Disadvantaged
Not disadvantaged
Significant cumulative environmental burdens (5 or more categories of indicators)
High concentration of people of color (over 50%)
Both cumulative environmental burdens and high concentration of people of color
CIs
CIs
CIs: The cumulative environmental justice impacts represented by number of EJ categories meeting the minimum threshold.
What is the Justice40 initiative?
The Justice40 Initiative aims to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of federal investments in climate and clean energy, including sustainable transportation, to disadvantaged communities. But how are those communities determined, and who is left out?
This analysis looks at which communities are identified as disadvantaged in the Justice40 screening tool and which communities fall short.
To get started, explore the map or pick a census tract to see how that community scores.
Modify the Justice40 Criteria
Minimum percentile for EJ categories
Minimum percentile for population below 200% poverty line
Use:
Median income as percent of AMI threshold or the 200% poverty threshold
Median income as percent of AMI threshold instead of the 200% poverty threshold
Maximum median income as percent of area median income
People of color percentage threshold or the 200% poverty threshold and/or AMI as percent of median income (either/or)
Minimum percent for people of color
Note: Advanced analysis requires 1 or more environmental threshold be met and 1 or more socioeconomic threshold be met in order for a tract to be disadvantaged. This does not incorporate the additional ways that tracts may qualify as disadvantaged through CEJST (e.g. tribal areas, tracts surrounded by disadvantaged tracts, or workforce indicators that do not require the tract be low income).
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Disadvantaged
Yes No
Overburdened
Yes No
200% Poverty
Yes No
At or below 80% AMI
Yes No
Race/Ethnicity Majority
POC
White
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
Native American or Alaska Native
Asian
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Other
Qualify for Environmental Justice Category
Climate change
Clean energy and energy efficiency
Clean transit
Affordable and sustainable housing
Reduction and remediation of legacy pollution
Critical clean water and waste infrastructure
Health burdens
Training and workforce development
Qualify for Environmental Justice Indicator
Climate change
Expected agricultural loss rate
Expected building loss rate
Expected population loss rate
Share of properties at risk of flood in 30 years
Share of properties at risk of fire in 30 years
Clean energy and energy efficiency
Energy burden
PM2.5 in the air
Clean transit
Diesel particulate matter exposure
Traffic proximity and volume
DOT Travel Barriers Score
Affordable and sustainable housing
Housing burden
Percent pre-1960s housing (lead paint)
Median value of owner-occupied housing
Percent homes w/no kitchen/indoor plumbing
Experienced historic underinvestment
Share of tract covered by impervious surface
Reduction and remediation of legacy pollution
Proximity to hazardous waste sites
Proximity to NPL (Superfund) sites
Proximity to Risk Management Plan facilities
Formerly Used Defense Site in tract
Abandoned mine in tract
Critical clean water and waste infrastructure
Wastewater discharge
Leaky underground storage tanks
Health burdens
Current asthma among adults
Diagnosed diabetes among adults
Coronary heart disease among adults
Low life expectancy
Training and workforce development
Low median household income
Linguistic isolation
Unemployment
Percent < 100% Federal Poverty Line
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Select a census tract by clicking a location on the map.
Not Justice40 Disadvantaged
This census tract is not considered disadvantaged by Justice40 criteria.
How is Justice40 criteria defined?
Justice40 criteria is met if:
1) a census tract is at or above the 90th percentile for at least one environmental and climate indicator from any of those listed below
and
2) satisfies one socioeconomic indicator.
Justice40 Disadvantaged
This census tract is considered disadvantaged by Justice40 criteria.
How is Justice40 criteria defined?
Justice40 criteria is met if:
1) a census tract is at or above the 90th percentile for at least one environmental and climate indicator from any of those listed below
and
2) satisfies one socioeconomic indicator.
Not Justice40 Disadvantaged, but nearly meets its criteria
This census tract is not considered disadvantaged by Justice40 criteria.
However, this area has significant cumulative environmental justice burdens with thresholds in 0 of 8 categories met and 0 of 8 nearly met.
How is Justice40 criteria defined?
Justice40 criteria is met if:
1) a census tract is at or above the 90th percentile for at least one environmental and climate indicator from any of those listed below
and
2) satisfies one socioeconomic indicator.
