Description: The Environmental Justice Index uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, OpenStreetMap, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rank the cumulative impacts of environmental injustice on health for every census tract. Census tracts are subdivisions of counties for which the Census collects statistical data. The EJI ranks each tract on 36 environmental, social, and health factors and groups them into three overarching modules and ten different domains.
Service Item Id: 864caa77314f4f36aeab9bdbb50c09f8
Copyright Text: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry. [Year] Environmental Justice Index. Accessed March 10, 2026. https://atsdr.cdc.gov/place-health/php/eji/eji-data-download.html
E_HOUBDN
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH ANNUAL INCOME LESS THAN $75,000 WHO ARE CONSIDERED BURDENED BY HOUSING COSTS ESTIMATE
)
AFAM
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
E_AFAM
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
HISP
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO ARE HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE)
)
E_HISP
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS WHO ARE HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE)
)
ASIAN
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO ARE ASIAN, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
E_ASIAN
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS WHO ARE ASIAN, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
AIAN
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO ARE AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
E_AIAN
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS WHO ARE AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
NHPI
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO ARE NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
E_NHPI
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS WHO ARE NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
TWOMORE
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO ARE TWO OR MORE RACES, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
E_TWOMORE
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS WHO ARE TWO OR MORE RACES, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
OTHERRACE
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO ARE OTHER RACES, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
E_OTHERRACE
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS WHO ARE OTHER RACES, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO
)
Tribe_PCT_Tract
(
type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: PERCENTAGE OF CENSUS TRACT THAT INTERSECT WITH TRIBAL LAND
)
Tribe_Names
(
type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: NAME OF TRIBE(S) WHOSE LANDS INTERSECT WITH CENSUS TRACT, length: 400
)
Tribe_Flag
(
type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: TRACT INTERSECTS WITH LAND OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE
)