Which areas with poor air quality also have higher populations of people of color?

This map compares the relationship between annual average particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) air quality data for the US between 1998 and 2016 to the percent minority population. Population data is from Esri's Updated Demographics and air quality data is from NASA SEDAC gridded data aggregated to states, counties, congressional districts, and 50km hex bins. Click on the map to view more information such as the trend over time. 
 

Click here to view more information on how this layer was created. 
 

Citations:
van Donkelaar, A., R. V. Martin, M. Brauer, N. C. Hsu, R. A. Kahn, R. C. Levy, A. Lyapustin, A. M. Sayer, and D. M. Winker. 2018. Global Annual PM2.5 Grids from MODIS, MISR and SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) with GWR, 1998-2016. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ZK5DQS. Accessed 1 April 2020 See updated link.

van Donkelaar, A., R. V. Martin, M. Brauer, N. C. Hsu, R. A. Kahn, R. C. Levy, A. Lyapustin, A. M. Sayer, and D. M. Winker. 2016. Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter Using a Combined Geophysical-Statistical Method with Information from Satellites. Environmental Science & Technology 50 (7): 3762-3772. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b05833.

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notes <p style='margin-bottom:0.75rem; margin-top:0px; max-width:100%;'><span style='font-size:16px;'><font><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>This map compares the relationship between annual average particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) air quality data for the US between 1998 and 2016 to the percent minority population. Population&nbsp;data is from&nbsp;</span></font></span><a target='_blank' href='https://doc.arcgis.com/en/esri-demographics/data/updated-demographics.htm' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><font><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>Esri's Updated Demographics</span></font></a><span style='font-size:16px;'><font><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>&nbsp;and air quality data is from&nbsp;</span></font></span><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>NASA SEDAC gridded data aggregated to states, counties, congressional districts, and 50km hex bins.</span></span><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:16px;'><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>&nbsp;Click on the map to view more information such as the trend over time.&nbsp;</span></span><br />&nbsp;</p><p style='margin-bottom:0.75rem; margin-top:0px; max-width:100%;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>Click&nbsp;</span></span><a style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); font-family:inherit; text-decoration-line:none;' target='_blank' href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6f250198d8e4461db70a1b5f055172fb' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>here</span></span></a><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>&nbsp;to view more information on how this layer was created.&nbsp;</span></span><br />&nbsp;</p><p style='margin-bottom:0.75rem; margin-top:0px; max-width:100%;'><span style='font-family:inherit; font-size:16px;'><span style='display:inherit; max-width:100%;'>Citations:</span></span><br />van Donkelaar, A., R. V. Martin, M. Brauer, N. C. Hsu, R. A. Kahn, R. C. Levy, A. Lyapustin, A. M. Sayer, and D. M. Winker. 2018. Global Annual PM2.5 Grids from MODIS, MISR and SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) with GWR, 1998-2016. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).&nbsp;https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ZK5DQS. Accessed 1 April 2020 See <a target='_blank' href='https://sdei-global-annual-gwr-pm2-5-modis-misr-seawifs-aod' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>updated link</a>.</p><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>van Donkelaar, A., R. V. Martin, M. Brauer, N. C. Hsu, R. A. Kahn, R. C. Levy, A. Lyapustin, A. M. Sayer, and D. M. Winker. 2016. Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter Using a Combined Geophysical-Statistical Method with Information from Satellites. Environmental Science &amp; Technology 50 (7): 3762-3772.&nbsp;<a style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; text-decoration-line:none;' target='_blank' href='https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b05833' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b05833</a>.</div>
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