The Environmental Justiceis an index that was developed by the Center for Disease Control to assess the impacts of environmental inequality on human health. This index considers 36 environmental, social, and health factors at the census block level for the entire United States.
How is it scored?
Census block environmental justice index (EJI) scores were population-weighted based on the proportion of the census block that occurred within a watershed to calculate the watershed score. Watershed scores were population-weighted to calculate an overall region score. Note that EJI scores were inversely scaled to convert it to the report card scale because it ranges from 0 to 1, with 1 indicating a higher environmental risk.
Data source: CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for 2022.