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 | Countysort column |
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21740 | 79.2 | 5 | Washington |
21795 | 69.7 | 4 | Washington |
21782 | 68.4 | 4 | Washington |
21733 | 66.6 | 4 | Washington |
21750 | 66.4 | 4 | Washington |
21719 | 60.4 | 3 | Washington |
21713 | 57.0 | 3 | Washington |
21734 | 52.7 | 2 | Washington |
21767 | 52.6 | 2 | Washington |
21783 | 51.6 | 2 | Washington |
21742 | 44.5 | 2 | Washington |
21756 | 36.3 | 1 | Washington |
21722 | 36.1 | 1 | Washington |
21779 | 33.2 | 1 | Washington |
21711 | 27.6 | 1 | Washington |
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.