PINELLAS CHILD OPPORTUNITY INDEX PIN_T

The Pinellas Child Opportunity Index (PCOI) is a composite index designed to measure child opportunity and gauge the health of our neighborhoods at the census tract level. This research ranks every neighborhood on indicators that contribute to a child’s healthy development. It provides a richer, more granular view than prior high-risk zones which were based on ZIP codes and focused on a singular variable: poverty.

The PCOI combines a total of 24 indicators from three domains: Education, Health and Environment, and Socioeconomic Status. The PCOI is a single number that can be used to compare estimated opportunity across census tracts, plus sub-scale scores can be derived for each of the three domains.