End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss .

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

Percent of people living below the national poverty line.

Percent of children living below twice the poverty line. 

How many times more likely it is that children from the least served racial group are in poverty, when compared to white children.

How many times more likely it is that the racial group with the highest poverty rate is actually living below the poverty, when compared with white people. 

Percent of adult population reporting they are obese (BMI of 30 of higher).

Percentage of population with low-access to large grocery stores (more than 1 mile from a supermarket, supercenter or large grocery store in an urban area).

Percent of households experiencing food insecurity and very low food security, 3-year average.

How many times more likely it is that the racial group with the least access to food lives more than 1 mile from a supermarket, supercenter or large grocery store in an urban area, when compared to white people. 

How many times more likely it is that the racial group with highest obesity rates is to be obese(BMI of 30 of higher), when compared to white people. 

Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births based on linked birth and death records.

Age-adjusted death rate for non-communicable diseases (chronic respiratory, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular) per 100,000 people aged 35-74.

Percent of adults who report not seeing a doctor in the past 12 months because of cost.

Percent of the population without health insurance.

Age-adjusted deaths due to drug overdose, per 100,000 population.

How many times more likely it is that the racial group most affected does not see a doctor due to cost, when compared to white people. 

How many times more likely infant mortality is for the racial group most impacted, when compared to white people. 

How many times more people are uninsured from the least served racial group, when compared to white people. 

How many times further the least served racial group is from an average life expectancy of 83, when compared to the white population.

Percent of children age 3 to 4 enrolled in nursery school, preschool or kindergarten.

Public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR). ACGR is the percentage of public high school freshmen who graduate with a regular diploma within 4 years of starting 9th grade.

Percent of population aged 25+ with bachelor’s degree or higher.

Percent of students in high poverty schools (>75% Free and Reduced Price Lunch).

How many times more likely it is that white people aged 25-34 earn a bachelor's degree than people the same age of racial group least served. 

How many times more likely it is that white children aged 3-4 are in nursery school, preschool or kindergarten, than the racial group least served is in those same programs.

How many times more likely it is that white public high school freshman graduate with a regular diploma within 4 years of starting 9th grade, when compared to racial group least served

How many times more children from the least served racial group are suspended or expelled from school, when compared to white people. 

How many times more likely it is that students of the most affected race attend high poverty schools (>75% Free and Reduced Price Lunch), when compared to white people. 

Expected cost of childcare for 4 year olds, as a percentage of median household income of families with at least one child 6 years or younger.

Women labor force participation as a ratio to total labor force participation, population aged 20-64.

How many times more likely it is that white men are homeowners than women from the least served racial group.

How much women from the least served racial group make for every dollar a white man makes, for full-time workers over the age of 16, 5-year estimate.

Toxic chemicals released into water from production-related waste, pounds per square mile.

Percent of population served by a water system with at least one Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Safe Drinking Water Act violation.

Percent of facilities with at least one Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violation for air, water, drinking water, or hazardous waste in the past three years that received a formal or informal enforcement action.

Percent of high hazard potential dams with emergency action plans (EAPs).

Percent renewable energy consumption (conventional hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind) as a share of total state energy consumption.

Percent renewable energy production (conventional hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal, solar, and wind) as a share of total state energy production.

Percent of income spent on household energy by those at less than 50% of the poverty level.

Amount of carbon emitted per unit of energy used (Carbon intensity) in million metric tons of CO2 per terawatt hour. 

Percent of youth aged 16-24 who are not enrolled in school (full- or part-time) and not employed (full- or part-time).

Percent of population aged 25-64 that is employed.

How many times higher the employment rate is for white people than for people in the least-served racial group.

How many times more likely that youth aged 16-24 from the least served racial group are not in school nor employed, when compared to white people. 

Percent of population aged 25-64 years old that is looking for a job but is unemployed, 5-year estimate.

How many times more likely it is that someone in the least served racial group is unemployed, when compared to white people. 

Percent of people living in households with a computer who have a broadband internet subscription.

Percent of public roads in poor condition.

Percent of population aged 25+ whose first bachelor's degree is in science and engineering or related field.

How many times more likely that white people have access to broadband, when compared to the least served racial group. 

How many times more likely are white people aged 25+ to earn a first bachelor's degree in STEM, when compared to the racial group least served.

Gini coefficient by state. Gini coefficient measures the degree of income inequality on a 0 (equal) -1 (unequal) scale. 

Structural racism index comprised of five dimensions: (1) residential segregation; and gaps in (2) incarceration rates; (3) educational attainment; (4) economic indicators; and (5) employment status. Index on a 0-100 scale, with 0 being the best index score.

Ratio of percent of elected officials from a particular racial group and percent of state population from the same racial group (<1 under represented in government, 1 - proportionally represented in government, >1 - over represented in government).

Number of hate groups per 100,000 people. Hate group are defined as groups that have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.

Disparity in percent of State Supreme Court Justices of color and percent of the population that are people of color.

Percent of people living in high poverty neighborhoods.

How many times more likely it is that people in the least served racial group live in a high poverty neighborhood, when compared to white people. 

Average exposure of the general public to particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less, measured in micrograms per cubic meter, 3-year estimate. 

Percent of population spending more than 30% of income on rent.

Number of affordable and available rental homes per 100 extremely low income (ELI) renter households. Extremely low income refers to households with income at or below the poverty guideline or at 30% of Area Median Income, whichever is higher.

Percentage of occupied housing units with >1 occupant per room.

How many times longer on average is the working commute for someone from the least-served racial group, when compared with white commuters. 

Toxic chemicals released into air and land from production-related waste, weighted by toxicity (RSEI).

How many times more likely it is that people of color are exposed to particulate matter emissions from nearby facilities, when compared to the population average. 

Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emissions, in kilograms per capita.

Average risk of exposure to air pollution (0 - lowest risk of exposure, 100 - highest risk of exposure).

Metric tons of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita. 

How many times more likely people in the least-served racial group are at risk of exposure to air pollution, when compared to white people. 

Percent of jurisdictions subject to hazards (seismic, hurricane, or flood) that have adopted building codes with disaster-specific provisions.

Weather-related (Cold; Flood; Heat; Lightning; Tornado; Tropical Cyclone; Wind; Winter Storm) injuries and fatalities per 100,000 people, 5-year average.

Percent of population in communities covered by an up-to-date approved or approvable-pending-adoption Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mitigation plan.

Percent of biocapacity used for human consumption of renewable goods and services (Non-carbon Ecological Footprint) which includes: crops, grazing products, seafood, forest products, and built-up land. 

Percent of population living within a half mile of park.

Independence of State and Congressional redistricting processes, standardized score 0 worst- 100 best.

Prison incarceration rates of population aged 15-64, per 100,000 people.

How many times more likely a person aged 15-64 in the least served racial group is incarcerated, when compared to white people. 

How many times more likely that a person from the least served racial group is killed by the police than that a white person is killed by the police. 

How many times more likely that a youth from the least served racial group is incarcerated, when compared to white youth.

The overall score measures a state’s total progress towards achieving all 17 SDGs, when measured by the progress of the racial group that has been left furthest behind. A score of 100 indicates that all SDGs have been achieved for all racial groups.

Overall score

Overall score