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A PORTRAIT OFSONOMACOUNTYSONOMA COUNTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014

COMMISSIONED BYCounty of Sonoma Department of Health Services

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

HOW IS IT MEASURED?

Human Development Index

SONOMA COUNTYHUMAN DEVELOPMENT

INDEXBY CENSUS TRACT

TOP:

EAST BENNETT VALLEY

8.47

BOTTOM:

ROSELAND CREEK2.79

A TALE OF TWO NEIGHBORHOODS

•1.2% living in poverty•5% Latino population•extensive parks and green space•58.6% at least bachelor’s degree•61% management occupations•$68,967 median personal earnings

•16.5% living in poverty•59% Latino population•limited parks and green space•8.6% at least bachelor’s degree•11% management occupations•$21,699 median personal earnings

EAST BENNETT VALLEYLIFE EXPECTANCY: 82.0 YEARS

ROSELAND CREEKLIFE EXPECTANCY: 77.1 YEARS

SONOMA COUNTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX

BY RACE AND ETHNICITY

SONOMA COUNTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX

BY GENDER

SANTA ROSAHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX

BY CENSUS TRACT

Roseland 2.95

Comstock3.9

West Junior College

3.44

Downtown Santa Rosa

3.89

Bellevue4.66

SONOMA COUNTYHUMAN DEVELOPMENT

INDEXBY CENSUS TRACT

North Healdsburg

6.11

East Cloverdale

3.79

Guerneville/ Rio Nido

5.29

PETALUMA AREAHUMAN DEVELOPMENT

INDEXBY CENSUS TRACT

Sonoma Mountain

7.16

Grant5.77

LIFE EXPECTANCY IN SONOMA

COUNTYBY CENSUS TRACT

TOP:

CENTRAL BENNETT VALLEY

85.7 yrs.

BOTTOM (98th):

Downtown Santa Rosa

75.5 yrs.

TEENAGE SMOKING VARIES WIDELY BY SCHOOL DISTRICT

ADULT HIGH SCHOOL

COMPLETIONIN SONOMA COUNTY

BY CENSUS TRACT

BOTTOM:ROSELAND

CREEK53.9%

TOP (2ND):EAST

BENNETT VALLEY99.5%

MEDIAN PERSONAL EARNINGS IN

SONOMA COUNTYBY CENSUS TRACT

TOP (1st):EAST

BENNETT VALLEY

$68,967

Median:Sonoma County$30,214

BOTTOM (97th): Fetters

Springs /Agua Caliente$19,444

SHARP DIVIDES IN LIVING STANDARDS

MIDDLE WAGE JOBS IN SONOMA ARE DECLINING LEAVING THE FASTEST GROWING CATEGORIES AT THE

TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE EARNINGS SCALE

• 29.6% of residents in Downtown Santa Rosa living below poverty level (FPL)

• 43.4% of children in Fetters Springs/ Agua Caliente West tract live in families below FPL

• 29.8 % of adults 65 or older living in poverty in East Cloverdale

POVERTY DATA

• 11.1% people 16 and older unemployed in Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified area

• Only 35.4% of adolescents in Cloverdale Unified report their level of connectedness to school is high

ADDITIONAL INDICATOR DATA

ECOSYSTEM OF HEALTH

Benefits of Education

Why Is This Report Important?

• Unmet potential• Opportunity gap• Demographic shifts• Return on Investments

AGENDA FOR ACTION

AGENDA FOR ACTION:

Population-based interventions– Make universal pre-school a reality– Redouble anti-smoking efforts

Place-based interventions– Improve neighborhood conditions to facilitate healthy behaviors– Mend the holes in the safety net for undocumented immigrants– Address inequality at education’s starting gate– Prioritize on-time high school graduation– Reduce youth disconnection from school and work– Boost educational attainment for higher earnings– Improve pay and quality of low-skill jobs

AGENDA FOR ACTION:Priority Areas

Southeast Santa Rosa

Southwest Santa Rosa

Northwest Santa Rosa

East Cloverdale

The Springs

WHAT

WHY

HOW

A PORTRAIT OF SONOMA COUNTYSONOMA COUNTY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014

Continuum of Care

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