Mapping Race and Income — JusticeMap.org (BETA)

JusticeMap.org (BETA) is an excit­ing new ini­tia­tive to map race and income at a very high lev­el of res­o­lu­tion for the entire Unit­ed States. We’re using data from the 2010 Cen­sus (race) and Amer­i­can Com­mu­ni­ty Sur­vey (income) and some soft­ware (TileMill) to cre­ate a series of map lay­ers. The project is sup­port­ed by the Sun­light Foundation.

https://www.justicemap.org/

(Per­cent His­pan­ic, by county)

The project is in ear­ly stages. Cur­rent­ly you can view the data. In the future you will be able to access the exact val­ues by click­ing on the map. You will also be able to com­pare who lives with­in 1 mile (or any oth­er dis­tance) from a point (say a pro­posed dirty facil­i­ty) to peo­ple who live fur­ther away.

We want to empow­er peo­ple who do not have any expe­ri­ence to make maps using race and income. We want to help orga­niz­ers make visu­al­iza­tions of envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nom­ic injustice.

https://www.justicemap.org/index.php?gsLayer=black

(Per­cent Black, Philadel­phia — zoomed in to block resolution)

You will be able to make a map, share it with friends, export it, host it on your web­site or ours.