Data Desk Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Rd N St. Paul MN 55155 datadesk.mpca@state.mn.us 20240712 https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/env-ej-mpca-census MPCA Environmental Justice Areas 2024-07-12 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Minnesota Pollution Control Agency This layer represents areas of consideration for MPCA environmental justice efforts. Our goal is to highlight regions where community members are disproportionately impacted by environmental issues. The data fields in this layer are a mix of American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates and calculations performed by MPCA staff. Margins of error are not considered when determining potential areas of consideration. As an attempt to highlight environmental justice areas, we show census tracts where the estimated percentage of the population that identify as people of color is 40% or greater, the estimated percentage of economically disadvantaged community members is 35% or greater, as well as the estimated percentage of the population that has limited English proficiency is 40% or greater. We also include language information for each census tract and highlight the top three estimated languages spoken by those who report that they do not speak English well. Income Threshold: The federal government defines poverty thresholds on an annual basis (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-thresholds.html ). For MPCA use, we show an income threshold at 2 times the federal poverty threshold. 2022: 2 x $13,590 = $27,180 (individual) 2 x $27,750 = $55,500 (family of four) This data was developed to identify locations that should be considered for MPCA environmental justice efforts. The MPCA defines environmental justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. This will be achieved when everyone benefits from the same degree of environmental protection and has equal access to the decision-making processes that contribute to a healthy environment. The MPCA is committed to this goal and integrating environmental justice principles into the work of the agency. Data Desk Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Rd N St. Paul MN 55155 datadesk.mpca@state.mn.us Minnesota Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MPCA, mpca, environmental justice, EJ ISO 19115 Minnesota Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MPCA, mpca, environmental justice, EJ This information is intended for MPCA planning purposes and contains a mix of US Census Bureau estimates and MPCA calculations. These data are subject to interpretation and revision. Users should also refer directly to the American Community Survey for data collection techniques and accuracy. Limitations: Although extensive effort has been made to produce error-free and complete data, all geographic information has limitations due to the scale, resolution, date and interpretation of the original source materials. Users should consult available data documentation (metadata) for this particular data to determine limitations and the precision to which the data depict distance, direction, location or other geographic characteristics. Data may be subject to change without prior notification. No warranty: Data is provided "as is," without any warranty whatsoever, including but not limited to any warranty as to performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Liability: The entire risk as to the results of the use of this data is assumed by the user. MPCA is not responsible for any interpretation or conclusions made by those who acquire or use it. MPCA shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, compensatory or consequential damages or third-party claims resulting from the use of this data, even if MnGeo has been advised of the possibility of such potential loss or damage. In states that do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, this data may not be used. Redistribution conditions: In obtaining this data from MPCA it is understood that you and/or your organization have the right to use it for any purpose. If you modify it, you are encouraged to apply responsible best practices by documenting those changes in a metadata record. If you transmit or provide the data to another user, it is your responsibility to provide appropriate content, limitation, warranty and liability information as you see fit American Community Survey 5-year Estimates (Tables: S1701, B03002, S1601, C16001); TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2022, State, Minnesota, MN, Census Tract Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959 true -97.23 -89.53 49.37 43.5 2018-2022 American Community Survey Data Minnesota These data have been audited to ensure every Census Tribal Area and MPCA Environmental Justice Area are included and current as of the publication date. The cartographic boundary files are generalized representations of extracts taken from the MAF/TIGER Database. Generalized boundary files are clipped to a simplified version of the U.S. outline. As a result, some off-shore areas may be excluded from the generalized files. Some small geographic areas, holes, or discontiguous parts of areas may not be included in generalized files if they are not visible