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Existing County | Resiliency

Social Vulnerability and Community Resilience

Social Vulnerability considers the social, economic, demographic, and housing characteristics of a community that
influence its ability to prepare for, respond to, cope with, recover from, and adapt to natural hazards. Based on
the FEMA National Risk Index for measuring social vulnerability, Florence County has a “Relatively Moderate”
susceptibility to adverse impacts of natural hazards, as illustrated in Figure 1 below. The index suggests that
Florence County is somewhat more vulnerable to natural hazard impacts than other counties in South Carolina
and the nation.

Figure 1. Social Vulnerability

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Community Resilience considers several categories of county-level community disaster resilience: social,
economic, community capital, institutional, infrastructural, and environmental. Based on the FEMA National Risk
Index measuring community resilience, Florence County has a “Relatively High” capacity to prepare for, adapt to,
and recover from natural hazard impacts, as illustrated in Figure 2 below.

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