Community Assessment
Abstract
This paper will conduct a community assessment of Marion County, Indiana. Marion County is located in the heart of Indianapolis, which is the capital of the state of Indiana. Marion County was created April 1, 1822 and was formed from Delaware New Purchase. It was named after General Frances Marion from South Carolina in the Revolutionary War period. This assessment will address the health needs and risks of Marion County through the use of the WGU assessment forms identifying the population’s economic status, neighborhood and community safety inventory, cultural assessment, and the disaster assessment and planning guide.
Marion County Indiana
Population Economic Status Assessment
Marion County, Indiana had a recorded population by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010 of 903,393. Making it the most populous county in the state and 55th most populated county in the country. The county is comprised of 403.01 square miles, of which water is only 6.71 square miles (Census 2010). The Per Capita Personal Income for 2009 was $37,911. The poverty rate for 2009 was 19.7%, with children under 18 years of age at a poverty rate of 28.4%. (Stats IN, 2010)
Composition of the low-income group: Racial/Ethnic Group | Percentage of Poor | Age Group | Percentage of Poor | African American | 28.9 | <5 years | 33% | Hispanic | 36.8 | 5 years | 34.5% | White non-Hispanic | 13.4 | 6-11 years | 29% | Other | 40.6 | 12-15 years | 23.75% | 2 or more races | 25.1 | 16-24 years | 29% | | | 25-44 years | 18.25% | | | 45-64 years | 6.75% | | | 65-75+ years | 9% |
(City-Data.com, 2009)
Over half of Indiana’s welfare cases are among 5 of its counties, with Marion County being the top recipient with 20.4% of it’s residents on welfare, of that 60% of individual recipients were children. The unemployment rate for 2010 among Marion County is 14.2% which is ranked the highest unemployment county in the state of Indiana (Stats IN). The
This paper will conduct a community assessment of Marion County, Indiana. Marion County is located in the heart of Indianapolis, which is the capital of the state of Indiana. Marion County was created April 1, 1822 and was formed from Delaware New Purchase. It was named after General Frances Marion from South Carolina in the Revolutionary War period. This assessment will address the health needs and risks of Marion County through the use of the WGU assessment forms identifying the population’s economic status, neighborhood and community safety inventory, cultural assessment, and the disaster assessment and planning guide.
Marion County Indiana
Population Economic Status Assessment
Marion County, Indiana had a recorded population by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010 of 903,393. Making it the most populous county in the state and 55th most populated county in the country. The county is comprised of 403.01 square miles, of which water is only 6.71 square miles (Census 2010). The Per Capita Personal Income for 2009 was $37,911. The poverty rate for 2009 was 19.7%, with children under 18 years of age at a poverty rate of 28.4%. (Stats IN, 2010)
Composition of the low-income group: Racial/Ethnic Group | Percentage of Poor | Age Group | Percentage of Poor | African American | 28.9 | <5 years | 33% | Hispanic | 36.8 | 5 years | 34.5% | White non-Hispanic | 13.4 | 6-11 years | 29% | Other | 40.6 | 12-15 years | 23.75% | 2 or more races | 25.1 | 16-24 years | 29% | | | 25-44 years | 18.25% | | | 45-64 years | 6.75% | | | 65-75+ years | 9% |
(City-Data.com, 2009)
Over half of Indiana’s welfare cases are among 5 of its counties, with Marion County being the top recipient with 20.4% of it’s residents on welfare, of that 60% of individual recipients were children. The unemployment rate for 2010 among Marion County is 14.2% which is ranked the highest unemployment county in the state of Indiana (Stats IN). The