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Virginia Environmental Justice Communities - Communities of Color
This data set serves to create and maintain a geospatial representation of Virginia’s environmental justice communities per Article 12. Virginia Environmental Justice Act. § 2.2-234. Definitions.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>This data supports the identification of Virginia’s environmental justice communities with additional layers available on the Virginia EJScreen+ Experience Builder for community outreach purposes such as public meetings. It is intended for use by DEQ staff, partner agencies, environmental justice and community leaders, the regulated community, and the public.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /></DIV></DIV></DIV>
U.S. Census Bureau
2024 Tiger Line Shapefiles
2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates
Environmental Justice
EJ
communities of color
community
low income
low-income
climate
justice
underserved
under resourced
disadvantaged
low wealth
wealth inequality
inequality
race
ethnicity
minority
wealth
economic
socioeconomic
social
equity
park equity
heat map
heat island
urban heat island
vulnerability
social vulnerability
income
housing
burden
access
racism
equality
overburdened
vulnerable
just
community-based
disproportionate
system
insecurity
affordability
democracy
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><A href="https://geohub-vadeq.hub.arcgis.com/pages/terms-of-use" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Data and Web GIS Tools Terms of Use</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P /><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
File Geodatabase Feature Class
dataset
EPSG
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Simple
FALSE
0
TRUE
FALSE
Communities_of_Color
Feature Class
0
OBJECTID
OBJECTID
OID
4
0
0
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Shape
Geometry
0
0
0
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
COUNTYFP
County FIPS
String
3
0
0
GEOID
GEOID
String
11
0
0
ALAND
Area Land (m²)
Double
8
0
0
AWATER
Area Water (m²)
Double
8
0
0
PctPOC
Percent Population of Color
Double
8
0
0
PctPrimarily
Percent Primarily
Double
8
0
0
COCYN
Community of Color Y/N
String
255
0
0
COC01
Community of Color 0/1
SmallInteger
2
0
0
StatusType
Status Type
String
255
0
0
COUNTYNAME
County Name
String
255
0
0
Primarily
Primarily Full
String
255
0
0
Shape_Length
Shape_Length
Double
8
0
0
Length of feature in internal units.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape_Area
Shape_Area
Double
8
0
0
Area of feature in internal units squared.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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