Tacoma, WA expands capabilities of its Equity Index to better capture environmental inequality

Tacoma, WA Equity Index Environmental Inequality

The Equity Index portal translates measures of relative inequality by neighborhood into a color-coded map. Each neighborhood is graded from Very Low Equity to Very High Equity on 29 data points across five categories. A new Environmental Health section captures critical data on diesel emissions, lead risk from housing, and heavy traffic streets. City staffers and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity collaborated on index upgrades.

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Tacoma, WA

Municipality in Washington

United States