Not Justice40 Disadvantaged, but meets some criteria
This census tract is not considered disadvantaged by Justice40 criteria.
However, this area has some environmental justice burdens with thresholds in 0 of 8 categories met and 0 of 8 nearly met, and a high concentration of people of color (above the 65th percentile).
How is Justice40 criteria defined?
Justice40 criteria is met if:
1) a census tract is at or above the 90th percentile for at least one environmental and climate indicator from any of those listed below
and
2) satisfies one socioeconomic indicator.
Not Justice40 Disadvantaged, but nearly meets its criteria
This census tract is not considered disadvantaged by Justice40 criteria.
However, this area has both significant cumulative environmental justice burdens with thresholds in 0 of 8 categories met and 0 of 8 nearly met and has a high concentration of people of color (above the 65th percentile).
How is Justice40 criteria defined?
Justice40 criteria is met if:
1) a census tract is at or above the 90th percentile for at least one environmental and climate indicator from any of those listed below
and
2) satisfies one socioeconomic indicator.
Justice40 Qualifications
✓ Meets criteria ()
!Nearly meets criteria ()
1) Environmental and Climate Indicators
At least one indicator from any of environmental and climate categories below must reach the 90th percentile. Those that reach the 80th percentile are also shown to better demonstrate cumulative impacts.
What if cumulative impacts were considered?
Communities with environmental justice concerns are usually not burdened by a single environmental problem, but by many which have occurred over time and which exacerbate each other. The Justice40 screening tool does not consider this.
Number of categories reaching the 90th percentile: of 8
Number of categories reaching the 80th percentile: of 8
percentile
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Expected agricultural loss rate (min 90)
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Expected building loss rate (min 90)
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Expected population loss rate (min 90)
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At risk of flooding (min 90)
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At risk of fire (min 90)
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percentile
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Energy burden (min 90)
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2.
PM2.5 in the air (min 90)
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PM2.5 in the air (min 90)
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percentile
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Diesel particulate matter exposure (min 90)
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Traffic proximity and volume (min 90)
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3.
Travel barriers (min 90)
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percentile
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Housing burden (min 90)
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2.
Percent pre-1960s housing (lead paint indicator) (min 90)
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Earn less than 80% of HUD Area Median Family Income and spend over 30% on housing costs (min 90)
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In an area with a lack of indoor plumbing (min 90)
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In an area with a lack of green space (min 90)
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In an area with historic underinvestment
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percentile
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Proximity to hazardous waste sites (min 90)
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2.
Proximity to NPL sites (min 90)
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Proximity to Risk Management Plan (RMP) facilities (min 90)
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Near 1 or more former U.S. Department of Defense site
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Near 1 or more abandoned coal mine
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percentile
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Wastewater discharge (min 90)
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or
2.
Leaky underground storage tanks (min 90)
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percentile
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Current asthma among adults 18 years or older (min 90)
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2.
Diagnosed diabetes among adults 18 years or older (min 90)
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Coronary heart disease among adults 18 years or older (min 90)
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4.
Low life expectancy (min 90)
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percentile
1.
Low median household income as a percent of area median income (min 90)
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2.
Linguistic isolation (min 90)
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3.
Unemployment (min 90)
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4.
Percent of individuals below 100% Federal Poverty Line (min 90)
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5.
For all of the above, no more than 10% of the population 25 and older can have attained a high school diploma. (max 10%)
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2) Socioeconomic Indicator
In most cases, the following poverty indicator must be met.
percentile
1.
Percent of individuals below 200% Federal Poverty Line
(must be above 65th percentile)
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What if median income was considered as pecent of area median income?
The Justice40 screening uses the median income as a percent of the area median income as an indicator under "Training and workforce development" in combination with a requirement that less than 10% of the population has attained a high school degree. However, the median income as a percent of AMI is often used as an indicator for low income because it better reflects the local cost of living compared to the federal poverty figures.
percent
Median Income as Percent of AMI
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What if race was considered?
The Justice40 screening tool does not include race as a factor, despite evidence that environmental racism is closely linked to all of the indicators highlighted in the tool.
percent
Percent of individuals who are not Non-Hispanic White
* Hispanic includes all categories of race
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