This layer represents the geographic areas 4 below. Category 1-3, census tracts, are in the other layer.

In this designation, CalEPA formally designated four categories of geographic areas as disadvantaged:

1. Census tracts receiving the highest 25 percent of overall scores in CalEnviroScreen 4.0 (1,984 tracts).

2. Census tracts lacking overall scores in CalEnviroScreen 4.0 due to data gaps, but receiving the highest 5 percent of CalEnviroScreen 4.0 cumulative pollution burden scores (19 tracts).

3. Census tracts identified in the 2017 DAC designation as disadvantaged, regardless of their scores in CalEnviroScreen 4.0 (305 tracts).

4. Lands under the control of federally recognized Tribes. For purposes of this designation, a Tribe may establish that a particular area of land is under its control even if not represented as such on CalEPA’s DAC map and therefore should be considered a DAC by requesting a consultation with the CalEPA Deputy Secretary for Environmental Justice, Tribal Affairs and Border Relations at TribalAffairs@calepa.ca.gov.

This file contains legal AIANNH entities for which the Census Bureau publishes data. The legal entities consist of federally recognized American Indian Reservations (AIRs) and Off-Reservation Trust Lands (ORTL).

Downloaded in 2022 from the US Census website here:

https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-geodatabase-file.html