| ACS |
acs_public_assistance_rate |
public assistance rate |
B19057_002 / B19057_001 |
fraction households with public assistance income in
the past 12 months |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_poverty_rate |
poverty rate |
B17001_002 / B17001_001 |
fraction population with income in the past 12 months
below poverty level |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_unemployment_rate |
unemployment rate |
B23025_002 / B23025_001 |
fraction population over 16 years and over in labor
force |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_median_income |
annual median household income |
B19013_001 |
median household income in the past 12 months in 2019
inflation adjusted dollars |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_racial_ice |
racial ICE |
(B03002_003 - B03002_004) / B03002_001 |
closer to 1 indicates population is majority white non
hispanic, closer to -1 indicates population is majority black non
hispanic |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_vacant_housing_rate |
vacant housing rate |
B25002_003 / B25002_001 |
fraction of houses that are vacant |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_fraction_hs_edu |
fraction of pop > 25 years with at least HS or
GED |
(B15003_017 + B15003_018 + B15003_019 + B15003_020 +
B15003_021 + B15003_022 + B15003_023 + B15003_024 + B15003_025) /
B15003_001 |
fraction of population over 25 with high school
diploma, GED, some college, associate’s, master’s, professional, or
doctorate degree |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_fraction_no_vehicle |
fraction of household with no vehicles |
B08201_002 / B08201_01 |
fraction of households with no vehicles |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_fraction_no_health_ins |
fraction population with no health insurance
coverage |
(B27010_017 + B27010_033 + B27010_050 + B27010_066) /
B27010_001 |
fraction population with no health insurance
coverage |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_racial_socioeconomic_ice |
racial and socioeconomic ICE |
((B19001H_014 + B19001H_015 + B19001H_016 +
B19001H_017) - ((B19001_002 + B19001_003 + B19001_004 + B19001_005) -
(B19001H_002 + B19001H_003 + B19001H_004 + B19001H_005))) /
B19001_001 |
high income white non-Hispanic households versus low
income people of color households |
ACS |
2019 |
| ACS |
acs_crowding |
crowding |
(B25014_005 + B25014_006 + B25014_007 + B25014_011 +
B25014_012 + B25014_013) / B25014_001 |
fraction households with >1 person per room |
ACS |
2019 |
| material deprivation index |
dep_index |
deprivation index |
dep_index |
see https://geomarker.io/dep_index/ |
https://geomarker.io/dep_index/ |
2018 |
| child opportunity index |
coi_education |
childhood opportunity index education domain |
z_ED_nat |
Weighted average of education domain component
indicator z-scores, nationally normed |
https://data.diversitydatakids.org/dataset/coi20-child-opportunity-index-2-0-database |
2019 |
| child opportunity index |
coi_health_env |
childhood opportunity index health and environment
domain |
z_HE_nat |
Weighted average of health and environment domain
component indicator z-scores, nationally normed |
https://data.diversitydatakids.org/dataset/coi20-child-opportunity-index-2-0-database |
2019 |
| child opportunity index |
coi_social_econ |
childhood opportunity index social and economic
domain |
z_SE_nat |
Weighted average of social and economic domain
component indicator z-scores, nationally normed |
https://data.diversitydatakids.org/dataset/coi20-child-opportunity-index-2-0-database |
2019 |
| child opportunity index |
coi |
childhood opportunity index overall |
z_COI_nat |
Weighted average of three domain averaged z-scores,
nationally normed |
https://data.diversitydatakids.org/dataset/coi20-child-opportunity-index-2-0-database |
2019 |
| community resilience |
resilience_pct_1or2_risk_factors |
percent 1 or 2 risk factor |
PRED12_PE |
Rate of individuals with one-two risk factors |
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/community-resilience-estimates/data/datasets.html |
2019 |
| community resilience |
resilience_pct_3ormore_risk_factors |
percent 3 or more risk factors |
PRED3_PE |
Rate of individuals with three plus risk factors |
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/community-resilience-estimates/data/datasets.html |
2019 |
| social deprivation index |
sdi |
SDI score |
sdi_score |
social deprivation index score |
https://www.graham-center.org/rgc/maps-data-tools/sdi/social-deprivation-index.html |
2015 |
| social vulnerability index |
svi_socioeconomic |
percentile ranking for socioeconomic theme |
RPL_THEME1 |
percentile ranking for socioeconomic theme |
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html |
2018 |
| social vulnerability index |
svi_household_comp |
percentile ranking for household composition theme |
