EJScreen
EJScreen, the EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool, is designed to highlight places that may have more exposure to health-impacting environmental risks and under-resourced or more vulnerable populations. The tool can be used to identify Census Block Groups of interest using socioeconomic indicators, health disparities, gaps in critical services, environmental burden indicators, and other indexes. Data sources include the U.S. Census, CDC, EPA, NASA, and FHWA among others.
User expertise rating:
Beginner. While the indicators and indexes included on this mapping tool are involved, the navigation of this tool is straightforward.
Sample questions:
Which Census Block Groups in Wisconsin rank in the highest percentile for proximity to hazardous waste, or low life expectancy, or flood risk?
