The 2023 Mental Health Index, created by Conduent Healthy Communities Institute, is a measure of socioeconomic and health factors correlated with self-reported poor mental health. The index is part of Conduent's SocioNeeds Index® Suite, which provides analytics around social determinants of health to advance equitable outcomes for a range of topics.
All zip codes, counties, and county equivalents in the United States are given an index value from 0 (low need) to 100 (high need). To help you find the areas of highest need in your community, the selected locations are ranked from 1 (low need) to 5 (high need) based on their index value relative to similar locations within the region.
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Zip Codesort column | Indexsort column | Ranksort column | Countysort column | Regionsort column |
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95019 | 43.1 | 5 | Santa Cruz | South County |
95076 | 39.3 | 5 | Santa Cruz | South County |
95066 | 33.1 | 4 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95060 | 32.8 | 4 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95003 | 29.9 | 3 | Santa Cruz | Mid-County |
95062 | 29.6 | 3 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95006 | 26.1 | 3 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
95065 | 22.2 | 2 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95010 | 21.7 | 2 | Santa Cruz | Mid-County |
95018 | 19.8 | 2 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
95005 | 18.3 | 2 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
95073 | 12.3 | 1 | Santa Cruz | Mid-County |
95064 | 11.8 | 1 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95033 | 8.1 | 1 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
Data Source
The Mental Health Index is calculated by Conduent Healthy Communities Institute using data from Claritas, 2023; American Community Survey, 2017-2021; and CDC PLACES Project, 2020.
Technical Note
Index values are not comparable across measurement periods. Index values and rankings are specific to a measurement period, showing the relative ranking of a location in comparison to other similar locations at that time.