Equity Focus Areas (EFAs) (File Geodatabase)

A screening tool based on a simple analysis of 3 core equity variables to define the highest concentration of vulnerable populations. EFAs are derived from high concentrations of low income households, people of color, and people speaking English less than very well. EFA analysis is a dichotomy: tracts are either designated an EFA or not. These areas can be used as a tool for analysis of racial equity and social justice issues such as access to opportunities and resources, employment, transportation, health, housing and government services, and provide groundwork for equity analysis to support ongoing and future planning efforts. Field Names and Descriptors: GEOID10: Census tract identifier; a concatenation of the state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, county FIPS codes, and census tract code (Number Field) tract: U.S. Census Tract label tractID: U.S. Census Tract label EFA_Fnl: EFA Status (YES = within, NO = outside) EFA_FnlNum: EFA Status code (2 is an EFA, 1 = outside, not an EFA) PoC_scoreEFA: People of Color Index score (0-3) = low to high concentration CHAS80_scoreEFA: Low HH Income Index score (0-3) = low to high concentration Source: 2017 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), HUD PoCCHASIndex_EFA: Addition of People of Color and Low Income Index scores (combined scores of 5 or 6 qualify as an EFA) EngLTvw_ScoreEFA: Speak English Less Than Very Well Index score (0-3) = low to high concentration. Score of 3 qualifies as an EFA TotPop2018: Total Population (2018) POCpop: Total People of Color (Hispanic, NH Black, NH Asian Pacific Islander, and NH Other race) per_POC: Percent People of Color TotHH__CHAS: Total Households (used for calculating % HH by CHAS income thresholds) Source: 2017 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), HUD CHAS80_LowInc: Total Households of "Low", "Very Low" and "Extremely Low" income categories using CHAS thresholds Source: 2017 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), HUD per_CHAS80: Percent Total Households of "Low", "Very Low" and "Extremely Low" income categories using CHAS thresholds Source: 2017 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), HUD SpkEng_LTvw: People speaking English less than very well (age 5 +) per_EngLTvw: Percent People speaking English less than very well (age 5 +) COG_compare: Comparison of EFA to MWCOG EEA (Both = tract in both; EFA = EFA only) ACRES: Land Area of U.S. Census Tract in Acres For further infomation, please contact: Research & Strategic Projects, 14th Floor, Montgomery County Planning Department, 2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD 20902本筛查工具基于对3项核心公平变量的简约分析，用以界定弱势人口高度聚集的区域。公平聚焦区域（Equity Focus Area, EFA）源自低收入家庭、有色人种以及英语熟练度未达良好水平人群的高度集中区域。EFA分析采用二分法逻辑：美国普查区域要么被划定为EFA，要么不属于EFA。此类区域可作为分析种族公平与社会正义议题的实用工具，覆盖机会与资源获取、就业、交通、健康、住房及公共服务等多个领域，并可为支撑当前及未来规划工作的公平性分析奠定坚实基础。 字段名称与说明： GEOID10：普查区域标识符，由州联邦信息处理系列（Federal Information Processing Series, FIPS）代码、县FIPS代码以及普查区域代码拼接而成（数值型字段） tract：美国普查区域标签 tractID：美国普查区域标签 EFA_Fnl：EFA状态（YES=属于EFA，NO=不属于EFA） EFA_FnlNum：EFA状态代码（2代表属于EFA，1代表不属于EFA） PoC_scoreEFA：有色人种指数得分（0~3），得分越高代表集中程度越高 CHAS80_scoreEFA：低收入家庭指数得分（0~3），得分越高代表集中程度越高 数据来源：2017年综合住房负担能力战略（Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy, CHAS），美国住房与城市发展部（U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD） PoCCHASIndex_EFA：有色人种指数与低收入家庭指数得分之和（得分5或6可被认定为EFA） EngLTvw_ScoreEFA：英语熟练度未达良好水平人群指数得分（0~3），得分越高代表集中程度越高；得分3可被认定为EFA TotPop2018：2018年总人口数 POCpop：有色人种总人口数（涵盖西班牙裔、非西班牙裔黑人、非西班牙裔亚太裔及非西班牙裔其他种族人群） per_POC：有色人种占比 TotHH__CHAS：家庭总户数（用于基于CHAS收入阈值计算各类家庭收入占比） CHAS80_LowInc：符合CHAS收入阈值的"低收入""极低收入"及"极端低收入"家庭总户数 数据来源：2017年综合住房负担能力战略（CHAS），美国住房与城市发展部（HUD） per_CHAS80：符合CHAS收入阈值的"低收入""极低收入"及"极端低收入"家庭占比 数据来源：2017年综合住房负担能力战略（CHAS），美国住房与城市发展部（HUD） SpkEng_LTvw：英语熟练度未达良好水平的总人口数（年龄≥5岁） per_EngLTvw：英语熟练度未达良好水平的人群占比（年龄≥5岁） COG_compare：EFA与MWCOG环境公平区域（Environmental Equity Area, EEA）的对比标注（Both=该普查区域同时属于两类区域；EFA=仅属于EFA） ACRES：美国普查区域的土地面积（单位：英亩） 如需进一步咨询相关信息，请联系：研究与战略项目部门，蒙哥马利县规划部14层，2425里迪大道，惠顿，马里兰州20902