Metal air pollution partnership solutions: building an academic-government-community-industry collaboration to improve air quality and health in environmental justice communities in Houston

Table 1 Sociodemographic profile of residents living within a 0.25 mile of four metal recycling facilities in the Metal Air Pollution Partnership Solutions (MAPPS) study, Houston, Texas [23]

Characteristic	Magnolia Park East	Magnolia Park West	Fifth Ward/ Northside	South Park	USA average
% Minority	99 (mostly Hispanic)	92 (mostly Hispanic)	92 (mostly Hispanic)	100 (mostly Black)	37
% Low income^a	60	67	67	66	35
% Linguistically isolated^b	42	52	20	5	5
% < High school education	51	41	51	39	14

^a Low-income is defined as the percentage of a block group’s population in households where the household income is less than or equal to twice the federal poverty level
^b Linguistic isolation is percentage of people in households in which all members over age 14 years speak English less than “very well”

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