Areal apportionment of NEI point source and highway data
shows
that lower proportions of people who identify as non-Hispanic White
tend to live near hazards than those who live in Denver as a whole.
NOx emissions (a) were apportioned at
variable distances and weighted by total NOx emission. Other NEI emissions (b) were apportioned 1 km from
each point source and weighted by their respective pollutant emissions.
Highway segments (c) were apportioned 500 m from road centerlines
and weighted by AADT estimates by CDOT.101 Abbreviations: HL: Hispanic or Latino, TMR: Two or more races, SOR:
Some other race, NHPI: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, AIAN:
American Indian and Alaska Native, AAA: Asian and Asian American,
BAA: Black and African American, NHW: non-Hispanic White.