Allegheny County Environmental Justice Areas

Description

Environmental Justice areas in this guide have been defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The Department defines an environmental justice area as any census tract where at least 20 percent of the population lives in poverty, and/or 30 percent or more of the population is minority.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
8 acenvirojusticetracts.csv https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/cc26ac21-f3b3-4cb4-bf57-90f72bf8f044/resource/d03a21eb-c481-4a04-aef9-899408d3d0ae/download/acenvirojusticetracts.csv
21 This data appears in the Data Across Sectors for Health Data User Guide https://wiki.tessercat.net/wiki/DASH_Data_Guide#Environmental_Justice_Areas
21 PA-Environmental-Justice-Areas.aspx http://www.dep.pa.gov/PublicParticipation/OfficeofEnvironmentalJustice/Pages/PA-Environmental-Justice-Areas.aspx
57 Data in ESRI Shapefile Format https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/cc26ac21-f3b3-4cb4-bf57-90f72bf8f044/resource/1cd32ecc-c5ce-4e56-958f-b87e1d50f9be/download/environmentaljusticeareas.zip

Tags

  • social-determinants-of-health
  • environmental-justice
  • achd-dash

Topics

  • Local Government

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