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    • Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty (R/ECAPs)

    Metadata Updated: March 1, 2024

    To assist communities in identifying racially/ethnically-concentrated areas of poverty (R/ECAPs), HUD has developed a census tract-based definition of R/ECAPs. The definition involves a racial/ethnic concentration threshold and a poverty test. The racial/ethnic concentration threshold is straightforward: R/ECAPs must have a non-white population of 50 percent or more. Regarding the poverty threshold, Wilson (1980) defines neighborhoods of extreme poverty as census tracts with 40 percent or more of individuals living at or below the poverty line.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date March 1, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from HUD JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 1, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2024
    Publisher U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    Maintainer
    Identifier 56de4edea8264fe5a344da9811ef5d6e
    Data First Published 2018-02-08T21:50:52.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-09-27T21:17:59.941Z
    Public Access Level public
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    Harvest Source Title HUD JSON
    Homepage URL https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/56de4edea8264fe5a344da9811ef5d6e/about
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 025:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
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