EJ Screen Lead Paint Exposure

The lead paint indicator is the percentage of occupied housing units built before 1960, calculated from the U.S. Census Bureau’s ACS 5-year summary estimates on age of housing stock. EJScreen uses age of housing stock as a surrogate for potential … Continued

Influenza Vaccination by County, Adult (2021)

This layer displays immunization rates for seasonal influenza among adults aged 18 and older. Data are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) FluVaxView data portal. The county-level estimates within FluVaxView are derived from responses to the 2021 … Continued

EJ Screen Air Toxic Respiratory Risk

The air toxics respiratory HI indicator is the respiratory HI from the analyzed carcinogens in ambient outdoor air, as provided by the 2017 Air Toxics Data Update. The data is reported at the Census tract level. Block group level values … Continued

EJ Screen Superfund Proximity

The Superfund proximity indicator is reflective of the total count of sites proposed and listed (final) on the National Priorities List (NPL) in each block group within 5 km of the average resident in a block group, divided by distance, … Continued

Cancer Incidence Rates by County, 2016-2020

Layer displays cancer incidence rates (all sites) per 100,000 population by state and county. Additional map layers from this update include incidence rates for breast cancer, colon and rectum cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and more.

EJ Screen Hazardous Waste Proximity

The hazardous waste proximity indicator is reflective of the total count of hazardous waste facilities in each block group within 5 km of the average resident in a block group, divided by distance, calculated as the population-weighted average of blocks … Continued

Occupied Housing Units

This layer displays information from the US 2020 Decennial Census, which provides occupied housing units for all geographic areas. An occupied Housing is when a person or group of persons is living in it at the time of the interview … Continued

EJ Screen Ozone

The ozone indicator in EJScreen reflects potential ozone exposure measured in terms of summer seasonal daily average maximum concentrations in an 8-hour period measured in parts per billion. Ozone information included in EJScreen highlights areas across the U.S. that are … Continued

Population Living in Rural Areas

This layer displays percent of population living in rural areas as of 2020. This data was released as part of the decennial census in April 2020. Learn more about this dataset at Census.gov.