This interactive tool from the Census Bureau calculates the percentage of residents facing various risk factors in natural disasters and emergencies, such as lack of health insurance, lack of internet access, and lack of vehicle access. Within the set of online maps, the data is available at the state or county level and for download at the county or census tract level.

As defined by the EDA, "Economic resilience aims to better prepare regions to anticipate, withstand, and bounce back from any type of shock, disruption, or stress it may experience.”

NGIN's Communication Resource Guide for Inclusive Economic Development defines Resiliency as: The capacity to recover quickly and overcome social, psychological, physical, or cultural difficulties, traumas, or challenges—often bouncing back to a state of greater wisdom and strength.

Explore the City of Milwaukee's Climate & Equity Plan which combines city efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions and improve racial and economic equity across the city.

Explore how the City of Richmond has incorporated a Racial Equity and Environmental Justice priority in the City's RVA Green 2050 plan.

In Austin, Texas, the city’s plan, launched in September 2021, includes 17 goals and 74 strategies available to view in a live progress tracker. In creating the plan, the city created a Community Climate Ambassador program for resident engagement and evaluated all of the strategies through an equity tool for greater accountability and impact.

A report from the Urban Land Institute explores ten economic, environmental, and social factors that contribute to resilience, including promoting equity, understanding vulnerabilities, and the cost of inaction.

This series of nine case studies, published by IEDC, identifies locally based economic recovery indicators, including social equity indicators.

A collaborative guide from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the EDA, look at the potential to connect and link strategies across economic development and hazard mitigation planning.

From Argonne National Laboratory and StatsAmerica, data on economic distress, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the emergence of industry clusters at the regional and local levels.

An independent, non-profit research group with various analysis tools, including maps of climate change impact and maps of wildfire risk.

A mapping and data tool from the EPA designed to provide users with access to a dataset that combines environmental and demographic indicators.

From Opportunity Insights, combines federal data and anonymized corporate data to provide a timeline of the economic impacts of COVID-19 from 2022 until today. These metrics include consumer spending, small business, employment, education, and public health.

Created by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to help Federal agencies identify communities that are “marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.”

Missouri/Kansas | Pop. 1,186,175 | 8 counties

The council builds on the regional collaborative model established with KC Rising to create Climate Action KC. This coalition, with more than 100 local and state leaders, crafted a climate action plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The City of Minneapolis has created a city-wide Cimate Action Plan. This plan has been informed by recommendation's from the City's Environmental Justice Working Group.

Massachusetts | Pop. 4,432,617 | 5 counties

Focusing on the local cities of Revere and Chelsea, the council crafted a digital access and equity plan to address accessibility, availability, and affordability of fast, reliable internet. The development of this plan included a working group with broad community stakeholder representation, a survey available in both English and Spanish, the creation of updated internet service maps, and a community needs assessment focused on both digital literacy and device access.

Created by the University of Virginia Institute for Engagement and Negotiation Project, this report is an example of a state-level climate adaption plan that contains goals, policies, and implementation steps with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations.

Indiana | Pop. 2,013,784 | 8 counties

In their 2022 CEDS, the MPO included equitable growth as a guiding principle for their overarching strategy. Their CEDS included a significant economic resilience framework focused on talent, business, and connectivity. Within this framework, staff outlined the creation of an occupational risk tool that incorporated COVID-19 risk and looked at digital access and broadband infrastructure gaps during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CEDS also clearly outlined the qualitative input that led to their strategies, including working group sessions, community newsletters, and roundtable participants.

Florida | Pop. 4,743,946 | 3 counties

Given their coastal location, the council identified climate change and sea level rise as the region’s greatest challenge in their 2022 CEDS. Climate change and several significant hurricanes in recent history have prioritized resilience planning for the council. Critical outcomes identified in the economic resilience plan include creating a new emergency operations center, supporting low wealth communities in launching sustainable businesses, and developing a coral restoration economy. The council also cited diversifying business and workforce opportunities beyond the hospitality and leisure industries.