at the target scale. The boundaries in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only, their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest. In order to maintain a current geographic database from which to extract the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, the Census Bureau uses various internal and external processes to update the MAF/TIGER database. While it has made a reasonable and systematic attempt to gather the most recent information available about the features each file portrays, the Census Bureau cautions users that the files are no more complete than the source documents used in their compilation, the vintage of those source documents, and the translation of the information on those source documents. MPCA EJ criteria are calculated from data collected and distributed by the U.S. Census Bureau through the American Community Survey. Tabular data is downloaded from the Census Bureau's website (https://data.census.gov/advanced) for the most recent 5-year aggregation period. The EJ criteria are calculated and joined to the Census Tract spatial boundaries. The geometry represented in the ej_mpca_census dataset are copied from the version of the TIGER/Line Shapefile that coincides with the last year of the 5-year period of the ACS source data. http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/standards/mgmg/metadata.htm ej_mpca_census OBJECTID Dataset instance feature ID Esri Shape Feature geometry Esri statefp State FIPS Code Census Bureau countyfp County FIPS Code Census Bureau tractce US Census Bureau census tract code Census Bureau geoid US Census Bureau geographic identifier Census Bureau name Variable length geographic area name Census Bureau namelsad Concatenated variable length geographic area name and legal/statistical area description (LSAD) Census Bureau mtfcc MAF/TIGER Feature Class Code (MTFCC). 5-digit geographic code Census Bureau funcstat Functional status (S = Statistical entity) Census Bureau aland Area in square meters, of land in the census tract Census Bureau awater Area in square meters, of water in the census tract Census Bureau intptlat Interpolated latitude of census tract centroid Census Bureau intptlon Interpolated longitude of census tract centroid Census Bureau geography Geographic identifier includes census tract, county, state Census Bureau prp200x ACS (Poverty: S1701) estimated proportion of population under 200% of the federal poverty level (calculated) ACS status200x ACS (Poverty: S1701) 35% or more of estimate population under 200% of the federal poverty level, based on prp200x (calculated) ACS totpov ACS (Poverty: S1701) total population estimate ACS pop200x ACS (Poverty: S1701) population estimate under 200% of the federal poverty level ACS totpoc ACS (Race/Latino Origin: B03002) total population estimate ACS poc ACS (Race/Latino Origin: B03002) population estimate, identify as people of color (calculated) ACS prppoc ACS (Race/Latino Origin: B03002) proportion of population estimate, identify as people of color (calculated) ACS statuspoc ACS (Race/Latino Origin: B03002) max estimated population that identify as people of color is 50% or more, based on maxprppoc (calculated) ACS prplep ACS (Language Origin: S1601) Proportion pop limited English proficiency ACS statuslep ACS (Language Origin: S1601) 40% or more of estimate population with limited English proficiency, based on maxprplep (calculated) ACS totlep ACS (Language Origin: S1601) Language - Total pop estimate ACS poplep ACS (Language Origin: S1601) Language - Pop with limited English proficiency ACS totlan ACS (Language: C16001) total population estimate ACS totengonly ACS (Language: C16001) population estimate speaks English only ACS nonenglan1 ACS (Language: C16001) 1st most common language spoken by population with limited English proficiency ACS nonenglan2 ACS (Language: C16001) 2nd most common language spoken by population with limited English proficiency ACS nonenglan3 ACS (Language: C16001) 3rd most common language spoken by population with limited English proficiency ACS nonengpop1 ACS (Language: C16001) estimated population with limited English proficiency and speaks 1st most common language ACS nonengpop2 ACS (Language: C16001) estimated population with limited English proficiency and speaks 2nd most common language ACS nonengpop3 ACS (Language: C16001) estimated population with limited English proficiency and speaks 3rd most common language ACS totnoneng ACS (Language: C16001) total population estimate with limited English proficiency (calculated) ACS prpnoneng ACS (Language: C16001) estimated proportion of population with limited English proficiency (calculated) ACS prpnoneng1 ACS (Language: C16001) estimated proportion of population with limited English proficiency and speaks 1st most common language (calculated) ACS prpnoneng2 ACS (Language: C16001) estimated proportion of population with limited English proficiency and speaks 2nd most common language (calculated) ACS prpnoneng3 ACS (Language: C16001) estimated proportion of population with limited English proficiency and speaks 3rd most common language (calculated) ACS source Version of ACS 5-year summary MPCA Shape_Length Polygon perimeter length Esri Shape_Area Polygon area Esri 1.0 20260407 15262200 TRUE