2018 Score: 38.93 out of 100
Measuring progress towards greater equality in the City of Tulsa
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2018 Tulsa Equality Indicators Score is Out Now!
The 2018 Tulsa Equality Indicators Annual Report is now available. Read the full report here!
Press Release for Launch of Tulsa Equality Indicators
TULSA, Okla. – The City of Tulsa and the Community Service Council released the first annual Equality Indicators report today at Tulsa City Hall, which uses data to measure equality using a tool developed in partnership with the City University of New York Institute for State and Local Governance and The Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities network… Click here to read more.
Letter from Mayor of Tulsa, GT Bynum
Since taking office a year ago, I have called on citizens to join me in dreaming big and making Tulsa a world-class city. As we begin to renew that spirit of high expectations, we cannot overlook the glaring disparities that exist in Tulsa and the need to address them.
In Tulsa, a child born in one zip code of Tulsa should have the same life expectancy as a child born in a different zip code in Tulsa. Unfortunately, this is currently not the case… Click here to read more.
How do we measure equality?
We developed 54 indicators to measure progress towards equality across six thematic areas: Economic Opportunity, Education, Housing, Justice, Public Health, and Services. Within each theme, we look at three specific topics. For example, within Housing, we look at equality in Affordability, Homelessness, and Availability. Finally, within each topic, we look at three unique indicators.
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What do we mean by equality?
What does equality look like in Tulsa? How do we measure it? To answer these questions, the City of Tulsa and Community Service Council have created a framework relative to Tulsa- specific disadvantaged populations and equality gaps. Tulsa will have the tools to develop realistic targets and specific interventions for reducing inequalities at the local and neighborhood level based on data…
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What is an
indicator?An equality indicator is a measure that compares outcomes of groups likely to experience inequalities, such as racial minorities, to groups less likely to experience them, such as whites.
In this sense, equality indicators are different from social indicators, which do not directly compare groups.
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How are indicators reported?
Indicators are reported in numbers and narratives. Every year, we score the indicators on a scale of 1 to 100, where 1 represents inequality and 100 represents equality.
We compare current and previous year scores to capture change over time. We group indicators and average their scores to create topic scores, and we group and average the topics to create theme scores.
Latest Blog Posts
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Tulsa Releases First Annual Equality Indicators Report
TULSA, Okla. – The City of Tulsa and the Community Service Council released the first annual Equality Indicators report today at Tulsa City Hall, which uses data to measure equality using a tool developed in partnership with the City University...
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Letter from Mayor of Tulsa GT Bynum
Since taking office a year ago, I have called on citizens to join me in dreaming big and making Tulsa a world-class city. As we begin to renew that spirit of high expectations, we cannot overlook the glaring disparities that...
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Explore the Themes, Topics, & Indicators
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Business Development
- Gender & Business Executives
- Geography & Sales Volume
- Geography & Payday Loans
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Employment
- Race & Unemployment
- Geography & Existing Jobs
- Geography & Labor Force Participation
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Income
- Geography & Income At or Above Self-Sufficiency
- Race & Median Household Income
- Educational Attainment & Income
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Impediment to Learning
- Race & Suspensions
- Race & Student Mobility
- Income & Dropouts
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Quality and Opportunity
- Geography & Emergency Teacher Certification
- Race & Advanced Placement (AP) Courses
- Income & School A-F Report Card Score
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Student Achievement
- Income & Elementary School Reading Proficiency
- English Language Learners & Graduation Rates
- Race & College Completion
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Arrests
- Race & Juvenile Arrests
- Race & Adult Arrests
- Gender & Arrests
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Law Enforcement
- Race & Tulsa Police Department Employees
- Gender & Tulsa Police Department Employees
- Race & Officer Use of Force
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Safety and Violence
- Children & Abuse and Neglect
- Race & Homicide Victimization
- Geography & Calls to Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS)
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Healthcare Access
- Race & Health Insurance
- Geography & Emergency Room Use
- Veterans & Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinics Appointment Wait Time
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Mortality
- Race & Infant Mortality
- Geography & Life Expectancy Past Age of Retirement
- Race & Heart Disease Mortality
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Well-being
- Race & Teen Birth Rate
- Race & Low Birth Weight
- Geography & Smoking
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Public Works
- Geography & Vacant Housing Units
- Geography & Public City Parks with Playgrounds
- Geography & Public Library Hours
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Political Empowerment
- Race & Government Representation
- Geography & Voter Registration
- Geography & Home Owners Associations
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Transportation
- Geography & Bus Stops
- Mode of Transportation & Commute Time
- Geography & Bikeability
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