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Census Tract EQI

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Technical report and data for census tract EQI 2006-2010 and 2011-2015.

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The Environmental Quality Index (EQI) accounts for the multiple domains of the environment with which humans interact. These domains include chemical, natural, built, and sociodemographic environments that have both positive and negative influences on health. An overall EQI was created for census tracts within the contiguous United States for 2006-2010 and 2011-2015.

Citation

Lobdell, D., M. Jimenez, M. Hoon, D. Nance, J. Jagai, K. Rappazzo, Tom Luben, A. Weaver, AND L. Messer. Census Tract EQI. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2025. [DOI: 10.23719/1532522]

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DOI: Census Tract EQI
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Last updated on September 23, 2025
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