The 2024 Health Equity Index (formerly SocioNeeds Index), created by Conduent Healthy Communities Institute, is a measure of socioeconomic need that is correlated with poor health outcomes. 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 | Pop.sort column | Countysort column | Regionsort column |
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95019 | 95.2 | 5 | 6,985 | Santa Cruz | South County |
95076 | 81.1 | 4 | 82,181 | Santa Cruz | South County |
95064 | 79.4 | 4 | 8,790 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95007 | 60.1 | 3 | 481 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
95006 | 23.8 | 2 | 9,451 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
95017 | 23.2 | 2 | 476 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95062 | 17.9 | 2 | 35,021 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95005 | 16.7 | 2 | 6,374 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
95018 | 12.1 | 1 | 8,039 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
95065 | 11.7 | 1 | 8,460 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95010 | 11.5 | 1 | 9,077 | Santa Cruz | Mid-County |
95041 | 10.5 | 1 | 362 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95060 | 9.9 | 1 | 48,008 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95073 | 9.3 | 1 | 10,105 | Santa Cruz | Mid-County |
95003 | 6.8 | 1 | 24,204 | Santa Cruz | Mid-County |
95066 | 5.1 | 1 | 15,255 | Santa Cruz | North County |
95033 | 1.9 | 1 | 9,311 | Santa Cruz | San Lorenzo Valley |
Data Source
The Health Equity Index is calculated by Conduent Healthy Communities Institute using data from Claritas Pop-Facts®, 2024 and Claritas Consumer Profiles, 2023.
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.