State-Of-Black-Oregon-2015

OREGON SNAPSHOTDOCUMENTING ENVIRONMENTALINEQUITYResearchers have consistentlyidentified a correlation between thelocation of minority populations andenvironmentally contaminated sites.In Portland, this correlation holds. Through ananalysis of Oregon Department of EnvironmentalQuality (DEQ) and U.S. Census Bureau data,Portland State University’s Population ResearchCenter (PRC) found a spatial correlation betweenthe location of known or contaminated sites andthose census tracts with high percentages ofBlack Portland residents.Nearly 84 percent of the Black population liveswithin three-quarters of a mile of a known orpotentially contaminated site (see Chart). InPROXIMITY OF THE BLACK POPULATION TO KNOWN OR POTENTIALLYCONTAMINATED SITES WITHIN THE CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGONKnown or potentiallycontaminated sites (DEQ)Industrial Use2010 Census Tracts:Percent of tract population that isBlack or Black in combination withone or more other races.LOMBARDI5I205Less than 5%6% - 10%11% - 15%16% - 25%More than 25%MURRAYSUNSETINTERSTATEI405GRANDCESAR E CHAVEZHAWTHORNEI84122NDPOWELL181STSTARKI84I5TACOMASCHOLLS FERRYTERWILLIGERHWY 21784CARMANBOONESFERRYCOUNTRY CLUB