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CalEnviroScreen 5.0

CalEnviroScreen is a mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affected by many sources of pollution, and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution’s effects. CalEnviroScreen uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic information to produce scores for every census tract in the state. The scores are mapped so that different communities can be compared. An area with a high score is one that experiences a much higher pollution burden than areas with low scores. CalEnviroScreen ranks communities based on data that are available from state and federal government sources.

Data files

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CalEnviroScreen 5.0 Shapefile

CalEnviroScreen is a mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affected by many sources of pollution, and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution’s effects. CalEnviroScreen uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic information to produce scores for every census tract in the state. The scores are mapped so that different communities can be compared. An area with a high score is one that experiences a much higher pollution burden than areas with low scores. CalEnviroScreen ranks communities based on data that are available from state and federal government sources.

DownloadSHP
31.99 MB
06/16/26

CalEnviroScreen 5.0 CSV file

CalEnviroScreen is a mapping tool that helps identify California communities that are most affected by many sources of pollution, and where people are often especially vulnerable to pollution’s effects. CalEnviroScreen uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic information to produce scores for every census tract in the state. The scores are mapped so that different communities can be compared. An area with a high score is one that experiences a much higher pollution burden than areas with low scores. CalEnviroScreen ranks communities based on data that are available from state and federal government sources.

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CSV
7.14 MB
06/16/26

Supporting files

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CalEnviroScreen 5.0 ArcGIS Layer

ArcGIS layer file containing CalEnviroScreen 5.0 results fully formatted with a red-to-green color scheme.

LYRX
96.44 KB
06/16/26

CalEnviroScreen 5.0 Geodatabase

Spatial geodatabase file containing CalEnviroScreen 5.0 results. Data includes individual indicator scores, geographic information, and demographics.

GDB
20.97 MB
06/16/26

CalEnviroScreen 5.0 Excel file

Excel data file containing CalEnviroScreen 5.0 results. Data includes individual indicator scores, geographic information, and demographics.

XLSX
7.57 MB
06/16/26

CalEnviroScreen 5.0 Data Dictionary

PDF containing field descriptions for variables found in the other data downloads.

PDF
282.02 KB
06/16/26

More details

Geographic coverage location

California

Granularity

Census Tract

API endpoint

Dataset Name

Use the query web API to retrieve data with a set of basic parameters. Copy the API endpoint you need to start.

Usage documentation