
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "org:Organization",
    "name": "SEDAC"
  },
  "references": [
    "https://doi.org/10.7927/pta9-2980"
  ],
  "spatial": "-180.0 17.0 -65.0 72.0",
  "temporal": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z/2020-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "theme": [
    "USCG",
    "geospatial"
  ],
  "title": "U.S. Social Vulnerability Index Grids, Revision 01"
}