RPL_THEME2 |
percentile ranking for household composition theme |
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html |
2018 |
| social vulnerability index |
svi_minority |
percentile ranking for minority status/language
theme |
RPL_THEME3 |
percentile ranking for minority status/language
theme |
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html |
2018 |
| social vulnerability index |
svi_housing_transportation |
percentile ranking for housing type/transportation
theme |
RPL_THEME4 |
percentile ranking for housing type/transportation
theme |
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html |
2018 |
| social vulnerability index |
svi |
overall percentile lranking |
RPL_THEMES |
overall percentile lranking |
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html |
2018 |
| modified retail food environment index |
mrfei |
modified retail food environment index |
mrfei |
percentage of healthy food retailers |
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/downloads/census-tract-level-state-maps-mrfei_TAG508.pdf |
2011 |
| USDA food atlas |
usda_low_food_access_flag |
low food access flag |
LA1and10 |
“yes” if tract has at least 500 people or at least 33%
of the tract population living more than 1 mile from nearest food store
in urban areas, or more than 10 miles in rural areas |
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/download-the-data/ |
2019 |
| USDA food atlas |
usda_low_food_access_pct |
low food access percent |
LAPOP1_10 |
percent of tract population living more than 1 mile
from nearest food store in urban areas, or more than 10 miles in rural
areas |
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/download-the-data/ |
2019 |
| Medically Underserved Areas |
mua |
medically underserved area |
mua |
“yes” if the tract falls within an area with a shortage
of medical professionals |
https://data.hrsa.gov/data/download |
2022 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_lead_paint |
lead paint indicator |
PRE1960PCT |
percent of housing units built pre-1960 |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2019 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_diesel_pm |
diesel particulate matter concentration |
DSLPM |
concentration of diesel particulate matter in air
(ug/m3) |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2019 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_cancer_risk |
cancer risk |
CANCER |
lifetime cancer risk from inhalation of air toxics |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2017 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_resp_hazard_ind |
respiratory hazard index |
RESP |
ratio of exposure concentration to health-based
reference concentration |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2017 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_traffic_proximity |
traffic proximity and volume |
PTRAF |
Count of vehicles (AADT, avg. annual daily traffic) at
major roads within 500 meters, divided by distance in meters |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2019 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_major_discharger_water |
major direct dischargers to water indicator |
PWDIS |
RSEI modeled toxic concentrations at stream segments
within 500 m divided by distance in km |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2021 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_nat_priority_proximity |
proximity to national priorities list sites |
PNPL |
count of proposed or listed NPL (a.k.a. superfund)
sites within 5 km (or nearest one beyond 5 km) |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2021 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_risk_management_proximity |
proximity to risk management plan facilities |
PRMP |
count of RMP (potential chemical accident management
plan) facilities within 5 km (or nearest one beyond 5 km), each divided
by distance in km |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2021 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_disposal_proximity |
proximity to treatment storage and disposal
facilities |
PTSDF |
count of hazardous waste facilities (TSDFs and LQGs)
within 5 km (or nearest beyond 5 km), each divided by distance in
km |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2021 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_ozone_conc |
ozone concentration |
OZONE |
ozone seasonal average of daily maximum 8-hour
concentration (ppb) |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2018 |
| EJ Screen |
ej_pm_conc |
PM2.5 concentration |
PM25 |
annual average PM2.5 level in air (ug/m3) |
https://gaftp.epa.gov/EJSCREEN/2020/EJSCREEN_2020_USPR.csv.zip |
2018 |
| Food insecurity - feedingamerica.org |
food_insecurity_pct |
percent food insecurity |
2019 Food Insecurity % |
estimated percentage of population in food insecure
households |
feedingamerica.org |
2019 |